Back in the 1800s, a young woman, named Miranda, lost her husband in an accident at the local saw mill. He was buried in the Lowell cemetery.

One day, when she was visiting the grave site, her team of horses bolted and knocked over a tall spire next to the grave site. The huge stone fell on her and crushed her to death.

Legend has it that she roams the Lowell cemetery at night to make sure that no one disturbers the grave sites. To this day, people have reported seeing a young woman with long blond hair in the cemetery at night.

So, imagine our surprise when our door bell rang the other night and there stood two teenage guys with sound and video equipment.  They were looking for ghosts and asked if we knew of anyone named Miranda in the cemetery.  We told them that we had but had to wonder why they had asked.  Had they seen Miranda or were they just chasing the legend?

Living across from a cemetery can be very strange at times.

A conservancy group in Brazil is abdicating urinating in the shower as a means to save water. They claim that by eliminating one less flush a day, you can save over 1000 gallons of water a year.

To promote this idea, they have put together a TV ad showing cartoon figures urinating in the shower. Not only does the cartoon show different figures, it also shows them urinating in different positions, some of which I didn’t know was even possible.

I suppose it is only a matter of time before it migrates to the US. Of course, when Madonna broached this subject 10 years ago, the world was horrified. Now it will probably be accepted with out question.

I wonder what the AMA has to say about this.

You can microwave an egg but you have to be careful. Cook it too long and it will blow up.

We confirmed that fact recently. It certainly was more spectacular than dropping a Mentos into a bottle of Coke.

With one loud explosion, that egg totally coated the inside of the microwave even though we had it covered.

We should have shortened the cooking time by 5 seconds.

It will be days before we see the cats again.

Once again, my favorite topic, lasagna noodles. What do you use lasagna noodles for if you don’t make lasagna? I mean you can use spaghetti noodles in a number of dishes such as lo mien. Likewise, fettuccine noodles can be served numerous ways including Alfredo and pesto. The same holds for macaroni, linguine, tortellini, etc. But, when is comes to lasagna noodles, the only thing that you can make is, well, lasagna.

A few weeks ago, we were visiting out daughter in Cincinnati when we happened to cross the river into Kentucky. While we were there, we went into a party store to pick up a few items. As we were checking out, the clerk noted that we were not from Kentucky.

At first, we thought that she was referring to our northern accent but then she added that we had too many teeth to be from Kentucky.

I guess that we would also stick out in West Virginia.

When we were staying at the Days Inn in “Vineland, NJ, I needed Wi-Fi access so I had to go to the front desk for help.  The woman behind the desk was about 30, single, tall, long auburn hair and bad nail polish. I told her that I needed Internet access. No problem. She printed me a login and password and then said “Thank you”.

Now, being from the Midwest, I am inclined to offer up polite conversation with total strangers. So, I asked her if it was boring working the night shift? She said, “Good Night”! I took this as a clear indication that she was not interested in polite conversation and left.

I think I know why she works the night shift. She clearly lacks a pleasant personality.