Bad Egg

Well, egg prices did not come down for Holy Week. So I imagine you're giving your children fewer eggs to color this year. Whereas you got 6 or maybe more to color when you were a kid, today’s kids are getting one or two eggs to color. In some households kids have to split an egg (you get one end, etc). And that means less egg salad for lunches next week.

So what’s the answer? I suppose you could always ask your grocer for their expired eggs. They should be free and there’s no reason why they can’t be boiled and colored. You might want to pick up a jar of peanut butter though ‘cause there won’t be any egg salad next week.

Just don’t ask me how to distinguish between expired eggs and brown eggs.

 

Sweet Teeth

I went to the dentist the other day. This dentist lets you choose the music you listen to when you’re in the chair. While that’s a great deal for me, it’s a terrible deal for the dentist and the hygienist. They have to listen to some real garbage I bet. I asked the hygienist what was the worst music anybody ever chose. She was very professional and refused to name any names. Wouldn’t give out any info.  Perhaps a little too professional. I mean, come on. Is Barry Manilow gonna sue her or something?

In hindsight, I should have had some fun with this and chose a playlist of the following:

•         The Candy Man by Sammy Davis Jr.        
•         I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow
•         Sugar, Sugar by the Archies

I bet the dentist doesn’t allow songs like that. I’ll probably never know. Getting information like that out of that hygienist is like pulling teeth.

 

Earth, Shoes and Fire

So yeah, I messed up on Sunday's post thinking it was Earth Day. I hope none of you readers celebrated Earth Day due to my mistake. How do people celebrate Earth Day anyway? Do they get out their globe, play some Rare Earth, maybe some Earth Wind and Fire, and dance around in their Earth Shoes? (Yes, younger readers, Earth Shoes were a thing and Rare Earth was a Detroit based rock band.)  

But yeah, I was sure that someone told me it was Earth Day Sunday. Maybe they were saying “birthday” and I missed the B. That’s probably it. Now I’ve gotta figure out whose birthday I forgot. This is never ending…   

Speaking of planets, who would win a fight between Pluto Nash and Bruno Mars?

 

Down to Earth

Today is Leonard Nimoy’s birthday. He’s the actor who played Mr. Spock on Star Trek. They cruised around space in The Enterprise (apparently it was a rental). I didn’t watch much of the series but I think they actually flew into other galaxies. Someday I’ll go back and watch it. Right now I’ve got this blog to run...

A good number of people I know refer to Mr. Spock as Dr. Spock. But they were 2 different guys. Dr. Spock of course was the baby doctor who wrote the famous book on child rearing. In hindsight, it would have been cool for someone on the show to have a baby and have Mr. Spock turn into Dr. Spock. Am I asking too much here?

Today is also Earth Day. Only in America could Leonard Nimoy’s birthday fall on “Earth” Day. Only in America. That dude had nothing to do with earth. He was everywhere but earth…

Edit - I erred. Somebody told me it was Earth Day today and I believed them. Who goes around lying about Earth Day? People are sick...

Palindrome Week!!

Hey, it’s palindrome week. I didn’t realize it. I was reminded of its occurrence by my young staffer. She’s offsite now but still contributes valuable material to this blog. So yeah, today’s date is 3/23/23. Backwards, it’s 3/23/23. If you don’t believe me, go get that little mirror out of your bathroom and hold it up to this post. Take your time, ‘cause palindrome week goes most of next week. I suggest you celebrate palindrome week by taking a ride in a kayak this weekend. Then take a ride in a race car. And take a peep with you (they are available during Lent). And make sure you call your mom.

My young staffer insists 2/2/22 is a palindrome. I suggested that it might not be since some would call that 2/02/22. But I’m going to defer to her. She knows the palindrome rules forward and backwards and I'm gonna go with her assessment. 

 

 

Looooong Password

Our computer password requirement at work is changing. Historically, the password has been required to be a minimum of 8 digits and it needs to include a number. Going forward it will need to be a minimum of 15 digits including a number and symbol. What’s next? Requiring emoji’s within the password? Different fonts within the password? C’mon…

I suppose I could use a short poem. Maybe a haiku. 

I’ve seen greeting card poems at The Dollar Store with less than 15 letters…