Don't Let Your Mogwai Near Bright Light

ESPECIALLY SUNLIGHT.... Don't get your Mogwai wet, and most importantly, don't feed your Mogwai after midnight. I was never sure when that meant you could start feeding the Mogwai again.... 6am? 7am? Are they all on East Coast Time or do I use GMT (UTC now a days)? That is like the rule in Iowa (and most states) where you can't buy liquor at a store after 2am. When can I start buying it again? 4am? Technically noon is after 2am but I seem to be able to buy it just fine at noon. Ahh.... good ol' Gizmo!

Happy Belated Birthday to Eddie! He's the Oscar Meyer Weiner guy!

I extend a new welcome to the new blog titled: Eschew Obfuscation. It's being heralded by the NY Times as "One of the funniest new blogs to hit the web in centuries!" There was more there but I only read headlines. Chad is my best friend from High School who now lives in New York City and provides hours and hours of entertainment. Read at your own risk.

And if you were still wondering about That Girl Emily whom I referred to a couple of weeks ago. It came to a pretty lame ending last week. It was a definite viral advertising campaign for a Private Investigator that has a new show on Court TV. Lame... I was hoping for something a little better than that.

There's a lot of talk about this Landis guy. He's the dude that won the Tour de France but now they say he failed two tests on a single day for "raised testosterone levels". I have a few questions for both sides of the argument that I need to ask... as you will see, I am undecided as to whether he is guilty or not at this stage.

1. To the Tour Officials.... why would only one day be accelerated and no traces found the other days?
2. To Landis.... did you see some hot girls in the crowd that day that might have lead to raised testosterone levels? Or did you go to the gym that morning? I know I feel like I have "raised testosterone levels" after I go to the gym.
3. To the Tour Officials..... who are you trying to get to win this thing? You obviously don't want an American winning it - wouldn't it be easier to just drop a Frenchman off about a mile from the finish line and hope nobody notices?

This whole thing is a mess - but I do wonder if an athelete would juice up (as is common in every sport now a days) and if he doesn't get caught, he can win... if caught, he writes a book worth millions to someone out there and still has money. That's my conspiracy theory of the day and I'm sticking to it.

And finally - the house of JonBenét Ramsey is up for sale again. The USA Today asks - Would you live in a death house? It's an interesting read to see what happened to some of the locations of key famous tragedies such as Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, OJ, and of course the Ramsey house. There's a webpage if you want to see more on celebrity deaths.... http://www.findadeath.com

Song of the Day - I am not sure if I've ever had REM be the SOTD but I honestly have Nightswimming running through my head for some reason this morning. It's one of their best songs (off of Automatic for the People).

Video of the Day - I watched the new DVD movie The Benchwarmers which had funny moments, but was just strange overall. And as much as I hate Napoleon Dynamite, the same guy is in this movie and plays the EXACT SAME STUPID CHARACTER. So I did not enjoy that aspect of the film. It's short thankfully so you get your laughs over with. David Spade also seems to be going nowhere with his career anymore.

Webpage of the Day - Top 10 Video Games that teach you valuable skills for life.... #1 - Carmen Sandiego!! I never did catch that #@)$*#@$.... gave up before I was far enough along to catch her.

Back in MN

We're home from a long weekend of driving around the midwest. But the wedding was well worth it.

I'm playing catchup today, but I'll share some pictures with you this week from the wedding. Including pictures of the nephews that are always fun to be around.

Gas prices going up AGAIN today - pipeline problems for BP. BP will take their sweet time fixing it since they don't want to cut into their record profits for this quarter. It's easier to just jack up the price of gasoline! I'm predicting gas hits the $3.24 mark by the end of today in Rochester (still at $3.09 this morning as it was all weekend).

Have a good Monday - sorry for the short blog!

Last But Not Least... Ohio

We take I-80/I-90 into Ohio. From there we go south a bit and our final destination is Tiffin, Ohio.

Ohio.... not fully Midwest, not fully New England, not fully part of the South. The state with a torn identity.

Capital is Columbus.... largest Metro population is..... Columbus!! That was news to me! It boasts two of the more widely known cities of Cleveland and Cincinnati, but who actually knew that Columbus was the largest city?

Ohio is the Iroquois word for "Good River" - referring to the Ohio River that forms the Southern Border. Ranks 7th for population, 34th in Area, and was the 17th state admitted to the Union. Ohio will always be known as the "2004 Presidential Election's version of Florida" where controversy over shadowed the Election itself.

(shortened version since we leave in the morning and I'm on my way to bed soon):

State Animal: White Tailed Deer (repeat)
State Bird: Cardinal (also a repeat)
State Tree: Buckeye (shocker!)
State Drink: Tomato Juice... no vodka, just the tomato juice.
State Rock Song: "Hang On Sloopy"
State Insect: Ladybug Beetle.... are those the things that don't ever die in the fall in Iowa and Minnesota?? They're not quite Ladybugs and not quite beetles? Just checking.

Have a good weekend y'all..... Enjoy the non-100 degree days!