When you shouldn't stop and smell the roses
Costa Mesa, Calif. -------------------- The stench of blue cheese and dead bodies at a Southern California college is not repelling visitors but drawing them in. A huge, rare and famously putrid Indonesian flower is blooming this weekend, spreading its stench across Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa.
The school said in a statement that the stench of the so-called corpse flower has been compared to rotting flesh. The flower -------- 5 feet tall and growing ----------- uses flies instead of bees to spread its sticky pollen. It produces two sulfurous chemicals that the flies find attractive.
Jeff Foxworthy would be so proud
Salem, N.Y. ---------------------------- You might be a redneck if you don't object to a rural upstate New York town's theme for its Fourth of July parade.
But some people around Salem aren't amused by parade organizers' decision to go with "Redneck Summer" for this year's theme. The volunteer fire department stages the annual holiday parade in Salem, 40 miles northeast of Albany.
One organizer said the number of groups participating had decreased, so they decided on the theme to "spice it up a little bit."
Of all the noble causes in the world..............
Cleveland -------------------------------- A suburban Cleveland man says police violated his First Amendment rights to free speech when they cited him for holding a sign warning motorists to turn if they wanted to avoid a drunken-driving checkpoint.
Douglas Odolecki, 43, who vows to fight the ticket, warned motorists with a sign that said: "Check point ahead! Turn now!"
Parma police officers cited Odolecki after consulting with city attorneys to determine if Odolecki violated any laws by displaying the sign, a police spokesman said.
'I see,' said the blind mechanic, 'a new transmission'
Las Cruces, N.M. --------------------- A blind New Mexico man who recently earned an auto mechanics degree is looking for a job.
Clifford Alderson, 48, a graduate from a joint New Mexico State University-Dona Ana Community College program, earned his degree by listening and learning to feel his way around the vehicle, KOAT-TV reported.
Born with retintis pigmentosa, a genetic disease that led to his blindness, Alderson got on-the-job training at a small auto shop in Alamogordo and plans on making a career out of his talents.
"When I graduated it didn't feel like I graduated. I felt like I was in a dream," said Alderson, who walks with a collapsible cane.
Hmm, let's put the house......................over there
Providence, R.I. ............................... A developer who mistakenly built a $1.8 million house on parkland has been ordered to remove it.
The Rhode Island Supreme Court found that the unoccupied home in Narragansett was built on land owned by the Rose Nulman Park Foundation. The developer, Four Twenty Corp., began building the home in 2009, but it didn't discover the error until 2011 when it tried to sell the house and the prospective buyers got a survey.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
POP QUIZ (Dad Presidents)
Did you know that almost all of America's presidents have been fathers?
Test your dads-in-chief savvy with these stumpers by Don't Know Much About the Presidents author Kenneth C. Davis.
1. Who was the first president whose child was born in the White House?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Grover Cleveland
C) Theodore Roosevelt
2. Which of these men fathered 15 children, the most of any POTUS?
A) John Tyler
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
3. Who threatened to punch a critic who slammed his daughter's singing?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Harry S. Truman
C) Jimmy Carter
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Answers : 1 (B) ; 2. (A) ; 3. (B)
Test your dads-in-chief savvy with these stumpers by Don't Know Much About the Presidents author Kenneth C. Davis.
1. Who was the first president whose child was born in the White House?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Grover Cleveland
C) Theodore Roosevelt
2. Which of these men fathered 15 children, the most of any POTUS?
A) John Tyler
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
3. Who threatened to punch a critic who slammed his daughter's singing?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Harry S. Truman
C) Jimmy Carter
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Answers : 1 (B) ; 2. (A) ; 3. (B)
Kennections
All five correct answers have something in common.
Can you figure out what it is?
1. Which dog breed supplies the nickname for Yale's and the University of Georgia's sports teams?
2. What U.S. coin will spotlight America's national parks on its reverse side until 2021?
3. What's been America's favorite ice cream flavor for the last two years running, according to the International Ice Cream Association?
4. In May NBC canceled what sci-fi TV show set in a world with no electricity?
5. The Pacific nations of Tuvalu, Tonga, and Samoa are all found in what island region of Oceania?
Bonus : What's the "Kennection" between all five answers?
