Happy Weekend

The weekend is here. The clouds are still here. What a strange June we are having. This should be the time of sunshine, heat, and a drying forest—waiting for the monsoons. This year, it has been cloudy, cool, and strange. Maybe our many-year drought is ending.

I have never enjoyed shopping for groceries. Narrow aisles, stuff in the aisles. But today I went to Albertson’s to pick up some sale items…yeah a cherry picker. Well, it takes a degree in grocery shopping to find their sale items. If you buy 10 from list one, the final price is 75 cents each. If you buy 10 from list 2, the final price is $1 each. If you buy 10 from list 3, the final price is $1.50 each. The ad has lots of pictures of stuff that fit in each list. So as you shop, you see all these tags. I don’t need 10 of anything, but since there are about 20 items on each list, I do find stuff I need. My problem was keeping count of how many from each list I had bought. To really save money, it has to be 10 from the list. I did notice that there were several other shoppers, holding the ad and searching out the items. I did get a lot of stuff I needed, and I did save a lot of money. But my brain was exhausted when I got to the checkout. The computer was able to figure it all out, even if I didn’t. I decided that if I ever attempt this sale shopping again, I will do one of two things…1: get a cart, find the stuff on List one I need. Then start over at the first aisle and find the stuff on list 2 and so on. This would require 3 or 4 trips down every aisle—but good exercise I guess. 2: somehow divide the cart into five sections…one section for each list, and one section for stuff not on sale that I need. How to divide the cart will be a challenge. Maybe I will just get several carts. I have to wonder who came up with this crazy shopping experience. It has to be a computer nerd who never shops for groceries.

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Random Fact
Natural gas has no smell. The odor is artificially added so that people will be able to identify leaks and take measures to stop them.

June is…
Adopt a Shelter Cat Month…Effective Communications Month…Gay & Lesbian Pride Month [National GLBT Month]…Great Outdoors Month…National Accordion Awareness Month…Rebuild Your Life Month…National Candy Month

Week of June 14
Flag Week
Men’s Health Week
Meet a Mate Week


June 19—171st day of the year…194 days remain in 2009
Vinegar Day
World Refugee Day
World Juggling Day
International Surfing Day—on the water, not the web

BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1674
Nicholas Rowe England, poet laureate (Jane Shore, Tamerlane)
1868
Helen Miller Shepard philanthropist/established Hall of Fame
1909
Errol Flynn actor
1920
DeForest Kelley Atlanta Ga, actor (Dr Leonard McCoy-Star Trek)
1924
Audie Murphy Kingston Tx, WWII hero/actor
1928
Martin Landau actor (Mission Impossible)
1942
Brian Wilson Inglewood Calif, singer (Beach Boys)
1945
Anne Murray Nova Scotia, Canada, singer
1949
Lionel Richie musician
1952
John Goodman actor (Roseanne)

IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1782
Congress approves Great Seal of US & the eagle as it's symbol
1837
Following the death of her uncle, William IV, Queen Victoria takes the British throne at age 18, beginning a reign of 63 years, the longest in British history
1863
1st bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)
1893
After a sensational murder trial, Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Mass.
1911
NAACP incorporates (NY)
1960
Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France .

Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987

Every answer here is a phrase in the form “_____ and _____” where each blank represents a five-letter word. One letter in each word has been changes. What are the phrases?

EX Block and Whine Answer: Black and white

1. Bribe & gloom
2. House & muggy
3. Largo & smell
4. Flash & blond
5. Shout & swept
6. Trick & wield
7. Broad & waver
8. Depth & tapes
9. Poker & fight
10. Peach & quilt

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Answers:
1. Bride & groom
2. Horse & buggy
3. Large & small
4. Flesh & blood
5. Short & sweet
6. Track & field
7. Bread & water
8. Death & taxes
9. Power & light
10. Peace & quiet
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