What! June 1, 2017
By Lisa Baker • 06-01-17
An investigator from the Sheriff’s department, knocked on the front door of a home located at the dead-end of a gravel road in the rural foothills of North Carolina. The guy that answered the door said, “I guess you are here for the opium.” Well, the investigator was NOT there for the opium but was more than a little interested at that point. The planted field contained about $500-million worth of opium-producing poppy plants. Oops.
A Florida man found a rattlesnake. The next day his neighbor was playing with the snake, acting silly and said that he was going to kiss it. Well, guess what…the snake bit him on the face…the man was taken to the hospital in critical condition…it is believed that the snake escaped. How stupid is stupid.
The new, much larger Buc-ee’s opened in Brazoria with their gigantic inflatable beaver sitting out front with his big toothy grin. Life is good.
Tiger Woods was found in his car in the early morning hours and after they woke him, he was arrested for driving under the influence but released a statement saying that alcohol was not involved and that he had an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications. The police agreed. Both drivers’ side tires on his Mercedes were flat along with minor damage to the vehicle. Poor guy just can’t seem to shake it.
General Manuel Antonio Noriega, the former military leader of Panama, has died at age 83.
Dina Merrill died recently at the age of 93. The American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman and philanthropist was born Nedenia Marjorie Hutton and was raised in a lavish 118-room estate in Palm Beach. Her mother was Marjorie Merriweather Post (Post cereal and one of the nation’s richest women) and her father was E.F. Hutton, founder of the stockbroker firm. Becoming an actress was not considered proper for someone of Merrill’s privileged status, but she changed her name (she didn’t want to trade on the Hutton name) and the rest is history.
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus ended its 146-year reign because of declining attendance and high operating costs. What happened to Bello and how did he get his actual hair to stand up that high?
A Texas junior high school teacher has been disciplined after handing out special mock end-of-the-year awards to an honors class…awards like “Most Likely to become a Terrorist” – “Most Likely to Cry for Every Little Thing” – “Most Likely to Become Homeless” and last, but not least, “Most Likely to Blend in With White People”. Obviously, this plan was not well thought out and perhaps more than just a touch insensitive. It would be interesting to hear the teachers train of thought.
The Brazoria County Beekeeper’s Association will host its second annual Honey Expo on July 22 at the Brazoria County Fairgrounds. Admission is FREE. Sweet. Mark your calendars. Plant some flowers.
God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank Him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for Him, but I can’t be everywhere. – Willie Nelson
Actor Roger Moore died in Switzerland, at age 89. He was the third James Bond and starred in seven films including The Spy Who Loved Me and Octopussy. That’s more than any other Bond actor. As a young adult I never understood the “shaken, not stirred,” business. I now understand and appreciate the oh, so small, ice chips in a martini.
Gregg Allman died at the age of 69 of liver cancer complications. He made some of the greatest music EVER.
The Global Seed Vault is carved into the side of a mountain midway between Norway and the North Pole and holds more than 500-million seeds from around the world that could be used to recreate food supplies in case of worldwide agricultural calamity, such as war, drought or floods. Recently unseasonably warm temperatures caused water to breach the entrance. The seeds were unharmed but remediation efforts include removing power transformers from the entrance of the tunnel, allowing fewer people into the tunnel and building waterproof walls inside the tunnel entrance. The Norwegian government owns the vault which is made of angular concrete. I had always heard of The Vault but had never seen pictures or known It to be real. It is real.
A $20-million project to widen a Galveston beach by about 150-ft., between 10th and 61st streets has been finished. Sand was dredged from the Galveston Ship Channel. It was the largest beach nourishment project ever accomplished in Texas.
In New Delhi, a group of rhesus macaque monkeys each weighing around 12-17 pounds, will climb the wall of an apartment building, snap off a water pipe and drink the spraying water. They jump onto balconies, parade into kitchens, open refrigerators and help themselves. If a home is raided by the animals, it is left in shambles. They bite around 1,000 people a day, and can create up to $300-million in crop losses each year, so officials are searching for ways to use birth control on the animals especially since they were recently declared vermin. India has monkeys, Texas has wild hogs.
After 70-years of service, Prince Philip, 95, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, will be stepping down from his royal duties.