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Answers : 1. Bulldog
2. Quarter
3. Vanilla
4. Revolution
5. Polynesia
Bonus : All are "French" things
Can you figure out what it is?
1. Which dog breed supplies the nickname for Yale's and the University of Georgia's sports teams?
2. What U.S. coin will spotlight America's national parks on its reverse side until 2021?
3. What's been America's favorite ice cream flavor for the last two years running, according to the International Ice Cream Association?
4. In May NBC canceled what sci-fi TV show set in a world with no electricity?
5. The Pacific nations of Tuvalu, Tonga, and Samoa are all found in what island region of Oceania?
Bonus : What's the "Kennection" between all five answers?
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Answers : 1. Bulldog
2. Quarter
3. Vanilla
4. Revolution
5. Polynesia
Bonus : All are "French" things
Did You Know? Fun Facts
- The 2013 population estimate of Bucks County was 626,976.
- The 2012 estimated population under 18 years was 22.1 percent.
- The 2012 estimated population over 65 was 15.6 percent.
- In 2012, there were 245,874 housing units.
- The homeownership rate, 2008 to 2012 was 78.2 percent.
- Almost one quarter (24.9 percent) of business are women-owned.
- Professional, scientific, management, administrative and waste management services employ 23.1 percent.
- Three percent work in government jobs.
- There are 306,663 males (46.9 percent) and 318,586 (53.1 percent) females.
- The median age is 42 years.
- The median household income is $76,169.
- There are 98 grocery stores, 1.58 for every 10,000 people.
- There are 453 full-service restaurants.
- The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual is 84.30 percent.
F. Y. I.
Quotable
by Jim Carrey, actor
"You can fail at what you don't want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love."
Celebrate This
Today June 17 is Eat Your Vegetables Day.
Lore Has It
In India, it is believed washing one's hair before an exam will wash away everything a student has learned.
Still on the Books
In Wilbur, Washington, it is illegal to ride an ugly horse.
Inferiority Complex
Brad Pitt's ads for Toyota were banned in Malaysia over objections his handsome appearance might make Malaysian countrymen feel inferior.
Call of the Small
A baby eel is called an elver; a baby oyster is called a spat.
by Jim Carrey, actor
"You can fail at what you don't want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love."
Celebrate This
Today June 17 is Eat Your Vegetables Day.
Lore Has It
In India, it is believed washing one's hair before an exam will wash away everything a student has learned.
Still on the Books
In Wilbur, Washington, it is illegal to ride an ugly horse.
Inferiority Complex
Brad Pitt's ads for Toyota were banned in Malaysia over objections his handsome appearance might make Malaysian countrymen feel inferior.
Call of the Small
A baby eel is called an elver; a baby oyster is called a spat.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
From Scripture
Matthew 16:13-19
The Rock for ages
The events in this passage lay the foundations for the Catholic Church. Jesus first asked his disciples who people say he was. Their answers named the ancient prophets reincarnated. Then Jesus asked, "Who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered for the group and identified Jesus as the Son of God. This highlighted Peter's role as spokesperson for the disciples.
Jesus pointed out that it was only by inspiration from the Father that Peter was able to recognize the truth about Jesus. ("No one but the Son knows the Son," Matthew 11:27.) Divine inspiration would lead Peter to speak and act in truth as head of Christ's Church. The Holy Spirit guides the pope to speak and act in truth today.
The Church has to last until the end of time. When Jesus changed Simon"s name to "Peter," he signaled that he was building his Church on "rock," a solid foundation upon which a wise man will build his home (Matthew 7:24).
The Rock for ages
The events in this passage lay the foundations for the Catholic Church. Jesus first asked his disciples who people say he was. Their answers named the ancient prophets reincarnated. Then Jesus asked, "Who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered for the group and identified Jesus as the Son of God. This highlighted Peter's role as spokesperson for the disciples.
Jesus pointed out that it was only by inspiration from the Father that Peter was able to recognize the truth about Jesus. ("No one but the Son knows the Son," Matthew 11:27.) Divine inspiration would lead Peter to speak and act in truth as head of Christ's Church. The Holy Spirit guides the pope to speak and act in truth today.
The Church has to last until the end of time. When Jesus changed Simon"s name to "Peter," he signaled that he was building his Church on "rock," a solid foundation upon which a wise man will build his home (Matthew 7:24).
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