"Next week's quiz will cover only the material on the board."

AIN'T THIS THE TRUTH

Thanks to Anne I. for this

DON'T TAKE THE WORLD SERIOUS

The World Series starts tonight, and the pride of Michigan, the Detroit Tigers, are in it.  I don't watch any regular season games, but I start to get interested in the post-season.  I've watched all of the post-season games and will watch the series.  This is what Michiganders are hoping to see:

With apologies to all you Californians.  Or maybe not.

'TIS A PUZZLEMENT

I wonder why it's a sin for a Republican to be rich, but Democrats can be as wealthy as Midas and no one cares.  The Kennedys had gazillions.  John Kerry is married to gazillions.  The Clintons have made gazillions since he left office.  FDR was rich and yet was thought to be very sympathetic to the poor. 

Romney gave away his inheritance and made all his money by working.  He gave $4 million to charity last year. (Joe Biden gave an average of $369 a year to charity over the last decade.) 

Isn't this a double standard? 

A TON OF NON SEQUITURS

Last night I was watching "Love It or List It" on HGTV.  The realtor was pushing the virtues of a house he wanted a couple to buy, and said, "It has tons of storage space."  I've heard that many times from realtors and it always makes me wonder what, precisely, is a ton of storage space?  Does it mean the space will hold a ton of lead or perhaps a ton of feathers?  Later on in the show he mentioned that a room has "tons of light."  That puzzles me even more.  How much light constitutes a ton?  I know air weighs something, but does light?  Then I turned to "Pawn Stars" and the pawn shop owner, in talking about an item brought in, said, "There are a ton of collectors who would be interested in this."  (Yeah, I know - he should have said "there IS" but please stay focused here.)  So then I started wondering how many collectors in a ton.  It could be ten 200-pounders or twenty 100-pounders.  Or it could be a mixed bag of collectors adding up to a ton.

Then, as the daughter/wife/mother/grandmother of engineers, I had to wonder if that ton refers to a long ton, a short ton, or a metric ton.

Ah, the curse of having a literal mind!

I REALLY DO MISS BLOGS

I just checked the blogs of several people who used to blog regularly, and only one of six is still posting anything, and her not often.  I really do miss reading the blogs of "real-life" friends and "Internet" friends.  They tended to be long on detail and news and brought me up to date on what was happening with them and their families.  Now everyone does Facebook, and the entries often raise more questions than they answer.  "I'm depressed," they'll say.  Why?  What's happened?  "Went shopping."  For what?  What did you buy?  "It's raining."  So what?  What did you do on this rainy day?  "I'm bored."  Get over it.  No one should ever be bored. 

I really do miss blogs.

WHAT, EXACTLY, DOES "CRITICAL" MEAN?

An article in yesterday's local paper said that one of the main bridges into the city "is actually in critical condition." This is according to the director of the Michigan Department of Transportation.   There are plans to replace it - in 2018.  Some repairs will be done next summer in order to keep it going until 2018.  He says, "At some point you need to recognize there is an end to its useful life ... It will not stand forever."

I will try hard not to think of his remarks whenever I drive over that bridge.

This is my eye surgeon's signature on the prescription she gave me for eyedrops:

I won't tell you what her name is because I know you're all bright people and can figure it out.

It reminds me of this: