Thomas Kinkade has passed away unexpectedly at the age of 54.  The art world will never be the same.

Jim Marshall passed away at the age of 88.  Jim invented and built the Marshall amplifier.

The Marshall  amplifier is a classic and has been a staple of rock and roll since the 60s.  I too have a Marshall amplifier for my guitar and it has been a dream come true.

Jim Marshall may be gone but his legacy lives on.  Rest in peace Jim Marshall.

An emerging trend amongst some new mother is to eat their placentas.  They claim that since all other mammals eat their placentas, humans should do the same.  Fortunately, most women are repulsed by the idea.

I guess you could thinly slice it and saute in butter along with some onions.

The Kohler corporation is having a hard time keeping up with the demand for it’s high end toilets.

At $6,400 each, the Chinese love these toilets.  With their heated power seats and their 3 jet cleaning system (for you not the toilet), these toilet are a real hit.  Of course, with no paper needed, they seldom plug.

They are tempting but I think I will pass.

Well, it has already started; the grab for greed. One winner of the lottery who unwisely announced the winning ticket is being attacked by those who also claim an interest in the ticket.

In particular, there is a lottery pool where X number of people pool their resources to buy X number of tickets as a pool hoping that one will win the lottery and it will be share by all.  But alas, there is no legal status for the pool so it relies on the integrity of the members to do “the right thing”.

In the case of the Mega Millions, the winner claims that the winning ticket was purchased separate from the pool and therefore the pool is out of luck.  The pool disagrees.

Stay tuned!

Someone won the 640 million dollar lottery.  Well, it wasn’t me so I guess I will go back to work on Monday.

The winning ticket was sold in Maryland.  I wonder if my sister-in-law won it?

When ever I shop for sport shirts, I always read the tag on the shirt to find of what it is made of and if there is any special washing instructions.

Well, the other day, when I was shopping, not only did if find the washing instructions, I also that “only a few will achieve notoriety in their life.”

Well OK, do I achieve that “notoriety” by following the washing instructions?

I have found that when shopping for mens clothing, I should always check in the “fat boys” department.  Since fat boys can’t wear regular boy sizes, clothing stores often put mens clothing in the boys section under XXXL.  Of course, these XXXL sizes fit regular men.  They are just put there to accommodate, well, fat boys.

So, if I can’t find the right sizes in the clothing that I like, I check the “fat boys” section.  Chances are pretty good that they will have it.

After all, they are not fat, they are just boys in men’s bodies.

Grits, who eats them anyway?  I don’t know anyone in the north who likes them so maybe it is a southern treat.  In fact, 40 years ago when I was in the army, they served us grits.  And even then, I only knew of a few people who ate them.

I guess if you put enough sugar and cinnamon on them, they might taste OK.  Of course, the same could be said for shredded news paper.

For the past few days, work has required me to be on the road early in the morning.  Because of this, I end up eating breakfast on the road.

Since my travels took me to an area where there are several restaurants that serve breakfast, I has a good selection.  My first selection was Cracker Barrel.

Now, while I have eaten lunch several times at Cracker Barrel, I have never eaten breakfast there.  So, this was a first.

I walked through there ample gift shop and waited to be seated.  Within moments, the hostess seated me and gave me a menu.  Great!!! I was hungry.  I envisioned ham and eggs with whole wheat toast.  Or maybe sausage and eggs with whole wheat toast.

But, when I opened the menu, I saw ham and eggs with biscuits and gravy and grits or sausage and eggs with biscuits and gravy and grits.  No toast, only biscuits and gravy and grits.

Careful thought was required.  Did I want ham and eggs with biscuit and gravy and grits or sausage and eggs with biscuit and gravy and grits or ham and eggs with biscuits and gravy and grits?

Since my waitress seemed to hoover by about every minute, I gave up looking at the menu and ordered.  Two eggs and sausage which came with biscuits and gravy and grits. Toast was not an option.

When my order arrived, it came on two plates and a bowl;  A plate for the eggs and sausage, a plate for the biscuits and gravy and a bowl for the grits.

The eggs were very small and the sausage tasted sweet like it had maple syrup on it.  I tried  dipping my biscuit in my eggs but the biscuit just disintegrated.  Rats!  The grits were, well, grits.  No surprises there.

There were two packets of jelly for the two biscuits.  This was barely enough to cover the saltiness of the biscuits.and nothing more.

With 8 dollars for the meal and another 2 dollars for the coffee, I can understand why everyone else goes to Mickey Ds.  But, if you like biscuits and gravy and grits, Cracker Barrel is your place to be.  Besides, you can always visit their gift shop.