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KFC said Monday it will start using zero trans fat soybean oil for its Original Recipe and Extra Crispy fried chicken. Almost immediately, a million chicken march on Louisville was planned to protest having to drink that stuff.
- Apparently, Kentucky chickens sometimes get confused about what they hear on the radio.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company said on Monday that it plans to close a plant in Tyler, Texas. They blamed the rising cost of blimp fuel.
On Halloween we put our pumpkin heads in the window, and a week later we'll put 'em in Congress.
October 31st Now & Then
Today is Halloween, originally the Celtic New Year when the Druids dressed up in old clothes and went from cemetery to cemetery cleaning graves. How it evolved into an excuse for selling junk candy and pirate costumes can only be explained as either insanity or "free enterprise."
Halloween Fun-Liners
Halloween began on this very day back in ancient Gaul, whenever that was.
- On November 1st the Druids honored Samhain, the god of the dead. So the night before, they'd always sweep out the tombs, so the tombs would be clean for the party.
-But first, they carved an ugly face into a giant turnip and stuck a torch inside. This not only supplied light for the tomb sweeping, but it also would scare the shrouds off of any ghosts that might wake up.
- To the Druids, tomb sweeping was serious business, but to Christian kids, it looked like fun. So when the Christians ran the Druids out of Gaul, they had the gall to turn tomb sweeping into trick-or-treating, which was even more fun and not nearly as dusty.
One of the old pagan games that's still popular with modern pagans on Halloween is dunking for apples. All you do is, fill a big tub with water, toss in some apples, and have the kids try to catch the apples with their teeth. Since this is impossible for a kid in a Mark Foley mask, it's a great way to have fun and shampoo the carpet.
Love & Learn
Holiday Movie Preview - Holiday movie fare will deck the multiplexes with many of the year's most award-worthy releases.
Financial Update - New Windows software puts parents in control of computer use.Film Closeup - Famed director and actor Clint Eastwood has just finished two films, “Flags of our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima.”
Project of the Week: Santa Display - With ten big, full-color figures--Santa Claus, the sleigh and eight reindeer--the display is a fun and easy way to spread some cheer around the neighborhood.
Shallow Thoughts
I love Halloween because Halloween offically marks the end of the dieting season.
The most popular costume this year is dressing up like Frankenstein and pretending to be Dick Cheney.
The best part of Halloween is trying to decide whose face is lit up more, the jack-o-lantern's or your kid's.
KFC said Monday it will start using zero trans fat soybean oil for its Original Recipe and Extra Crispy fried chicken. Almost immediately, a million chicken march on Louisville was planned to protest having to drink that stuff.
- Apparently, Kentucky chickens sometimes get confused about what they hear on the radio.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company said on Monday that it plans to close a plant in Tyler, Texas. They blamed the rising cost of blimp fuel.
On Halloween we put our pumpkin heads in the window, and a week later we'll put 'em in Congress.
October 31st Now & Then
Today is Halloween, originally the Celtic New Year when the Druids dressed up in old clothes and went from cemetery to cemetery cleaning graves. How it evolved into an excuse for selling junk candy and pirate costumes can only be explained as either insanity or "free enterprise."
Halloween Fun-Liners
Halloween began on this very day back in ancient Gaul, whenever that was.
- On November 1st the Druids honored Samhain, the god of the dead. So the night before, they'd always sweep out the tombs, so the tombs would be clean for the party.
-But first, they carved an ugly face into a giant turnip and stuck a torch inside. This not only supplied light for the tomb sweeping, but it also would scare the shrouds off of any ghosts that might wake up.
- To the Druids, tomb sweeping was serious business, but to Christian kids, it looked like fun. So when the Christians ran the Druids out of Gaul, they had the gall to turn tomb sweeping into trick-or-treating, which was even more fun and not nearly as dusty.
One of the old pagan games that's still popular with modern pagans on Halloween is dunking for apples. All you do is, fill a big tub with water, toss in some apples, and have the kids try to catch the apples with their teeth. Since this is impossible for a kid in a Mark Foley mask, it's a great way to have fun and shampoo the carpet.
Love & Learn
Holiday Movie Preview - Holiday movie fare will deck the multiplexes with many of the year's most award-worthy releases.
Financial Update - New Windows software puts parents in control of computer use.Film Closeup - Famed director and actor Clint Eastwood has just finished two films, “Flags of our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima.”
Project of the Week: Santa Display - With ten big, full-color figures--Santa Claus, the sleigh and eight reindeer--the display is a fun and easy way to spread some cheer around the neighborhood.
Shallow Thoughts
I love Halloween because Halloween offically marks the end of the dieting season.
The most popular costume this year is dressing up like Frankenstein and pretending to be Dick Cheney.
The best part of Halloween is trying to decide whose face is lit up more, the jack-o-lantern's or your kid's.
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