RIDDLE

No one got the riddle right for the weekend but Melanie got the Brain Bruiser.

I am tempted to use the riddle again but I won't this time.

There is one thing that no one knows any more about no matter how much it is looked into. What is it?
A Mirror

Brain Bruisers Question

Can you make since out of the following:

Yyuryyub

Icuryy4me

Two Wise your are to be

I see you are two wise for me

TODAY'S RIDDLE

What did the Librarian use for bait?

Brain Bruisers Question

Only the well-to-do had it in the 70s. Extract faster moving air molecules. Some blame it for obesity problems.

The name implies its
Only function.

I will be coming home today after yoga and lunch. It's suppose to be nice at the beach. I will miss the good weather here.

I will try to line up what I'm going to put in the new sun room. They have to replace the windows because two of them have scratches so they are going to replace them all. The problem is they were not on the the truck on Thursday so they will have to wait until this Thursday. That makes things later. I want it to be finished now. Talk to you later.

PACKERS WIN AGAIN, RESKINS BLOW BIG LEAD

The Green Bay Packers beat the San Diego Chargers Sunday 31-24 to improve 3-0 on the season and with the win the Packers are in 1st place by themselves in the NFC North Division. Green Bay will be at Minnesota next Sunday. The Washington Redskins looked like they were on the way to another victory at the half leading 17-3 but fell apart in the second half of the game allowing the Giants to score 17 unanswered points en route to 24-17 victory over the Redskins. The Redskins are off next and they might need a week off to regroup from that loss. Carl Edwards won yesterdays race at Dover holding off Mark Martin for the victory, tempers flared in the race when Denny Hamlin just knocked Kyle Petty out of the race and doing ended his chances of a good finish also & Clint Bowyer also got caught up in it as well. Kyle confronted Hamlin about the wreck and Hamlin said he should have grabbed him around the throat and punched him, I don't know about what everybody else thinks but I think Kyle would have won any altercation between the two. Also Hamlin said the wreck wasn't his fault, but if you look at the replay he just flat wrecked Kyle Petty & by looking at a few racing message boards about 9 out of every 10 fans think it was Hamlin's fault and somebody needs to put him in his place. Jeff Gordon now leads the Chase standings by 2 points over Tony Stewart, 3 points over Carl Edwards, 4 points over Jimmy Johnson and 10 points over Kyle Busch. MICKEY

The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it
Mark Twain

1934 - Babe Ruth bid farewell to the New York Yankees. It was the Babe’s last game in Yankee Stadium and for the team. The Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox, 5-0.
1955 - Millions of Americans tuned in to watch Judy Garland make her TV debut on the Ford Star Jubilee. The CBS show received the highest television ratings to that time.
1961 - Bullwinkle J. Moose and his friend, Rocket J. (Rocky) Squirrel, were seen in prime time for the first time on NBC-TV. The Sunday night cartoon (7-7:30 p.m.) was called The Bullwinkle Show. Originally Bullwinkle and Rocky appeared on ABC in a weekday afternoon series, Rocky and His Friends.
1968 - The longest-running newsmagazine on television began on CBS-TV. 60 Minutes started on this, a Tuesday, night in 1968. During its first three years on the tube, 60 Minutes ran on an alternate-week schedule with CBS News Hour, moving to Sundays (all by itself) in early 1972. 60 Minutes debuted with two correspondents: Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner.

ABC sportscaster Jim McKay is 86
Actress Sheila MacRae is 83
Singer Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers) is 65
Football Hall of Famer Joe Greene is 61
Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy II, D-Mass., is 55
Actor Kevin Sorbo is 49
Actress-writer Nia Vardalos is 45
Country musician Marty Mitchell is 38
Actress Megan Ward is 38
Baseball player Kevin Millar is 36
Actor Kyle Sullivan is 19

LATEST NEW ROOM PHOTOS

Here are the latest new room photos that I took this morning. As you can tell they are progressing pretty well now. MICKEY

