Kinky & Monkey School
Big News
Exxon-Mobil earned $10.4 billion in April, May, and June. They'll need it -- to survive after the November elections.
- And there's just no telling what might happen when Kinky Friedman becomes Leader of the So-Called Free World.
July 28
On July 28 in 1958 an Esso report claimed that listening to rock & roll on a car radio made the driver unconsciously jiggle the gas peddle and waste gasoline. Even worse, drunk drivers listening to polkas could wet their pants.
An outdoor rock concert starring the Grateful Dead drew 600-thousand fans at Watkins Glen, New York, on July 28 in 1973. The fans left an incredible mess, but promoters say the place should be completely cleaned up soon.
The Olympic Summer Games began in Los Angeles on July 28 in 1984. What a dramatic moment when they lit the Olympic torch at the L.A. Coliseum, and 100-thousand onlookers bowed their heads to pray that the smog wouldn't catch fire.
On July 28 in 1586 potatoes were introduced into Ireland, originally to be fed to animals. It seems so strange to imagine someone in a barn in Ireland, saying to a cow, "And would you be likin' fries with that?"
Love & Learn
Aging Lifestyles - Will writing is a family affair.
Points on Pets - Cat food should have all the needed vitamins..
Sports Unlimited - On-field insults require thick skin, not thick head.
Films in Focus: New & Recent Releases - Quick reviews and rating of newly released films: Lady in the Water, You, Me and Dupree, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Devil Wears Prada, Superman Returns, Waist Deep, Click, Nacho Libre, Cars, A Prairie Home Companion, The Breakup.
Shallow Thoughts
Remember the first rule of picnic etiquette: Never talk with a watermelon in your mouth.
Summer TV is a lost cause. They're rerunning the reruns they reran during the spring reruns.
And remember, if caffeine is outlawed, only outlaws will get jittery.
American politics is more fun that a barrel of monkeys that dropped out of monkey school.
Exxon-Mobil earned $10.4 billion in April, May, and June. They'll need it -- to survive after the November elections.
- And there's just no telling what might happen when Kinky Friedman becomes Leader of the So-Called Free World.
July 28
On July 28 in 1958 an Esso report claimed that listening to rock & roll on a car radio made the driver unconsciously jiggle the gas peddle and waste gasoline. Even worse, drunk drivers listening to polkas could wet their pants.
An outdoor rock concert starring the Grateful Dead drew 600-thousand fans at Watkins Glen, New York, on July 28 in 1973. The fans left an incredible mess, but promoters say the place should be completely cleaned up soon.
The Olympic Summer Games began in Los Angeles on July 28 in 1984. What a dramatic moment when they lit the Olympic torch at the L.A. Coliseum, and 100-thousand onlookers bowed their heads to pray that the smog wouldn't catch fire.
On July 28 in 1586 potatoes were introduced into Ireland, originally to be fed to animals. It seems so strange to imagine someone in a barn in Ireland, saying to a cow, "And would you be likin' fries with that?"
Love & Learn
Aging Lifestyles - Will writing is a family affair.
Points on Pets - Cat food should have all the needed vitamins..
Sports Unlimited - On-field insults require thick skin, not thick head.
Films in Focus: New & Recent Releases - Quick reviews and rating of newly released films: Lady in the Water, You, Me and Dupree, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Devil Wears Prada, Superman Returns, Waist Deep, Click, Nacho Libre, Cars, A Prairie Home Companion, The Breakup.
Shallow Thoughts
Remember the first rule of picnic etiquette: Never talk with a watermelon in your mouth.
Summer TV is a lost cause. They're rerunning the reruns they reran during the spring reruns.
And remember, if caffeine is outlawed, only outlaws will get jittery.
American politics is more fun that a barrel of monkeys that dropped out of monkey school.
posted by Joe Hickman at 2:24 PM
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