Moon Contracts & Outhouse Races
Big News
NASA on Thursday awarded a multibillion dollar contract to build a manned lunar spaceship to Lockheed Martin. Halliburton got the contract to provide sack lunches and body armor for the astronauts.
- And vacuum up all the moon dust they find.
Iran defied a U.N. deadline Thursday to stop enriching uranium, but U.S. officials said no action would be taken right away. Reportedly, Iran's hard-line president is so adamant about staying the course, Republicans secretly admire the guy.
The leader of a polygamist sect said Thursday he will not fight extradition to Utah. Then, before dinner, Warren Jeffs married two jail guards and a tabloid reporter.
September 1st Now & Then
The Klondike International Outhouse Race is this weekend in The Yukon. Outhouses on wheels are raced over a two-mile course through downtown Dawson City. Last year's race ended in tragedy when one contestant lost control of his outhouse and crashed head-on into a crowd of avid outhouse racing fans.
- It was terrible. Fans had no idea that Mutual of Moose Jaw did not cover being struck by a passing outhouse.
Martha, the world's last living passenger pigeon, died at the Cincinnati Zoo on this day in 1914. Martha's stuffed remains are now on display with other extinct species at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. -- where she perches proudly on the Tomb of the Unknown Honest Politician.
September is National Cat Health Month, sponsored by Smelly Vittles, the cat food cats really like. Available in four fantastic flavors: grilled goldfish, barbecued bugs, roasted robin, and minced mice meat.
September is Cable TV Month. Thanks to cable TV, the trashy movie you passed up at the mall three months ago can be in your own home tonight.
Love & Learn
Inside People - Awareness, support can aid in preventing, dealing with suicide.
TV Closeup - Elizabeth Perkins plays Celia Hodes in the dark television comedy "Weeds."
Films in Focus: New & Recent Releases - Quick reviews and rating of newly released films: Idlewild, Invincible, The Illusionist, Accepted, World Trade Center, Little Miss Sunshine, Step Up, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Barnyard: The Original Party Animals, Scoop, The Ant Bully, Lady in the Water, You, Me & Dupree.
Aging Lifestyles - Sex and the sexagenarian.
Shallow Thoughts
Isn't it wonderful how the breweries are taking the calories out of beer so teenagers won't be obese?
A true camping experience need not be plush; as long as the campground has toilets that flush.
Labor Day is a time for picnics and campaign speeches. You're chewing a mouthful while you're getting a bellyful.
NASA on Thursday awarded a multibillion dollar contract to build a manned lunar spaceship to Lockheed Martin. Halliburton got the contract to provide sack lunches and body armor for the astronauts.
- And vacuum up all the moon dust they find.
Iran defied a U.N. deadline Thursday to stop enriching uranium, but U.S. officials said no action would be taken right away. Reportedly, Iran's hard-line president is so adamant about staying the course, Republicans secretly admire the guy.
The leader of a polygamist sect said Thursday he will not fight extradition to Utah. Then, before dinner, Warren Jeffs married two jail guards and a tabloid reporter.
September 1st Now & Then
The Klondike International Outhouse Race is this weekend in The Yukon. Outhouses on wheels are raced over a two-mile course through downtown Dawson City. Last year's race ended in tragedy when one contestant lost control of his outhouse and crashed head-on into a crowd of avid outhouse racing fans.
- It was terrible. Fans had no idea that Mutual of Moose Jaw did not cover being struck by a passing outhouse.
Martha, the world's last living passenger pigeon, died at the Cincinnati Zoo on this day in 1914. Martha's stuffed remains are now on display with other extinct species at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. -- where she perches proudly on the Tomb of the Unknown Honest Politician.
September is National Cat Health Month, sponsored by Smelly Vittles, the cat food cats really like. Available in four fantastic flavors: grilled goldfish, barbecued bugs, roasted robin, and minced mice meat.
September is Cable TV Month. Thanks to cable TV, the trashy movie you passed up at the mall three months ago can be in your own home tonight.
Love & Learn
Inside People - Awareness, support can aid in preventing, dealing with suicide.
TV Closeup - Elizabeth Perkins plays Celia Hodes in the dark television comedy "Weeds."
Films in Focus: New & Recent Releases - Quick reviews and rating of newly released films: Idlewild, Invincible, The Illusionist, Accepted, World Trade Center, Little Miss Sunshine, Step Up, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Barnyard: The Original Party Animals, Scoop, The Ant Bully, Lady in the Water, You, Me & Dupree.
Aging Lifestyles - Sex and the sexagenarian.
Shallow Thoughts
Isn't it wonderful how the breweries are taking the calories out of beer so teenagers won't be obese?
A true camping experience need not be plush; as long as the campground has toilets that flush.
Labor Day is a time for picnics and campaign speeches. You're chewing a mouthful while you're getting a bellyful.
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