VIRGINIA NOW 3-0 IN THE ACC, GEORGIA KNOCKS OFF ALABAMA

I have to say it was a pretty hot day yesterday in Charlottesville and I have a bit of red neck this morning because the sun was beating on the back of neck the whole game. The Cavaliers came out on fire building a 21-7 lead after the 1st quarter only to have Georgia Tech come back and take the lead 23-21 before Virginia was able to get a late TD to pull out the victory over the yellow Jackets 28-23. It was very good game but it was pretty hot, next up for Virginia are the Pitt Panthers next Saturday night at 7pm at home. The Georgia Bulldogs went on the road last night and won a wild won in OT last night knocking off Alabama 26-23, Georgia lead most of the game but Bama was able to tie it up late to send it to OT. In the OT Georgia's defense rose to the occasion holding Bama to a field goal and the Bulldogs scored on there 1st offensive play to pull out the victory. The East Carolina Pirates didn't fair as well yesterday falling to West Virginia 48-7, from all reports the Pirates were just out manned in this game, next week ECU will travel to Houston. Today in the NFL both the Green Bay Packers & Washington Redskins will try to improve to 3-0 on the young season, the Packers will play host to the Chargers at 1pm while the Redskins will play host to the New York Giants at 4pm. I guess the remote on the TV will get a pretty good workout today because the race is also on at 1pm so I will be flipping back in in forth between the football games and the race. They also came by yesterday and put the sheet rock up in the new room and I will post some photos of that later today. MICKEY

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Marie Curie

Make it better
If you're not satisfied with what is, then you need to get busy and visualize what can be. Replacing or improving the undesirable is much more effective than just rejecting it. Being for something works infinitely better than just complaining.

Rather than waste your time and effort on useless complaints, invest yourself in improving the situation. Moving forward will get you much farther than moving against.

There are those who complain, who take pride in being a victim. And then there are those who see the enormous opportunity that comes from making a situation better. Which approach makes the most sense to you?

If there's something you don't like, make it better. It's not that big of a step from seeing something as undesirable and visualizing how it can be better. Put some effort behind your vision. Don't just stand there complaining. Make it better!

Actor Mickey Rooney is 87
Actress Margaret Pellegrini ("The Wizard of Oz") is 84
Singer Julio Iglesias is 64
NFL football coach Marty Schottenheimer is 64
Actress-singer Mary Kay Place is 60
Rock star Bruce Springsteen is 58
Actor Jason Alexander is 48
Actress Elizabeth Pena is 46
Country musician Don Herron (BR549) is 45
Actress LisaRaye is 41

I AM HEADING TO UVA TODAY, COLONIALS TURNOVER GAME

Well I will heading to UVA later this morning to see the Cavaliers face the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, this will be a very tough task for the Cavalier offense and the young Virginia QB's. This will be the 3rd straight weekend that I have been to a college football game, the past two weekends I Have been to East Carolina. Speaking of East Carolina the Pirates have very tough task this afternoon when the visit Morgantown, WV to play the West Virginia Mountaineers. The will have to play better than they did last week to have a shot today. The Georgia Bulldogs play the Alabama Crimson Tide tonight at Alabama this will be a very tough game for the young Bulldogs. The Colonial Heights Colonials turned the ball over 6 times last night in there 27-6 lost to Armstrong, the Colonials moved the ball several times but every time it looked like they had drive going they turned the ball over. The Colonials are back home next Friday night when the host undefeated Prince George. Down in Georgia last night the Crawford County Eagles improved to 4-0 with a 34-7 win over Lamar County in the rain, it seems it rains every Friday night in Georgia. The Eagles will be on the road the next three weeks. Down at the beach First Flight beat Cape Hatteras 42-0 & Manteo beat Williamston 40-14. Jimmy Johnson continued his hot streak by capturing the pole for this weeks race at Dover, the way it looks now it will be Johnson and Jeff Gordon battling it out for the Nextel Cup. Does anybody know if Al found his phone yet? In closing my day got off to a bad start again at Wal-Mart when I tried buy a 20 oz Pepsi out of the machine and someone goof ball had put Diet Pepsi in the Pepsi slot, needless to say I wasn't happy about that. MICKEY

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES
ARMSTRONG 27 COLONIAL HEIGHTS 6
L.C. BIRD 28 MANCHESTER 10
DINWIDDIE 28 NOTTOWAY 6
PRINCE GEORGE 24 MONOCAN 6
G.W. DANVILLE 40 MATOACA 14
HOPEWELL 21 BRUNSWICK 10
CRAWFORD COUNTY 34 LAMAR COUNTY 7
FIRST FLIGHT 42 CAPE HATTERAS 0
MANTEO 40 WILLIAMSTON 14

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Albert Einstein

Baseball Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda is 80
Hall of Fame basketball coach Lute Olson is 73
Actor Paul Le Mat is 61
Actress Shari Belafonte is 53
Singer Debby Boone is 51
Singer-musician Joan Jett is 49
Actress Catherine Oxenberg is 46
Actor Scott Baio is 46
Actor Rob Stone is 45
Actor Tom Felton is 20

WHAT BLOG MEMBER HAS THE TOUGHEST JOB?