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS: Rhythm/Blues singer Ron Isley is 76. The Isley Brothers. Actor Judge Reinhold is 60. He was Detective Billy Rosewood in the Beverly Hills Cop series. Actress Joan Collins is 84. Comedian Tommy Chong is 79. Singer Bob Dylan is 76. Singer Patti LaBelle is 73. Singer Rosanne Cash is 62. Actor/comedian/game show host Drew Carey is 59. Singer Jewel is 43. Game-show contestant Ken Jennings is 43. Sportscaster Brent Musberger is 78. Singer Stevie Nicks is 69. Actress Pam Grier is 68. Actor Philip Michael Thomas is 68. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 68. Actress Genie Francis is 55. Luke and Laura. Singer-actor Lenny Kravitz is 53. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 51. Actress Lee Meriwether is 82. Catwoman in Batman and Ruth Martin in All My Children. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 81.
Actor Mr. T is 65. If you ask him about his real name, he will tell you, “My first name is ‘Mr‘, my middle name is ‘period‘, last name is ‘T’. He once worked as a bouncer and a bodyguard to Steve McQueen, Muhammad Ali and Diana Ross.
A 10-year-old boy was briefly hospitalized after sliding off a waterslide with an 80-foot-drop during opening day of a new California waterpark.
According to Texas Beach Watch, there are high levels of fecal (that’s poop) bacteria in the water at beaches in Corpus Christi and Galveston. Texas Beach Watch will be testing the waters until the levels have gone down. Maybe they are already down.
Bill Cosby: The jury has been chosen. Really. Does it matter what color the jurors are? Right is right and wrong is wrong. Let the proceedings begin.
Nancy shared this on Facebook so it must be true…six really, good reasons for drinking more beer. 1. Beer increases bone density. 2. Beer lowers the risk of heart attack. 3. Beer lowers your cholesterol level. 4. Beer decreases your risk of getting diabetes. 5. Beer can prevent kidney stones. 6. Beer protects from dementia. You can’t argue with science.
A well-known South African big game hunter was leading a group of hunters on a 10-day, licensed hunt when they happened upon a herd of breeding elephants in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe – the same park where Cecil the Lion was killed in 2015. Three elephants charged…one of the other hunters shot one charging elephant which then collapsed and fell on top and crushed the leader of the group. The leader was a husband and father of five children and was close friends with another hunter that was eaten by a crocodile last month. Hmmm.
I’m getting ready to plant okra, cucumbers, and eggplant in the garden now. New dill is coming up everywhere from the fallen seeds. I just dug up a few purple potatoes. I planted yellow, red, purple and green bell peppers, but, so far, all my plants are producing green peppers only…someone is laughing hard about switching those tags over at Home Depot. Don’t forget crop rotation. Mother Earth News has a great video on this, in case you are unfamiliar or a new gardener. It explains rotation very simply. The zinnias have been gorgeous this year. When is the last time you saw a grasshopper? I saw one in the garden today along with butterflies, wasps and bees on the dill flowers.
The “Juice,” aka OJ Simpson, may soon be a free man as the former football star will get a July parole hearing which is likely to lead to his release from prison. So, where is everyone else? Robert Kardashian, his friend and defense attorney during his ’95 murder trial, died in 2003. He was the guy that started all this “Kardashian” thing that we have going on now. Judge Lance Ito retired in 2015. He is now 66 years old. Famous witness, Kato Kaelin, performed the national anthem at a rodeo in 2016. He is 58 years old. Attorney, Johnny Cochran died from a brain tumor in 2005. Dream Team attorney Robert Shapiro has a net worth of $100-million and is 74-years-old. Marcia Clark is an author and television correspondent at age 63. Christopher Darden, at age 61, is an author, actor, lecturer and practicing attorney. Detective Mark Fuhrman was fired from the LAPD in 1995. He has written true crime books and hosted talk radio and is a collector of war memorabilia, medals and is age 65. F. Lee Baily is 83 and his cross-examination of Fuhrman is considered to be the key to Simpson’s acquittal. He also attracted attention for keeping a silver flask on the defense table which claimed to contain only coffee. In 2014, he was denied a license by the Maine State Bar Association and the Main Supreme Judicial Court. His net worth is $5-million. I love the internet. The white Bronco belongs to a collector and the glove is not talking.
Why did Miley Cyrus go through her twerking phase and display her tongue? She says it’s because she spent every day from age 11 to 18 with either her dad or her grandma and she had to “break free.” Huh? And just how do you spell maturity…
A University of Houston math professor was forced to add etiquette guidelines to his website. Why? The professors say it is because clear communication instructions will help students in their academic and professional careers –in other words, what you say to your friends is not what you should say to your college professors, adults, and future employers. There is massive amount of informality during student correspondence along with essays having slang, text speak (cuz, plz, LOL, BTW and others) and some instructors said that students are even calling them by their first names. PLZ.
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– Lisa
