I was in Meijer (regional grocery chain) last night when I happened to notice that they had Twinkies on the shelf.  Not only did they have them, they were well stocked with them.

Now, I knew that they weren’t suppose to be released until today, but since they were obviously already on the shelf, I decided to buy a box.

But today, when I was in Meijer, the Twinkies shelf was bare and there were only a few boxes of Ho Ho’s left.  I guess Hostess is back in business.

A Tennessee man was recently approached by a young neighbor woman who wanted to go swimming in his pool nude.  He was more that happy to accommodate her.

After she finished swimming naked, he discovered that his house had been robbed.

Well, I hope it was worth it.

One of the iPhone features that I use quite regularly is the camera.  For many years, I have wanted a camera with me so that I could take pictures of the oddities in my life.  So, for a while, I carried a small camera in my pocket.

But, with my iPhone 5, not only can I take pictures, I can also send them to my Facebook page and my email account.  Thus, I don’t need my little camera any more.

No fuss, no muss.   🙂

While the GPS function in my i Phone has been available for some time, I never really had a chance to use it until the other day.  We were riding with another couple when we discovered that we were lost on unfamiliar country roads.  With the help of the GPS app, I was able to determine where we were and where we needed to go.

It was very cool!

One of the nice things about iPhones is that you can download apps or applications.  Apps are programs that have been designed to run on your iPhone.

For example, one of my apps is the Bible with 32 different translations.  With this app, my iPhone becomes my Bible.

But, the number of apps that you can load onto your iPhone is dependent on the amount of memory in the phone.  So, the more iPhone memory, the more apps.  Thus, the need for the upgrade.

Since ads, with all of their fine print, can be misleading, I went to Best Buys to check it out first hand.  I had to find out if they were really going to swap out my iPhone 4S for an iPhone 5.  The clerk told me that all I had to pay was the $8 in sales tax.

$8 for a new iPhone 5!!  Cool.  But, I really wanted more memory than I presently had so I wanted to upgrade to the next larger memory.  No problem, just a $100 more.

Well, I had anticipated the additional cost as I had debated about getting the larger memory when I first purchased the iPhone 4S.  And, having regretted not getting the larger memory then, I vowed to buy it with the next iPhone.

But wait, the clerk told me that he could sell me the larger memory for only $50 if I didn’t mind buying an “open box”!!  A new iPhone with a larger memory for only $58.  Cool!!!

Life is good!

Yesterday, I got an email from Best Buy offering me $150 if I traded in my iPhone 4S for an iPhone 5.  Since my iPhone 4S has basically the same functionality as the iPhone 5, I couldn’t justify spending the money for an upgrade.  But, when I checked out the price for a new iPhone 5,  it was $150.

Suddenly, everything changed.  Instead of paying for an upgrade, I was literally trading in my old iPhone 4S for an iPhone 5.  All I had to pay was $8 in sales tax.  So then the question became, “why wouldn’t I trade in my old iPhone for a new iPhone?”

Since Lowell doesn’t have a parade on the 4th of July, I found myself sitting on the curb in Grandville yesterday morning.  And, having attended 4th of July parades since I was just a wee lad, I pretty much knew what to expect.

So, there were the firetrucks, the military groups past, present and future, and the politicians, city, county, state and national.

Several retirement homes loaded their buses with seniors and drove the parade route.  I suppose they killed two birds with one stone.  The seniors got an outing and the homes got free advertizing.  Plus, they didn’t have to unload and load the seniors at the parade.  They just left them on the bus.

Several churches had floats with live music.  Most of them had young people playing Contemporary Christian music and advertizing a contemporary service.  But one had a bunch of old people playing blue grass music.  I am not sure what kind of a service they were advertizing.

Then, there were groups of kids marching and representing various clubs, schools and activities.  With the exception of the Speed Skaters, I could not discern which were which.

Finally at the end, there were mothers pushing strollers.  I am not sure if they a part of the parade or just looking to get ahead of the departing crowds.

Interesting enough though, there were no marching bands.  I suspect that this was due to budget cuts at schools.  Sad.  Professor Hill, where are you when we need you?!

Researchers, studying the effects of marijuana, have determined that long term use causes lethargy.

Will the wonders never cease?!  I suppose next they will tell us that marijuana use causes an increase in appetite.

Yesterday, I bought gas for 3.36  per gallon.  This morning, gas was 3.31 per gallon.

Since Michigan suffered the highest gas prices in the nation a few weeks ago, I thought that maybe the oil companies were ashamed of themselves.  But no.  The little piggies decided that they needed a 28 cent per gallon holiday bonus instead.  So gas jumped to 3.59 per gallon this afternoon.  Fortunately, I filled up both of my cars yesterday in anticipation of the the gas hike.

It must be hard being an oil company.  After all, if you gouge too much, the Attorney General will be after you!  But, if you don’t gouge enough, you are losing money!

The oil companies must not sleep at night.  And it is not because they are feeling guilty for raping the public.  It is because they are partying with your money.