Hello, Wall!
Big News
President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing the construction of a fence along 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. Several Democrats, drinking early in California, swore they heard Ronald Reagan roll over and scream, "Mr. Gorbabush, TEAR DOWN THAT WALL!"
Meantime, Mexico's top daredevil Jose Knievel vowed to jump the new U.S.-Mexico wall on a motorcycle, and Madonna says she will adopt all illegal aliens injured trying to climb it.
- Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will cut short their honeymoon to jump up and down on the wall.
- And so as not to miss any excitement during construction, Geraldo Rivera will broadcast live from the wall for the next 35 years.
October 27th Now & Then
The Great Outhouse Race is this weekend in Mountain View, Arkansas. They race down the mountain in outhouses on wheels. Sounds like a terrible way to die.
- I think I saw that movie. Tom Cruise drove the winning outhouse.
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was born on this day in 1914. He's the guy folk singer Bob Dylan named himself after. Dylan Thomas never sang a note in his life, which make him and Bob Dylan about even.
Theodore Roosevelt was born on this day in 1858. Teddy was the first president to ride in a car, submerge in a submarine, and fly in a plane; and the trips were anything but smooth. But Teddy was used to it -- he was a rough rider.
The Great Doughnut Debate was held on this date in 1947 to decide once and for all who invented the doughnut hole.
- Originally, the doughnut was simply a fried cake with a nut in the middle. Hence the name, dough nut.
- Chief High Eagle claimed a Cape Cod housewife had been cooking fried cakes when an Indian tried to kill her, and the arrow missed the woman and, instead, killed her fried cake, leaving quite a hole in the middle.
- But the judges ruled in favor of 15-year-old Hanson Gregory of Clam Cove, Maine, who in 1847 allegedly punched the centers out of his mother's fried cakes because "the centers were never cooked done anyway."
- The judges apparently felt the Indian story was just too full of holes.
Love & Learn
In Fashion - Updating your glasses is one of the best ways to refine your image and keep your wardrobe looking youthful.
DVD Select - Newest, best and worst available on DVD, including Nacho Libre, Rolling Family, Monster House, Kiss Me Again, Astaire and Rogers Ultimate Collector's Edition, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse, and more.
Aging Lifestyles - When it comes to aging, women still are not on a "level playing field."
Money and You - Find what your mutual fund fees really are.
Shallow Thoughts
I played high school football. I was the quarterback. I not only got sacked a lot, I fell off the stretcher twice.
They should have expected that blizzard in Denver when all the ducks lined up a the airport to catch a flight south.
More storm clouds are gathering in Washington. President Bush has been advised that this year he cannot go trick or treating.
President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing the construction of a fence along 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. Several Democrats, drinking early in California, swore they heard Ronald Reagan roll over and scream, "Mr. Gorbabush, TEAR DOWN THAT WALL!"
Meantime, Mexico's top daredevil Jose Knievel vowed to jump the new U.S.-Mexico wall on a motorcycle, and Madonna says she will adopt all illegal aliens injured trying to climb it.
- Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will cut short their honeymoon to jump up and down on the wall.
- And so as not to miss any excitement during construction, Geraldo Rivera will broadcast live from the wall for the next 35 years.
October 27th Now & Then
The Great Outhouse Race is this weekend in Mountain View, Arkansas. They race down the mountain in outhouses on wheels. Sounds like a terrible way to die.
- I think I saw that movie. Tom Cruise drove the winning outhouse.
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was born on this day in 1914. He's the guy folk singer Bob Dylan named himself after. Dylan Thomas never sang a note in his life, which make him and Bob Dylan about even.
Theodore Roosevelt was born on this day in 1858. Teddy was the first president to ride in a car, submerge in a submarine, and fly in a plane; and the trips were anything but smooth. But Teddy was used to it -- he was a rough rider.
The Great Doughnut Debate was held on this date in 1947 to decide once and for all who invented the doughnut hole.
- Originally, the doughnut was simply a fried cake with a nut in the middle. Hence the name, dough nut.
- Chief High Eagle claimed a Cape Cod housewife had been cooking fried cakes when an Indian tried to kill her, and the arrow missed the woman and, instead, killed her fried cake, leaving quite a hole in the middle.
- But the judges ruled in favor of 15-year-old Hanson Gregory of Clam Cove, Maine, who in 1847 allegedly punched the centers out of his mother's fried cakes because "the centers were never cooked done anyway."
- The judges apparently felt the Indian story was just too full of holes.
Love & Learn
In Fashion - Updating your glasses is one of the best ways to refine your image and keep your wardrobe looking youthful.
DVD Select - Newest, best and worst available on DVD, including Nacho Libre, Rolling Family, Monster House, Kiss Me Again, Astaire and Rogers Ultimate Collector's Edition, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse, and more.
Aging Lifestyles - When it comes to aging, women still are not on a "level playing field."
Money and You - Find what your mutual fund fees really are.
Shallow Thoughts
I played high school football. I was the quarterback. I not only got sacked a lot, I fell off the stretcher twice.
They should have expected that blizzard in Denver when all the ducks lined up a the airport to catch a flight south.
More storm clouds are gathering in Washington. President Bush has been advised that this year he cannot go trick or treating.
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