Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Of Grasshoppers and Wrestling Nuns

Big News

President Bush on Tuesday ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline, making it easier for refiners to meet demand. And with dirtier gas, the average SUV's mileage may really vary.
- The good news is each new Hummer now comes with an attached Nissan tanker that can refuel mid-freeway.

President Bush is ordering an investigation into who's responsible for gas price gauging. Dick Cheney immediately invited the President on an emergency quail hunt.

April 26 in HaBlog:

American naturalist John J. Audubon was born on April 26 in 1785. Audubon was a famous bird lover. Of course, he had no reason not to love birds -- he didn't own a car.

On April 26 in 1877 Minnesota stopped everything for a day of prayer, asking God to deliver them from the grasshoppers, which already had eaten Minneapolis and were hopping toward Duluth.
- Fortunately, their prayers were answered. After eating Duluth, the grasshoppers all got sick and died.

Did you know there are 9,000 different kinds of grasshoppers? Well, there are.
- But don't feel bad -- grasshoppers probably don't know much about you, either.

Arnold Schwarzenegger married Maria Shriver on April 26 in 1986. And vice, of course, versa.- But to be honest, "Maria Schwarzenegger" still sounds like a wrestling nun.

Love & Learn

Tween 12 and 20 - Compassionate daily advice for teens from Dr. Robert Wallace on everything from dating to depression to making smart choices.

Film Closeup: Morgan Freeman - Having played detectives, wise men, the president and even God, Morgan Freeman has such an established on-screen image as a "good guy" that it is tough to think of him as one of the "bad guys" in "Lucky Number Slevin."

Et al.

The biggest shock when you quit smoking is finding out what fast food really tastes like

Remember, rain is just nature's way of washing off all that mud.

One thing bothers me about jury duty. Before you start they always swear you in, but when you're finished they never swear you back out.

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