Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Keith Richards and Mr. Dirty

Big News

New research shows middle-aged Americans are much sicker than their counterparts in England, despite U.S. health care spending per person that's more than double what England spends. Sounds like either God like the Brits best or all that over-priced medicine were taking is making us sick.
- Sick or not, I'm never putting vinegar on my French fries.

Keith Richards fell out of a palm tree in Fiji. Charles Darwin sat up in his gave and laughed.
- Darwin, of course, believed man evolved from monkeys. Richards proves some us are still evolving.

May 3

Some sources say soulman James Brown was born on May 3 in 1933. In his prime, James had the energy of Tina Turner -- and for some reason, the hairstyle of Rosie O’Donnell.

Folk singer Pete Seeger was born on May 3 in 1919. Pete wrote the folk classic, "If I Had A Hammer." Which has now been updated to "If I Had A Nail Gun."

On May 3 in 1675 Massachusetts enacted a law requiring all church doors to be lock during services to keep people from leaving during long sermons. Eventually, the law was ruled unconstitutional because it imposed cruel and unusual punishment on churchgoers with weak bladders.

May is National Barbecue Month, that special time set aside to get the yellow jacket nest out of the barbecue grill.
- And cremate your first weenies of the new year.

Love & Learn

Childhood Asthma Is Up Sharply - Most influenced by genetics and environment, asthma is the cause of almost 3 million doctor visits and 200,000 hospitalizations each year. And studies show these numbers have been growing during the past 20 years, particularly in children.

Nature Newswatch - Find another of God's fascinating creatures each week. Great things to look for on family pinics, field trips and outings.

Thoughts on Barbecuing

Barbecuing is becoming a problem. You can’t afford steaks, ribs are too fattening, and you’re tired of chicken and hamburgers. It seems sort of foolish just to light the grill for marshmallows.

I don't care what vegetarians say, I just can't get excited about hickory smoked cucumbers.

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