National Lemonade Day, Stupid Criminals, and Enjoy!

National Lemonade Day - National lemonade day is a day we honor the old-time favorite drink called lemonade. On National lemonade Day, it is traditional to celebrate by mixing up your favorite flavor of your choice. Lemonade now has a broader range of flavors to choose from. You can make regular lemonade, pink lemonade, strawberry lemonade and even watermelon lemonade. All of these are cool and refreshing drinks and make great bases for cocktails too. This is one beautiful drink so make some homemade lemonade and enjoy in the freshness.

Stupid Criminals - They walk among us!

NH Woman Arrested After Calling 911 and Asking for a Pen

Cable TV Goes Out, Viewers in Fairfield Call 911

Man Trying to Open Plane Door Prompts Emergency Landing

Enjoy! - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!

World Humanitarian Day, Time to Grill!, and WOW!

World Humanitarian Day - World Humanitarian Day is a time to recognize those who face danger and adversity in order to help others. The day was designated by the General Assembly to coincide with the anniversary of the 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq.

19 August, 2013 marks 10 years since that tragic event, which claimed 22 lives. This year, the international community will pause to remember those who died, as well as the dozens of aid workers, who have died in the years since.

But World Humanitarian Day is also an opportunity to celebrate the spirit that inspires humanitarian work around the globe. This year the UN and its humanitarian partners are launching a ground-breaking campaign called The world needs more… This is a first-of-its-kind project that will quite literally turn words into aid.

To get involved and to learn more about the campaign visit: World Humanitarian Day

Time to Grill! - Laura selected a tri-tip at the market that simply screamed to me to be tossed upon the grill! I suffered the 106-degree heat and presented this to the table:

WOW! - WOW! says it all!

National Tell a Joke Day

National Tell a Joke Day - Today is National Tell a Joke Day. We hope your day is filled with chortles and laughs.

Today will be a fun-filled day, with lots of laughter. To fully participate and enjoy this day, just tell some jokes. You can do it in person or pass along a few humorous emails. The more jokes you tell, the more fun this day will be. We also encourage you to listen to many jokes today.

Q: How did Darth Vader know what Luke got him for Christmas?

A: He felt his presents.

National Relaxation Day

Today is National Relaxation Day - It is not only fun to relax; it is actually vital to a healthy lifestyle! Life is stressful! Have you seen the news lately? There are always so many things to do and never enough hours in the day. We prioritize and compartmentalize and organize, and we try to use every minute of the day to accomplish our tasks.

Our bodies and our minds need time to rest, to recover from a day's events, and to recuperate so we can feel energized and ready to begin a new day. While those workaholics among us may see it as slacking off, it is actually a great way to be more productive. So sit back and relax and take some time to honor National Relaxation Day.

Robert Johnson and Chicago

Robert Johnson - While cruising to mine office this morning, I was enjoying BB King's Bluesville channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. As I slithered into my parking spot behind mine office, the delta blues guitar of Robert Johnson began.

It was Johnson's classic, "Sweet Home Chicago." I simply could not allow my day to continue without enjoying the song!

I increased the volume, and I was quickly lulled into reverie by the music.

As the song ended, a thought quickly ended the serenity I had been enjoying: What would Johnson sing about Chicago, were he to see it as it is today?

The answer could not be pleasant. In 1936, there is no doubt whatever that Johnson felt that he was at a crossroad—the devil at one fork and God at the other.

This is the theme of Johnson's "Cross Road Blues."

The lyrics tell of the narrator's failed attempts to hitch a ride from an intersection as night approaches:

Standin' at the crossroad, I tried to flag a ride (2×)
Didn't nobody seem to know me, everybody pass me by
Standin' at the crossroad, risin' sun goin' down (2×)
I believe to my soul now, po' Bob is sinkin' down

Were he to visit Chicago today, he would not recognize it.

Unfortunately, life in Chicago is not significantly different from life in other major cities of the U.S.

It was. as is often espoused, "...a kinder, gentler time."

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
- 2 Timothy 3:16 KJV