Pick 2 Liars - Bush, McCellan, Nat'l Enquirer

I'll skip the answer for the first two contestants but I will say if you guessed the Nat'l Enquirer you are correct.

The below photo first appeared on this blog and later I took it off once I found out it was going to be in the Nat'l Enquirer, the widely known joke rag that only people weak of mind take seriously.

When I told DJ about the photo that was going to appear she called it right on the money. She said "so, Johnny is going to have an affair with Marion?". Seems so. But the Enquirer is taken as seriously as The Onion who headline is "New Starbucks Opens In Rest Room Of Existing Starbucks".
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Speaking of photos here are my first two postcards from the Michelle Collection.



This one I just love. I know Michelle said it's not the greatest/sharpest photo but from my standpoint of creating postcards I think it has everything working for it.

I believe you do not need a beautiful photo on a postcard - you need something that draws you into the location, makes you look up at things and want to share the moment. I think this really "works".



I am creating some sort of web page for ordering postcards (my goal is eight cards total) with proceeds going to Michelle and I (not that much - honest). Neither of us are into the making money thing but this will help camera maintenance and so forth and help Columbus spread the word at the same time.
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I was reading "stuff" about " Sex In the City" and placed my wager on opening weekend box office going in the $43-$50 million mark (could go higher - most MALE estimates are for $40M).

I say MALE estimates because most of the people that make estimates are males and I believe they are underestimating woman on this one. This is a major event for females and non-straight film goers. The popularity has actually increased for the show since it stopped four long years ago.

Woman over 30 will make up the bulk of the audience but the must-see status will also bring in twenty somethings and late teens. This is a leave-your-husbands-behind movie and I will take you up on that!!

Have fun you girls!!!
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In a bring you down moment - on this day in 1431 Joan of Arc, a peasant girl who became the savior of France, is burned at the stake for heresy (opinion contrary to the church).
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Poker - one of our readers, Tiffany, who submitted some photos from Aurora has a boy friend participating in the World Series of Poker. Event #32 starts June 19th. Last years winners in this event (Robert Cheung) took home $619,728. SWEET!!!

I ALMOST went about eight years ago to the Main Event. I was on the final table with four players - winner going to Las Vegas when I hit the bottom side of a boat (Full House). ALL-IN! To bad the other guy had the higher boat! GONE!!

Good Luck Tiffay's boy friend!! His event will be televised starting July 29th.

BTW - Poker online is real tough right now - many college students are in transition between school and home summer life, leaving only sharks at the table for a month. Happens every year.
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And finally - Earthworms.

I was digging up where the Lavender USED to be in my clay garden and every shovel seemed to have a dozen earthworms in it. The ground was ripe with worms. I was afraid I was chopping them in half when I put the shovel in.

I could not decide if it was true that worms would regrow a part that was chopped. Was it something adults told kids just to screw with their mind? So since my gardens have SO MANY worms I investigated a little and found some interesting stuff about earthworms.

First - yes - they can replace or replicate lost segments - WHEW!

An estimate says that an acre of land can have between 53,000 to 250,000 earth worms.

We all know that earthworms improve soil by eating stuff and pooping out better stuff. But here is something I never thought of. They aerate the soil when they crawl through it and create drainage and air pockets, nothing new there, but by sliding through the little worm holes they act like pistons, pumping air in and out of the soil every 24 hours.

As for rainstorms and earthworms on the road and driveways - there are two theories.

One theory has the ground becoming so saturated with water that they might drown so they come to the surface. This is a problem because they can hit a dry spot, become stranded and die. This is why I always pick them up and put them in a garden.

OR a theory has it that after a storm worms may be using the moist conditions on the surface to travel more quickly than they can underground, thus colonizing new areas more quickly. Since the humidity is higher during and after rain, they do not become dehydrated.

It's a complicated life a worm has isn't it.
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Last night Columbus had about 1 inch of rain - did you know that ONE acre with 1 inch of rain is equal to recieveing 27,154 gallons of water? That means in one square mile more then 17 millions gallons of water fall!

Rod

See ya later