Muggy.. looks like rain.. maybe not.
"Fools' names, like fools' faces,
Often appear in public places." Anon.
My son, Chris, brought me a zucchini bread he made, using a recipe that his mother made famous.
1:30 pm Elaine and I begin to eat zucchini bread.
1:45 pm Zucchini bread is now half gone. Delicious!
I'm afraid the bread will not survive tonight, or at the most, tomorrow afternoon.
01. *Great Idea #1
Tax tattoos.
02. *Personal Cooking Observation #1
Celeste Pizza for one is lousy! In my opinion.
03. *Burger King and Tim Horton
Carroll County Times: Burger King's acquisition of Tim Horton's and move to Canada may offer big benefits to its controlling shareholder: 3G Capital, a New York investment fund which is incorporated in the Cayman Islands. A very complex matter. I wonder what it will do for my Tim Horton shares? Will bad publicity hurt Burger King shares in the U.S."?
04. *Religion .. End Time
Carroll County Times: Reverend Mike Taylor writes in his periodic religion column that we are in "the end time".. I would advise interested parties to read a well-documented bible/history book like "The Passover Plot by Hugh J. Schonfeld. According to that book and many others, the people of Jesus' time thought that the Messiah was coming because, based on "certain signs", it was definitely the "end time."
The predicted "end time" did not take place. However, some preachers did not get the message and have been scaring their flocks with "end time" baloney for centuries. In addition, the Apocalypse Bible information was written specifically for the years when Rome ruled the world, and not for 2014. This is not just me talking.
Also, the Reverend says that "all have sinned." How does he know that? Does he have inside information from on high? He seems like a very nice man, but I'm afraid I must disagree with him on many points.
05. *Politics .. Governor Pence
Carroll County Times: Indiana Governor Mike Pence is making sounds like he wants to run for President in 2016. His platform consists of only one part: "Permanently reduce the size and scope of the Federal Government."
Come on, Mike. That's the tired old Republican standby. How about coming up with something new?
06. Bobbies on Alert
Carroll County Times: I never thought that I would see a picture of Bobbies patrolling Downing Street with machine guns at the ready. The U.K. is being prepared for a suspected terrorist strike.
07. They are here!
Internet: Giant African snails are a hot collectors' item these days. These snails can grow as big as a rat and they are ravenous. As omnivores nothing is safe from them. Agricultural department personnel are trying to corral them before they get out of hand. There is one bit of hope though.. some people eat them and think they taste good. Let's cook up a couple and put them on the menu of a high-class restaurant and see if our top 1% folks think they are delicious. If so, they will buy up all they can get and the problem is solved.
08. *Guns .. Pry them out of this guy?
Carroll County Times: R.M. is under a court prohibition to have no contact with guns.. because he was involved in 9 Virginia felonies: 4 for breaking and entering; 5 for larceny. However, he needed to get some personal objects from his home, where he was also prohibited to enter. He called for a policeman to help.
As he filled his bag with belongings, a loaded gun fell nearby and a close examination of his belongings bag revealed another firearm. Nice try, R.M.
09. *Crime .. McDonald's
Carroll County Times: An obviously inebriated 47 year old lady squatted and peed in a McDonald's Parking Lot, where she was arrested. I guess she was unhappy with the food.
10. *Great Idea #2
Our tax money is going to the Cayman Islands and Belize.. let's send a U.S. gunboat down there and take them over as U.S. Territories.. and then we should be able to get our money back. In return, we would make them into major vacation places, so they shouldn't go broke.
Elaine and I went on a small tour of Belize as part of a cruise. We were told that there had been some recent "unrest" but we should not worry. We did see some policemen with machine guns, but they looked friendly and we did not have any trouble. Besides, one can look at cable TV and see houses being sold in Belize to American citizens every day. And wasn't it earlier British Honduras? Everybody speaks the Queen's English.
11. *Guns .. UZI
Diane Rheem Show: Diane Rheem says: "There is absolutely no reason why a 9 year old girl would hold an uzi." AMEN!
12. *Crime .. Prison Complaints
The Week: A suspect in a double murder case has filed a 15 count complaint about conditions in the jail in which he is being held. A few of his irritants are:
Towels are too small.
Breakfast is served at the indecent hour of 6:15 am.
The books in the library are not up to date.
The Sheriff's Deputy Chief says: "We're not a hotel; we're a jail."
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1 comment:
I'm glad you enjoyed the bread; I'm also glad I only made 1/2 the recipe and saved you both an extra 1,500 calories.
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