Sunday, April 16, 2006

Putting My Best Foot Backward

Big News

A study shows most congressmen don't screw up their own tax return. They hire professionals to do it for them.

The income tax is the government's way of getting us to send money we don't have to people we don't know to spend in ways we don't like.

Marvelous Monday

Monday is Toothbrush Appreciation Day, a day to wonder how life would taste without your toothbrush.

Monday is Independence Day in Kampuchea. Everybody else calls Kampuchea Cambodia, but Cambodians call Cambodia Kampuchea just to be different. It's their country, they can call it Rice-A-Roni if they want to.

Monday marks the 110th running of the Boston Marathon. Just thinking about it makes me want to jump into my shorts and pull on my running shoes and sit down and rest.

The Boston Marathon is America's oldest marathon, and participants will tell you it's an incredible feeling of accomplishment to run the entire 26 miles and cross the finish line alive.

Love & Learn

Parents Have the Power to Make Kids Eat Right - How can you get these finicky kids to eat? Bribery isn't the answer, says Lorilee Craker, spokeswoman for Mothers of Preschoolers and author of seven parenting books. Good tips here.

Queen Lives On! - The show must go on for the legendary rock band Queen, which now features singer Paul Rodgers, in place of the deceased Freddie Mercury.

Now, today's life-saving CPR tip:

Always remember the first rule of performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation -- spit out your tobacco!

Thoughts While 1040ing

I didn't have a medical deduction again this year, but I will as soon as I pay off my nerve transplant.

A conservative is someone who always puts his best foot backward.

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