One of the most revealing studies made on the blog, “What Blog Member Has The Toughest Job?” has made a very important statement. Based on the results of this highly sophisticated research, being retired is tough and, according to the individual receiving the most votes, during an interview stated, “This is especially true for the last two years of my five years of retirement.” It is also important to remember that Robert received 47% of the votes.

Two blogers received 17% (3 votes each) to come in second in the survey. No one knows what one of those does for a job. Someone told me that Mark doesn’t know himself.

Two blogers received 11% (2 votes each) to tie for fourth in the survey. I believe that Mickey could have been fourth if voters would have considered how he works as the “blog master.” It is not easy job controlling this group.

Last but not least is Al with 5% , this is only one vote. You would think that both Al & Donna would vote for Al. The big question, who did vote for Al?

For those of us in the highly demanding position of being retired, we ask that those of you still working, we think, whether you know what you are doing or not, keep up the good work. We retired appreciate your contributions to our income.

RIDDLE

No one got the riddle yesterday. I thought someone would get the right answer.

ANSWER:

What was the name of Cinderella's fairy godmother?

WANDA

Brain Bruisers Question

Most people throw them away. People love to hand them out. Initials remind one of a period of time. 3.5 by 2.

business card

TODAY'S RIDDLE

There is one thing that no one knows any more about no matter how much it is looked into. What is it?

Brain Bruisers Question

Can you make since out of the following:

Yyuryyub

Icuryy4me

I hope you are getting some rain at home. We are getting a little at the beach. I think we will have showers all day.

This is

Friday

and

It's the weekend Have a good one and talk to you on Monday.

ARMSTRONG AT COLONIAL HEIGHTS

The Colonial Heights Colonials football team returns home tonight when the Armstrong Wildcats visit Colonial Heights. It looks like it is going to be a pretty nice night for football with temps in the mid 70's at game time. The Crawford County Eagles will be try to stay undefeated tonight when the play host to the Lamar County Trojans in Roberta. In JV football action last night Crawford County fell to Mary Pearson 14-8, Scott said Scottie played center most of the game and Dusty played offense and defense all game and was the kicker also, I am sure Scott taught him how to kick the ball. Down at the beach tonight Cape Hatteras will be at First Flight & Williamston will be at Manteo. The Nascar Nextel Cup Series will be at Dover for race 2 in the chase for the Nextel Cup. I did go the Colonial Heights vs Thomas Dale volleyball game last night and I hate to report that the bad guys won the match 3-0. My AIP in on the rise again this morning if you can believe it, I think I pulled a muscle in my left shoulder taking my sweatshirt after running yesterday afternoon. MICKEY

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES
ARMSTRONG AT COLONIAL HEIGHTS
MATOACA AT GW DANVILLE
MONOCAN AT PRINCE GEORGE
DINWIDDIE AT NOTTOWAY
BRUNSWICK AT HOPEWELL
LAMAR COUNTY AT CRAWFORD COUNTY
CAPE HATTERAS AT FIRST FLIGHT
WILLIAMSTON AT MANTEO

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
Walt Disney

1784 - America’s first daily paper, The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, was published in Philadelphia.
1948 - The Texaco Star Theater on NBC-TV chose this night to make one of its oft-appearing hosts the permanent host. Milton Berle stayed on as the regular host until 1967. He was so much a part of The Texaco Star Theater that it became known as The Milton Berle Show.
1957 - Famed trial lawyer Perry Mason came to TV. The creation of attorney/novelist Erle Stanley Gardner, Perry Mason found fame first as a series of novels, then as a CBS radio series (1943-1955). TV’s Perry Mason, which continued for 9 seasons (TV’s longest-running lawyer series) on CBS, starred Raymond Burr in the lead role. Della Street was played by Barbara Hale.
1970 - ABC-TV debuted Monday Night Football, with Howard Cosell, ‘Dandy’ Don Meredith and Keith Jackson. (Frank Gifford replaced Jackson the following year.)
1989 - Hugo is a nice enough sounding name -- unless you put a hurricane behind it. Hurricane Hugo tore into Charleston, South Carolina this day, leaving a trail of destruction calculated at over eight billion dollars.

