Another day in the 90's.. and violent thunderstorms are boiling around us. Last night, violent winds actually picked up a seat cushion and moved it away from the chair, bent my flagpole in half; knocked over some flower pots and some plants. Today is supposed to be worse.
Baltimore doesn't exist! At least not to the Weather Channel... on their maps is shown the District of Columbia and just north, Philadelphia. What the hell happened to Baltimore?
01. *Theodicy
Our neighbor, the Reverend Lou Piel, has been deluged with questions about God's powers since a 12 year old, greatly liked boy was killed by a falling tree during a violent storm. So Lou has scheduled a session to address: "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Lou strikes me as one who takes his religious calling very seriously. I have commented on some his columns in this blog. I think that Lou is a "mensch."
02. *Supreme Court .. Searching a cellphone.
Since the Supreme Court ruled that police need a warrant to search the cellphone of an arrested person, the States Attorney's office and the State Police have both stated, in effect, that they do get warrants. As one State Police trooper put it: "You can never go wrong with a search warrant."
03. *Hot Car Death .. South Carolina this time
Both parents say that they thought the other had taken the baby out of his car seat!
04. *Restaurants to Try in Baltimore
Visit DiPasquale's Market in Highland Town ("Holland Town" for natives), on 3700 Gough Street. Supposed to be great ethnic food for very low prices. If you were around in the 1950's you will remember what downtowns were like then, and what Highland Town is like today.
05. Blue Cross Expert to Talk
Bill Gray just called me to confirm his visit to our NARFE Chapter on October 9th, 2014. Bill is THE EXPERT on all health plans available to current Federal employees and retirees. We are lucky because he visits us first each year, with information that is important to our pensions and to our health plans.
06. People are Masochistic?
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me reports that a psychological test was given to a bunch of average people.. they were each hooked up to a shocking device and told not to press a button near them, because that would give them a shock. Then the tester left them alone in the room for ten minutes. 2/3 of the men then pressed the button; 1/3 of the women pressed the button.
07. Birth spurt
Similar to the New York statistics of an abnormal increase in the number of births 9 months after the "blackout", the District of Columbia experienced a jump in the number of births 9 months after last year's Government "shutdown."
08. Explosion Victim
Click and Clack reported what a lady told them about a scary experience.
Mrs. J. was coming out of a market on a 95 degree day when she spotted a car with its window rolled down and a lady inside holding the back of her head. She went over and asked if she could help. Between violent sobs, the lady holding her head said, "Yes.. I'm hurt."
Prodded for the story, the hurt lady said that someone must have shot her in the back of her head, and that she was holding her head to avoid her brains from spilling out. Mrs. J. took a close look and saw that what the lady was holding was grayish white, gooey and oozing through the lady's fingers. It sure looked like brains would look. She called 911.
When the medics arrived, they investigated and said that the wounded lady was fine, and they pieced together what had happened. The lady had put her groceries in the seat behind her in her very hot car, and the package of Pillsbury quick dough had exploded, sending doughy goo all over the back of the lady's head. The poor lady thought that she had been shot and the gooey dough surely had to be part of her brains!
09. Stop being so Grouchy, Joe!
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones." Proverbs 17:22
10. Pet Goldfish
Billy was putting dirt in a hole in his yard. His neighbor asked him why. Billy said: "Its because my goldfish died. The neighbor asked: "But why the big hole for a little fish?"
Billy replied: "Well.. its because the goldfish is inside your stupid cat."
11. Beer Master "Dr. Pat"
Archaeologist Patrick McGovern is an expert on the ancient art of making beer and found the world's oldest booze, a Neolithic grog brewed in China 9000 years ago, says The Smithsonian. He also found out the following about the Pyramid builders: "...each worker got a daily ration of four to five liters (of beer)." That's a lot of beer! They must have been a happy bunch of workers.
McGovern has ancient beer recipes that Sam Calagione, of Dogfish Head notoriety makes and tries and even markets. I think I will try to sample some of them.. if I can find them...the names of the five are:
Ta Henket
Midas Touch
Chateau Jiahu
Theobroma
chichi
12. Rodney Dangerfield Sez
"I was crossing the street. I was hit by the Bookmobile. I was lying there in pain, moaning, and the guy went, "Shhhhh."
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