…can’t trust that day (to quote John Phillips)
Today is Long Letter Day, a time to stop and write that long letter to an old friend. Honestly, when was the last time you wrote even a short letter? If you were to open your mailbox today
and there was an envelope that contained an actual handwritten letter, what would your reaction be? Would you be excited or anxious?
Today is also National Go Barefoot Around the House Day. It’s not a bad idea to go barefoot around the house every day instead of dragging the outside in with you but you should wear socks so your carpets will stay cleaner. Eastern cultures learned that millenia ago. Several years ago Mike and Nancy were invited for dinner to home owned by a couple from Bangladesh and when Mike had to take off his shoes, he realized he had a big hole in the toe of one of his socks. It was embarrassing but not as bad as if he had to take his pants off. Funny how quickly underpants develop holes in them.
Congratulations to Narielle Azcarate who won the watch this week from Julienne Jewelers and 101 Gold.
The 101 number one song of the day was the first Lennon-McCartney song NOT recorded by the Beatles to top the charts in America. It was one of Paul’s songs but the four Lads from Liverpool agreed it wasn’t quite right for them so it was offered to Billy J. Kramer who decided to pass. Another friend of Paul’s had just been signed to a recording contract a part of a duo and they needed material. They decided to give this one a try and the result was that on June 28th, 1964 it was at number one in America for Peter and Gordon (A World Without Love)
Tortugas, NM held the annual turtle races yesterday at the San Juan Fiesta. The turtle races became a part of the Fiesta in 1989 in order to get more kids involved. And it worked. Now kids of all ages gather to participate or just watch the races. Turtles came in all sizes but mostly in just one speed – slow. A turtle called Offspring was the overall winner.
Other stuff -
A would-be robber wielding a chain at a San Diego Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant didn’t count on one of the customers being an armed, off-duty plainclothes cop. Witnesses said the man barged into the KFC Saturday afternoon, smashed a heavy chain on the counter and ordered all the employees into the kitchen. But before he could open the cash register, the cop pulled his weapon, pointed it at the man and ordered him to hit the floor. But then the idiot actually demanded to see the officer’s badge. Let’s see, one has a chain, the other has a gun. The badge seems moot at this point. The suspect was arrested for attempted armed robbery.
Princess Abby, a Chihuahua mix from Clearlake, California, won the title of “World’s Ugliest Dog” at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California, on Friday. Abby, displaying her squinty left eye, a deformed right front paw and a swayed back, beat out last year’s winner, Pabst. Princess Abby’s owner, Kathleen Francis, received a $1,000 check at the 22nd annual contest. Francis adopted Abby from her vet about five months ago. It was Abby’s first such contest since she was found running wild through the street. Vet Karen “Doc” Halligan says Abby’s problematic back, legs and eye may be due to some inbreeding.
Police in Oklahoma are accused of tazing an 86-year old bedridden grandmother. A man in El Reno, Oklahoma became worried when his grandmother, Lona Varner, would not take her medicine, so he called emergency for assistance. Instead of sending EMS – a dozen armed police showed up – with tazers. The police claim the grandmother ‘took an aggressive posture’ in bed – and tazed her. The grandson was yelling…’Don’t taze my Granny!’ -What exactly is ‘an aggressive posture’…when you’re an 86-year old bedridden grandmother? Unless the police thought her bedpan was loaded…
Does this woman look threatening to you?
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