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The heat wave is causing problems everywhere. On his global warming tour, Al Gore boiled over.
- In Mississippi last night, members of the Klan were wearing Speedo sheets.
The heat island effect in our big cities means you can pop popcorn on the sidewalks. But don't. Somebody make think it's gunfire and pop you back.
- In Dallas Tuesday it was 107 and drier than the trees in a one dog town.
July 19th
Wednesday is Bloomer Day. It's one of those feminist things, so husbands have to be especially careful. Or you could wind up sleeping next week in the flower bed with the cat.
The first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19th in 1848. Basically, the convention declared that women were human. But back then men were afraid that if women were treated like humans, next thing you know they'd want to powder their wigs and wear earrings and tight pants.
On July 19th in 1966 Frank Sinatra married Mia Farrow. He was 51, she was 21. It wasn't a great marriage, but at least Frank didn't marry any of her kids.
The great Sioux medicine man Sitting Bull surrendered to the U.S. Army on July 19th in 1881. He would have surrendered a day earlier; but like most medicine men, on Wednesday Sitting Bull played golf.
Love & Learn
Lifewire: Study Emphasizes Tobacco Risks - The direct link between poverty and mortality is well-known, but a new study by the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford is the first to find that more than half the difference in risk of death between wealthy men and poor men comes from smoking.
Pop Music Jumped the Shark in 1985 - The truth is, the mid-'80s were dark times and Starship did not act unilaterally. In fact, I have a couple horror stories from that era.
Hyphen-Nation - The birth of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt has brought a new focus on blended surnames.
Summer Sun Protection - Taking cover: Sunscreen is just part of the picture.
Today's Heavy Bird Thought
Have you noticed? When you turn on your sprinklers, here come the robins. Robins love water. I think robins, in a previous like, were ducks.
Thoughts on Aging
The number of Americans over the age of 85 will double in the next 25 years. Folks, we may see electric wheelchair traffic gridlock at Wal-Mart.
The heat wave is causing problems everywhere. On his global warming tour, Al Gore boiled over.
- In Mississippi last night, members of the Klan were wearing Speedo sheets.
The heat island effect in our big cities means you can pop popcorn on the sidewalks. But don't. Somebody make think it's gunfire and pop you back.
- In Dallas Tuesday it was 107 and drier than the trees in a one dog town.
July 19th
Wednesday is Bloomer Day. It's one of those feminist things, so husbands have to be especially careful. Or you could wind up sleeping next week in the flower bed with the cat.
The first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19th in 1848. Basically, the convention declared that women were human. But back then men were afraid that if women were treated like humans, next thing you know they'd want to powder their wigs and wear earrings and tight pants.
On July 19th in 1966 Frank Sinatra married Mia Farrow. He was 51, she was 21. It wasn't a great marriage, but at least Frank didn't marry any of her kids.
The great Sioux medicine man Sitting Bull surrendered to the U.S. Army on July 19th in 1881. He would have surrendered a day earlier; but like most medicine men, on Wednesday Sitting Bull played golf.
Love & Learn
Lifewire: Study Emphasizes Tobacco Risks - The direct link between poverty and mortality is well-known, but a new study by the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford is the first to find that more than half the difference in risk of death between wealthy men and poor men comes from smoking.
Pop Music Jumped the Shark in 1985 - The truth is, the mid-'80s were dark times and Starship did not act unilaterally. In fact, I have a couple horror stories from that era.
Hyphen-Nation - The birth of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt has brought a new focus on blended surnames.
Summer Sun Protection - Taking cover: Sunscreen is just part of the picture.
Today's Heavy Bird Thought
Have you noticed? When you turn on your sprinklers, here come the robins. Robins love water. I think robins, in a previous like, were ducks.
Thoughts on Aging
The number of Americans over the age of 85 will double in the next 25 years. Folks, we may see electric wheelchair traffic gridlock at Wal-Mart.
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