A Pound of Thoughts

If your parents never had children, chances are you won’t, either.

I just love it.  Why can’t we have comedy like this nowadays?

I’ve been looking over the internet for some quick links to all things Halloween, and here’s some that I’ve come across:

• Halloween Facts and Traditions:  A little bit of history, a little bit of fun, and of course a little bit of food!
• Pumpkin Masters:  All things Jack O’ Lantern.
• Wikipedia:  I know, I know…But I had to include it.
• BBC:  Had to include a British twist, since, well, that’s where the Druids are (were) from.
• Do-It-Yourself:  And lastly, something for the AD-ults out there.  (Are there any on Halloween?)

Hope ya enjoy these links.  And to finish things off, some lyrics to a famous Halloween song!

How ’bout a little humor for the day?

I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I’m gonna put pins into all the locations that I’ve traveled to. But first, I’m gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won’t fall down.

–Mitch Hedberg (1968-2005), American stand-up comedian

I have been looking all over the internet for a picture of a birthday cake for my sister, and I think I’ve finally found one on Flickr!  So, KK, here ya go!

Here’s an e-mail I received today.  I thought it was not only funny, but true.  Tell me what you think in the comments.

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Fact of the Day: barbecue
Barbecue (the word) came into English via Spanish, who adopted the term from the Arawak of the Caribbean to whom the barbacoa was a grating of green wood upon which strips of meat were placed to dry or cook over a slow fire.

 [Editor's note:  Mmmm...my favorite method of cooking!]

Things that happened on this day in history

64 B.C.E. - The Great Fire of Rome started; in 9 days, two-thirds of the city was destroyed.

1872 - Britain introduced the concept of voting by secret ballot.

1925 - Adolf Hitler published the first volume of his personal manifesto, “Mein Kampf.”

1927 - Ty Cobb recorded his 4,000th career hit.

1932 - The United States and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.

1936 - The Spanish Civil War began. It was the first major military contest between left-wing forces and Fascists led by General Francisco Franco, and has been called the first chapter of World War II.

1947 - President Harry Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the speaker of the House of Representatives and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.

1969 - A car driven by Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha’s Vineyard; passenger Mary Jo Kopechne died. The senator did not report the fatal car accident for 10 hours.

I received this e-mail the other day at work.  It’s supposedly what Jeff Foxworthy said about living in Mississippi:

• If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you may live in Mississippi.
• If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Mississippi.
• If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Mississippi.
• If “Vacation” means going anywhere south of Tupelo for the weekend, you may live in Mississippi.
• If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Mississippi.
• If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Mississippi.
• If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both doors unlocked, you may live in Mississippi.
• If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Mississsippi.
• If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph — you’re going 80 and everybody is passing you, you may live in Mississippi.
• If you find 60 degrees “a little chilly”, you may live in Mississippi.
• If you actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your Mississippi friends & others, you definitely live in Mississippi.

Yup…couldn’t be any more true!

I found this on Jo’s Cafe, and couldn’t pass it up. I guess I’m just not as controversial as other blogs.

Update (1:18 p.m.):  Newscoma had an “R” rating…for saying Dick Cheney’s name??  Go check her response out, guys…Haha!

According to Nashville is Talking, Mrs. Catherine Coble is going to Sevierville for a weekend in a cabin - one of my favorite vacation spots.  Now, I’ve never stayed at the cabin she is staying at, so I’m eager to hear about her experience.  My wife and I go every year with her family and stay at their cabin, and I wish i could be up there right now (we go at Christmas).  All I have to say is, have fun Cat, and eat plenty of BBQ!

I have another form of cabin “fever” right now - I’ve been sick since Wednesday and I’m trying to get over it…not sure what it is, just wish it would go away…Keep me in your prayers, please!  Thanks, and God Bless!

One of my hobbies is learning not only about new (or old) languages, but learning how to read, speak, and listen to them.  I started Icelandic a while back, but stopped for a few months.  Now I’m starting over, trying to really be diligent at it and learn it thoroughly….Here’s a couple of sentences in Icelandic, with the translation:

 Ég heiti Eiríkur.  Ég er frá Bandaríkjunum.  Tala ensku og svolitla íslensku og spænsku.

My name is Eric.  I am from the United States.  I speak English and a little Icelandic and Spanish.

I will post more later as I learn more.   Right now I’m learning how to describe people and about full names in Icelandic!