Gormless Guys

It's not nice to laugh at other people's misfortune but if this story doesn't crack you up something is amiss with your sense of humor. Oddly enough this didn't take place in Florida proving that other states also harbor whack-jobs. Police in Kannapolis,N.C. were called after a shots fired report into a Rent-A-Center around 2 a.m. When officers arrived at the scene two men were trying to load a TV into a car. The two men jumped into separate cars and in their hurry to get away crashed into each other. Following the collision they both drove off down a one way street the wrong way and both crashed into two different cars. Police arrested them and charged the 20 year old with breaking and entering,felony larceny,possession of stolen vehicle,possession of stolen firearm,resist,delay, obstruction,hit and run,felony flee to elude and driving without a license. The 16 year old was charged with the same charges except no stolen firearm charge but in addition he was also charged with possession of marijuana, injury to real property and failure to heed blue lights/siren.  I believe they have my vote for the dumb criminals award.

In the Toilet

As Trump's approval ratings continue to tank a group of 50-60 artists known as "Art Finksters" have been busy painting toilets gold with a picture of a pig with a crown on the lid, they then place the toilets in busy public areas. Their goal is to make people aware. So far the toilets have been seen in Austin,Texas, Portland,Oregon, Miami, Chicago,Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Denver with more to be found at locations near you! This is a project I could get behind...pun intended.

Memo to McDonald's

Apparently McDonald's didn't receive the memo concerning plastics and the problems they are creating with our environment so I've taken it upon myself to give them notice. In an ill advised attempt to promote their new Signature Crafted Recipe sandwiches some rocket scientist decided to offer a frork which is a piece of plastic that holds french fries to be used to wipe up the sauce spilling from their new offerings. Seriously folks who needs to handle fries twice just to clean up excess sauce when you could either sop it up with the sandwich itself or with fries sans a frork. Not to mention I've never seen anything McDonald's has to offer with anywhere near enough sauce to be seeping off the sides.

Beaver Flavoring

Funny thing how today's post came about, I read a cartoon about beaver castor and for some reason I kept wondering if it was based on fact, as it turns out it was. What does that mean to you the consumer? It means that most of the artificially flavored vanilla,strawberry or raspberry products things like ice cream,gum,pudding and syrups are made from a scent gland located right by the beaver's anal gland. I guess there is nothing to worry about since it has been used for over 80 years and is recognized by the FDA as safe and non-toxic and those people have NEVER been wrong before! Next time you see castoreum on the list of ingredients you can thank a beaver.
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Got Beer?

This Finnish beer (Keisari) seems like it would be an item sold only in big box stores if you'll excuse the pun. After a competitor came out with a 100 pack of beer Keisari decided to step up to the plate with their 1000 pack. Regardless of the size of your thirst or the amount of people you might be having over there is still the problem with transporting that much beer. It would probably fit into the back of a pickup if the store had a forklift to put it into the bed,but then what? I guess a person could just tailgate from that point,throw some ice in along side of the box o' beer and commence drinking,but if it wasn't for immediate consumption there are several logistics that would need consideration. The box sells for $2,346 which doesn't save much over the regular cost of a brew in Finland.

Shades of Dune

It could very well be my over active imagination at work but after reading about the discovery that wax worms eat non-biodegradable plastic I at first felt a sense of relief which was short lived when I started grinding on what the scientists would end up with once they started tweaking the worm/caterpillar as to enable them to manipulate their appetite for plastics. The worms up to this point have been a pest for beekeepers as they eat the wax from the hives. Fisherman have been using their larvae for bait so they have that going for them as well as their plastic eating ability. Time to make the point I've been dancing around...why can't they just let them eat the plastic which would be a big stride to cleaning up some of the plastics mess plaguing the planet instead of messing with them and perhaps ending up with a creature that consumes things that the planet doesn't need help with? Maybe I need to read fewer horror novels.

Mental Health Month

May is also National High Blood Pressure Education Month...I mention these two May observations as the national stress level continues to climb.
5/1 Lei Day
5/2 National Teacher Day
5/3 World Press Freedom Day (very important for those paying attention)
5/4 International Respect for Chickens Day
5/5 Cartoonists Day
5/6 Herb Day
5/7 World Laughter Day
5/8 No Socks Day
5/9 National Moscato Day
5/10 School Nurse Day
5/11 Hostess Cupcake Day
5/12 Limerick Day
5/13 World Belly Dance Day
5/14 Underground America Day
5/15 National Chocolate Chip Day
5/16 Mimosa Day
5/17 Same Sex Marriage Day
5/18 I Love Reeses Day
5/19 O. Henry Pun-off Day
5/20 Morel Mushroom Day
5/21 Soil Stewardship Day
5/22 Harvey Milk Day
5/23 World Turtle Day
5/24 International Tiara Day
5/25 Red Nose Day
5/26 Heat Awareness Day
5/27 Cellophane Tape Day
5/28 National Hamburger Day
5/29 Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day
5/30 Mint Julep Day
5/31 What You Think Grows Day

Hang in there!