Johnny Depp I Presume?

First thing I have to do is say Hi to my Chilean friend Cecilia who was kind enough to email me last night.

Gracias por usted las observaciones buenas, los aprecio y espero que usted tenga un día maravilloso.

For those that only know one language I just said "You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday"

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I was told a story a few days ago involving our hero Mr. Depp and his entourage. I have not triple checked the facts to confirm so if something is slightly askew . . . deal with it as best you can.
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When Public Enemies and company were filming up in Little Bo Wisconsin an acquaintance of mine was bar tending up in a little bar not faw from the afore mentioned filming site.

It was late and she was cleaning up and getting ready to close for the night when two black Escalades pulled up outside the bar. CRAP!!! DAMN IT! I want to go home. She smiled politely as the strangers entered and looked around and then to her surprise Johnny Depp walks in.

WOW - Didn't see THAT coming. What do I do what do I do who do I call.

They sat down and ordered beer and she decided the best thing to do was remain calm and not call ANYBODY. Be cool!

They sat around drinking beer, playing the video games and relaxing and she said she could see them sort of watching her out of the corner of there eyes.

All went well and after a while they got up to leave and thanked her and she received a HUGE tip.
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In a interview Johnny said he really liked filming in the Mid West because when someone saw him then would smile, nod and leave him along. This coincides with what I saw in Columbus. When he would come out to shake hands and hug there would be a hush and everybody was very courteous and respectful. Of course when he moved on down the line the girls would be squealing under their breaths with "oh my god oh my god oh my god" type blathering but they would do it quietly, almost in a whisper.
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Be careful driving 151 today. LOST of concrete exploding from the heat. The temp at my weather station reached 99.5 at 3:24 yesterday afternoon. Bring on the 74 degree Dew Point and the heat index was 111. SWEET!!!
I just found out that a coworker had a half gallon of milk explode in their car. They forgot to take it out of the car yesterday.
"Americans are crazy about their weather". I have read this in numerous places. People in other countries are not that "into" weather. I have to think it's the size of our country and the amount of data we can obtain. There are so may unique features that cause weather to change that it's fascinating.

YET - MOST people that read the weather forecasts every day don't have a clue what it means.

For instance. 30% chance of rain. In a survey it was found that MOST people think it means that in a given area 30% will receive rain or that it will rain for 30% of the day. Sadly the probability or precipitation has been around for 49 years now.

What it means is that if you stand in one spot all day. There is a 30% chance that you will get rained on.

But what is strange is that in the question "What does 30% chance of rain mean" people were confused. But when the question was switched to "What does 70% chance of no rain mean". They answered correctly.
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Last Wednesday I was driving home from golf and drove past a field of some grain. A photo flashed in my head and I made a mental note to watch this field for as I had a photo in my minds eye.

I have been watching for that particular grain all week and found a few places but they were just not right. Yesterday DJ and I happened to be in that area and I said I want to drive just a mile farther to check out something.

We drove up and I took the car off the road a little, jumped out and started to snap some photos.

Took about 10 minutes and I stopped when the sweat started to enter my eyes and I could no longer focus.

This should blow up pretty large if you want it as a background.

Have a beautiful sunny summer day.

OH - one small comment about yesterdays blog. DJ said "NOW who did you insult". Hey - I'm just being me! Things just come out and I tend to insult people. It's what I do best.

Oddly all my life some of my best friends are people I have insulted first. Look at HereNotThere. Now we're buddies!! I'm always insulting people. I think my dad had that problem also. It is a learned character flaw! But . . . is it a flaw? I believe it is more of an . . . opportunity!

Rod