The Meijer’s (regional grocery chain) that I shop at has an air lock for entering and exiting the store. So you have two door from the outside into the air lock and two doors from the air lock into the store. Likewise, there are two doors exiting the store into the air lock and two door exiting from the air lock to the outside.

I call the one set of doors, exiting the store, “the gum ball door”. I call it the gum ball door because there are a series of gum ball machines between the inner and outer doors. And, these gum ball machines attract mothers with children. Or, I should say, children with mothers.

The problem is that there isn’t enough room. So when these children, with their mothers, stop at the gum ball machines, they block the path between the inner and outer doors.

Now, normally this isn’t a problem for me since I try to avoid using the gum ball door. But the other day, the other exit door was blocked by someone who had set off the security alarm. So, I used the gum ball door. And sure enough, the cart in front of me stopped for the gum ball machines.

I was trapped. But, I kept my wits about me and quickly veered off towards the other exit door. And before those kids could even drop their quarters, I was in the parking lot.

Timing is everything.

An Austrian designer has produced the most expensive cell phone ever made. It is diamond studded and sells for 2.5 million dollars!

Since it is a standard phone with the diamonds added, it is subject to the same dead zones that we all experience. And while the reception is the same, at least it will look good even if you don’t have any bars.

During the 60s and the 70s, there was a Lansing based band called the Plain Brown Wrapper. Out of curiosity, I looked them up on line just to see if they were still around. And sure enough, I found two bands named the Plain Brown Wrapper.

One band was located in Maryland so I was fairly sure they were a different band. But, I did find another band located in the Detroit area.

I suspect that the Detroit band may be from the original Lansing band though I didn’t recognize any of the band members. They certainly were old enough to be from the original band.

Speaking of age, I wonder if they gig at retirement communities?

A young woman showed up uninvited at her sister’s wedding reception. The woman then attacked the bride pulling out some of her hair and forcing her to the ground. The police were called.

The woman said that she just wanted to talk with the family about the problems they have been experiencing.

I think I understand the problems that they were experiencing and why the woman wasn’t invited to the wedding. She’s nuts!