Well, last weekend I came down with the flu.  And, even though I had received a flu shot in the fall, I still got the flu.

It seems like every year I get a flu shot and every year I get the flu.  And, of course, every year, all of my co-workers also get the flu whether they got a flu shot or not.

For those of us who got the flu after the flu shot, we are told that the flu that we got is not the flu that we were protected against.  And, I can understand that.  Or, we are told that it would have been much worse  if we had not gotten the flu shot.  But either way, I got the shot and still got the flu.

Well, at least I don’t have to listen to those condescending remarks stating that I should have gotten a flu shot.

Today, I needed to buy a bagel from the cafeteria.  I haven’t purchased one in years but today, I was extra hungry.

Now, the cafeteria has one of those nifty slicers where you put in the bagel and push down on the cutter.  Well, when I pushed down on the cutter, my bagel disappeared.

Was this some sort of a magic device?  Where had my bagel disappeared to?  I checked behind my ear but no bagel.  I looked up my sleeve, but no bagel.  Finally, I pulled out the cutter and there was my bagel, or what was left of it, all rolled up in a ball at the bottom of the slicer.

Next time, I will use one of those cheap plastic knives on it.

The owner of the Ambassador Bridge, Morey Mouron, is promising to put new windows into the Detroit Train Station, which he also happens to own.

The Detroit Train Station was built in 1913 and had 11 different tracks.  With more that 200 trains departing from it daily, it was a major facility.  The station closed in 1988 when Amtrak ended service to the location. From then on, the building fell into disrepair.

Soon, windows in the 18 story structure were broken and the facility was totally vandalized.  It became an eye sore for the entire city.

But, when the city voted to demolish the structure, some preservationists stepped in and blocked the destruction.  The eye sore suddenly became the focus of a historic preservation effort.

Now, Mr. Mouron realized that the facility could not be sold as it is.  So, he decided to replace the windows in the station.  With new windows, it might actually be sold.

And if it isn’t sold, at least the vandals will have fresh windows to break.

I guess my blog site is really taking off.  In the past, I would get about 100  spams a day.  Now, it is 2-300 a day.

Well, at least it is a way to judge my popularity. 😉

Red, White, Pink or Green are now wine options here in Michigan.  It seems that some asparagus growers have discovered that they can make wine out of asparagus. And, it ferments in less time than fruit.

Of course, I wonder what asparagus wine tastes like?  I guess I would like to try it before I purchased any.  But, more to the point, I wonder if I could drink a wine that is green?

I wonder if it makes your pee smell bad?

The other day, I noticed that the Wendys’ that I frequent now has free WiFi.   So, the next time I went there, I took my laptop with me.

When I fired up my PC, I noticed that the signal strength was weak, only one bar.  This really surprised me.  After all, it is not a big restaurant.  Nor did it have a lot of obstructions.  I guess they didn’t want to radiate into the parking lot.  What ever.

When I logged on, I noticed that it was really slow.  I looked around the dining area to see if there were others using the service, but there weren’t.  Must be their ISP is slow.

I tried reading my emails but it took almost 5 minutes to open each email.  I was almost finished with lunch before I even opened one email.  Sloooooooooowwwwww.

Then, I tried opening my eHarmony account.  But, that site was blocked.  I couldn’t believe it.  It is not like I was opening an adult content site.

At that point in time, I decided to give it up and leave.

Wendys’ WiFi may be free but it is worthless.  Next time, I will go to McDonalds for lunch.  Not only is their WiFi free, it also works.

The other day, I was reading a womans’ description of her self.  She said that she had a “genital personality”.

I am sure she meant to say that she had a “gentle” personality.  However, she said “genital” none the less.  And, since she correctly spelled it, it wasn’t flagged by the spell checker.

Now, I find the thought of a genital personality rather intriguing.  In fact, I have had some bosses that I think had a genital personality.

Since Microsoft already has a spell checker and a grammar checker, they need to come up with a “thought” checker just to make sure that we mean what we write.

When I purchased my new mattress, they threw in a free 19″ flat screen TV.  Now, I didn’t really need a new TV,  but it was included for free so I said “Why not”.

When my sales person took me to the TV section of the store, I was introduced to the TV man who was going to get me my free TV.  He announced that he had over 350 of these TVs in the warehouse but didn’t know if he had any in the store.  He would have to check.  Fine.

He went to a shelf behind him and pulled down a ring binder.  After flipping through several pages, he pulled out his calculator and started punching in numbers.

It was at this point that I stared to suspect the ole “bait and switch” routine.  I figured that at any moment he was going the announce that my free TV was not in stock but for an additional $$$ I could upgrade to a better TV which he just happened to have in stock.

Sure enough, after running the numbers and going out to check his stock, he came back with a TV.  But, as predicted, it would cost me extra.

The TV that he had in the store was $50 more than the one that I was supposed to get for free.  But, in an effort to show “good will”, he offered to split the difference.  For $25 dollars, the TV would be mine.

I thanked the man and told him that I would wait for the free TV to arrive at the store.

I don’t like being played.  The man had a nice act but no Oscar.

I saw a new entree in the frozen food section the other day; fish breaded with potatoes.  You just pop them into the oven and when they are done, you get fish AND chips.  YUM?

One of the attractions at the mall is a hurricane machine.  After depositing your money, you step into this phone booth sized machine.  When the machine starts, you can experience that wind force of a hurricane.

I suspect that it does a real number on your hair.  I wonder what it does to your clothing?