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Thanksgiving Plans - Remember the Titanic!
“Seize the moment, remember all those women on the ‘Titanic,’ who waved off the desert cart.” ~ Erma Bombeck.Thanksgiving is fast approaching and everyone is frantically making plans. Although, it has been my experience that the best made plans often end up like the Titanic, seat a few ice bergs at the dinner table and its all over.Those who are hosting are worried about seating arrangements and folks, who get along; as opposed to those you need to take sharp instruments away from when they sit next to each other like Uncles Harry and Dick. Others are planning to bring side dishes, which reminds me of the famous Forrest Gump quote “Life

Sweden’s Tobacco Road
A North Korean couple with diplomatic status was recently arrested in Sweden on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the country.Swedish Customs nabbed them as they departed a ferry from Helsinki with their car, which was loaded with Russian cigarettes. Of course, they claimed diplomatic immunity.They had just dined on “Dead Body Soup” made with pickled squash, kimchi, green chili, garlic, onion, red chili powder and tofu; normally a South Korean dish, but they smuggled that from Seoul.Read news article "They were accredited as diplomats in Russia, but ha

Preparing for Black Friday Madness
For as long as I can remember, Black Friday and Cyber Monday never meant Jack Schitt in my house. Those are the days everyone in my family stay away from the shopping Malls, clogged traffic arteries, and shopping cart demolition derbys. The only exception being our teenagers, who like to hang out at the food courts, eating pizza, and watching all the viral shoppers knock each other over like yulefest Weebles to save a yuletide dollar. Occasionally, the kids report back to the house with their Blackberrys that someone took a header out in the parking lot, or some sweet little old lady whacked a kid with a candy cane because she thought he was memorizing her PIN number, so he could treat hims

Little Egypt to Run Against Sarah Palin
The Republican Party was out looking for candidates to run in the 2012 primary election against Sarah Palin when this incident occurred in Phoenix, AZ, that created a huge debate among constituents.Apparently, someone borrowed a book from the Camelback High School library in 1959 and just returned it with a letter and a $1,000 money order.The letter explained that the family had moved shortly after the books were borrowed and the books were inadvertently packed. The borrower figured that at two cents-a-day, the library tab would be approximately $745.00, so extra money was tacked on in case the rates went up since “Phoenix Arizona 1959.”Read

Pelican Slam-Dunks $1 Million Bugatti
A family of pelicans were minding their own business playing a Sunday afternoon game of Marco Polo, in Galveston, TX, when a Bugatti Veyron got in the way.The driver, who was distracted by the pelicans dropped his cell phone and drove his $1 Million sports car into a nearby salt marsh.Read news article By the time local police arrived, the car was already sinking into the brine about 20 feet from the road.The driver, who was later identified as Andy House, the owner of Performance Auto Sales in Lufkin, TX, became a bit of a celebrity when famous people started calling hi