Snake Memorial Day
Big News
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to urge the resumption of negotiations on a peace plan. Wow! If the Israelis and the Palestinians can get together and talk, who knows? Maybe some day Democrats and Republicans can do it.
- Maybe the lion will lie down with the lamb and Rush Limbaugh and Hillary will go square dancing.
June 5th in Fun History
On June 5th in 1977 singer Alice Cooper's boa constrictor was fatally bitten by a live rat it was being fed for breakfast. Dumb snake. It should have stuck to Fruit Loops.
On cinco de juno in 1876 vendors at the Philadelphia Exposition introduced bananas to America. They sold for 10-cents each, plus 2-cents deposit on the peel.
- By the way, studies have shown that spreading Vaseline on a banana does not make it easier to peel.
June 5th is Career Nurse Assistants Day. A nurse assistant is the person who has to do the nurse’s job because the nurse is too busy doing the doctor’s job.
- Because the doctor is too busy on the golf course — putting and driving up the cost of health care.
Actor William Boyd was born on June 5th in 1895. He played Hopalong Cassidy in 66 movies and a hundred TV shows. All the great western heroes wore black: Hopalong Cassidy, Lash LaRue ... Johnny Cash .... LaToya Jackson....
Love & Learn
There's No Turning Off the TV - Nowadays TVs are on display at gyms, gas stations and during entertainment or sports events -- and now the bus window.
DVD Select - Newest and best available on DVDs, including Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party, Date Movie, Freedomland, Marilyn Monroe's 80th Birthday Celebration, and others.
Beat the Heat with Sizzling Summer Fashions - Summer is a great time to take a break not only from your everyday routines, but also from the tried-and-true fashion favorites that may have fallen a little flat lately.
Gasoline Conservation for Dummies - Here's how to save big bucks on gasoline. Or not.
Et al.
Garage sales are where people try to sell stuff they're ashamed to give away.
My driver's license photo wasn't bad. So they took it again.
Maybe if more parents took kids to church, fewer kids would have to go to jail to find religion.
The healthiest thing in my wife's garden is the broccoli. Even insects won't eat broccoli.
- Actually, that's not entirely true. Those little green worms will eat a bite or two if you add cheese sauce.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to urge the resumption of negotiations on a peace plan. Wow! If the Israelis and the Palestinians can get together and talk, who knows? Maybe some day Democrats and Republicans can do it.
- Maybe the lion will lie down with the lamb and Rush Limbaugh and Hillary will go square dancing.
June 5th in Fun History
On June 5th in 1977 singer Alice Cooper's boa constrictor was fatally bitten by a live rat it was being fed for breakfast. Dumb snake. It should have stuck to Fruit Loops.
On cinco de juno in 1876 vendors at the Philadelphia Exposition introduced bananas to America. They sold for 10-cents each, plus 2-cents deposit on the peel.
- By the way, studies have shown that spreading Vaseline on a banana does not make it easier to peel.
June 5th is Career Nurse Assistants Day. A nurse assistant is the person who has to do the nurse’s job because the nurse is too busy doing the doctor’s job.
- Because the doctor is too busy on the golf course — putting and driving up the cost of health care.
Actor William Boyd was born on June 5th in 1895. He played Hopalong Cassidy in 66 movies and a hundred TV shows. All the great western heroes wore black: Hopalong Cassidy, Lash LaRue ... Johnny Cash .... LaToya Jackson....
Love & Learn
There's No Turning Off the TV - Nowadays TVs are on display at gyms, gas stations and during entertainment or sports events -- and now the bus window.
DVD Select - Newest and best available on DVDs, including Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party, Date Movie, Freedomland, Marilyn Monroe's 80th Birthday Celebration, and others.
Beat the Heat with Sizzling Summer Fashions - Summer is a great time to take a break not only from your everyday routines, but also from the tried-and-true fashion favorites that may have fallen a little flat lately.
Gasoline Conservation for Dummies - Here's how to save big bucks on gasoline. Or not.
Et al.
Garage sales are where people try to sell stuff they're ashamed to give away.
My driver's license photo wasn't bad. So they took it again.
Maybe if more parents took kids to church, fewer kids would have to go to jail to find religion.
The healthiest thing in my wife's garden is the broccoli. Even insects won't eat broccoli.
- Actually, that's not entirely true. Those little green worms will eat a bite or two if you add cheese sauce.
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