A crisis has struck the ice cream industry.  The Good Humor folks have run out of their toasted almond ice cream bars.  The unseasonably warm weather along with the relocation of one of their suppliers is being blamed for the shortage.

I guess we can blame it on global warming.

Well, the sequel was bad enough, but the third installment was even worse.  I was sitting in my living room with a lady friend on Thursday night when Kristan went flying by.  (I named the bat after a woman that I work with.)

I jumped to my feet and rushed to open up the outside doors hoping that Kristan would fly out.  My lady friend dove under an afghan.

After flying around the kitchen, dinning room and living room a couple of times, Kristan ignored the open doors and headed for the basement.  I, in turn, closed the basement door and prepared for a long night while my lady friend regained her composure and left the house.

Assuming that Kristan was now contained in the basement, I started to settle down for the night.  But, Kristan returned once again for another fly over.

Since the basement door was closed, I assumed that Kristan had not really gone down into the basement.  But, to my amazement, Kristan dove under the door and disappeared once again into the basement.  So, I opened one of the basement windows from the top.  And, after I closed the basement door, I stuffed a towel under the door and hoped for the best.

I have not seen Kristan since Thursday so I am hoping that she flew out the window.  But, time will tell.

Ever since Michigan lifted the ban on the sale of fireworks, fireworks stores have been popping up faster than marijuana clinics.  And, there are at least two major store fronts on 28th street alone.

Well, I am sure it will be interesting.  Law enforcement agencies are already confused  about the use.  So, stay tuned.

Friday night, when I returned for the evening, I expected to be greeted by my cat.  Instead, I was greeted by a bat!

Now, I assume this bat was the same one that had disturbed my slumber on Wednesday night.  Not wishing a repeat of Wednesday, I quickly opened the outside slider.  But, the bat just kept flying past it.  So, I decided to open the front door too.  And, when I turned around, the bat was gone!

Did it fly out the door or did it go into hiding?  Hopefully, it flew out the door, but , time will tell.

I have a Meijer (regional grocery chain) credit card that I use almost exclusively for buying gas.  In the past, when I used the card for gas, I would get $.05 off the price for each gallon.  But, now they have started giving me $.10 off per gallon.

While I am some what surprised at this, I am not complaining.

I awoke during the night to hear a strange sound in my bedroom.  When my eyes focused, I realized that there was a bat flying around in my bedroom.  While I realized that the bat was going to keep me awake, I didn’t with to deal with it.  So, I moved into the next bedroom.

By morning, the bat was gone.  I hope to sleep better tonight.

Ray Bradbury has passed away.  He was 91.  I always enjoyed his writings.  He will be missed.

Unfortunately, I didn’t know that he was still alive.

There’s a little black spot on the sun today.  Venus is trans-versing the sun today.  Won’t happen again in my life time.  Many people are trying to viewing directly.

I will watch the news tomorrow.

Grand Rapids appears to be having a carpet cleaning war.  Whenever I turn on the news in the morning or at night, it is the same battle between Modernistic and Stanley Steamer.  Each claims to be better than the other.

I guess that if there are that many carpet cleaning ads, business must be good.  And, if people are getting their carpets cleaned, then the economy must be picking up.

The action comic books have now come out with a gay super hero.  They claim that they always try to keep their comic books in line with reality.  So, do they think that super powers are in line with reality?

Well, not only don’t I want to know about his super powers, I don’t even what to know his super name.