Actor Karl Slover is 89
Actor Larry Hagman is 76
Actor-comedian Henry Gibson is 72
Author-comedian Fannie Flagg is 63
Author Stephen King is 60
Actor-comedian Bill Murray is 57
ctor-comedian Dave Coulier is 48
Actor David James Elliott is 47
Actress Nancy Travis is 46
Actress Cheryl Hines is 42
Country singer Faith Hill is 40
Country singer Ronna Reeves is 39
Actress-talk show host Ricki Lake is 39
Actor James Lesure is 36
Actor Luke Wilson is 36
Actor Paulo Costanzo is 29
TV personality Nicole Richie is 26
Actress Maggie Grace is 24

No one got the riddle yesterday.

ANSWER:

What happens to naughty pigs?

They make deviled ham out of them.

TODAY'S RIDDLE:

What was the name of Cinderella's fairy godmother?

It's cloudy at the beach today and there was a little drizzle this morning. I really would like to see the rain.

I'm giving you a brain bruiser today to get you thinking.

Brain Bruisers Question


Most people throw them away. People love to hand them out. Initials remind one of a period of time. 3.5 by 2.

Well I have to go and get ready to go to yoga.

I'M BACK !!!

after about a week of turmoil i'm about to get things back to normal. i have replaced two televisions, four satelite boxes, a computer mother board and power supply, a DSL modem, eight light bulbs, and two light switches. the garage door can wait a little while so i can get everything inside back in it's proper place. the good news is that it hasn't cost us a lot of money. i have now purchased better quality surge protectors, so hopefully they will work better. scott

SCOTT IS BACK ONLINE, INSULATION GOES UP

Well I am happy to report that Scott is back online from the lightning strike at the house, he did have to replace several things at the house that were fried though. Also today in Georgia the Crawford County JV football team will be in action for the 1st time this year, I think Scott said the were playing the Mary Poppins school. Well Dale JR will be driving the #88 Chevy next year with sponsorship from Mountain Dew and the Amp energy drink which both are Pepsi products. He will also be sponsored by the National Guard in several races, I have posted a couple images of the cars. The construction crew came by yesterday and put the insulation up in the new room, I don't know what they are going to do today. The Colonials will be at home Friday night against the Armstrong Wildcats. MICKEY

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.
Samuel Smiles

1921 - KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania started one of the first daily radio newscasts in the country. The broadcast came from the city desk of The Pittsburgh Post.
1953 - Jimmy Stewart debuted in The Six Shooter on NBC. He played Britt Ponset on the radio Western.
1973 - Singer Jim Croce, his lead guitarist, Maury Muehleisen, and four others died when their plane crashed into a tree at Natchitoches, LA while taking off for a concert in Sherman, Texas.
1984 - NBC-TV debuted The Cosby Show. Bill Cosby played Dr. Heathcliff (Cliff) Huxtable. His lovely wife, Clair, was played by Phylicia Rashad. The Huxtable kids were Sondra, age 20 (Sabrina Le Beauf), Denise, age 16 (Lisa Bonet), Theodore, age 14 (Malcom-Jamal Warner), Vanessa, age 8 (Tempestt Bledsoe) and Rudy, age 5 (Keshia Knight Pulliam). The premiere was the most watched show of the week and the show went on to become an Emmy Award-winner and one of the most popular on television for eight years.

Risk Factors for Gallstones
Gallstones are formed when bile inside the gallbladder hardens into rock-like pieces. They may or may not be painful, and may have to be removed or broken apart if they're causing problems such as infection.

Here are common risk factors for gallstones, courtesy of the U.S. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse:

* Retaining excess estrogen, from pregnancy, birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy.
* Having a family history of gallstones.
* Being overweight or obese.
* Undergoing excessive, rapid weight loss, which can be characteristic of fad dieting.
* Eating a diet low in fiber and high in cholesterol and fat.
* Having diabetes.

NOT MANY BIRTHDAYS TODAY
Singer Gogi Grant is 83
Actress-comedian Anne Meara is 78
Actress Sophia Loren is 73
Hockey Hall of Famer Guy LaFleur is 56
Actress Betsy Brantley is 52
Actress Kristen Johnston is 40

RIDDLE

Louise got the riddle right yesterday. Trapper was close but not the answer in the book.

ANSWER:

When is your mind like a rumpled bed?

when it's not made up...

TODAY'S RIDDLE:

What happens to naughty pigs?

I saw this picture when looking for pictures and thought it was funny. It's still windy at the beach but the sun is out. The wind blew the flag and windsock off the house into the yard last night. I had to pick up a lot of my plants this morning.