Monday Stuff On the Way to Other Stuff: Tying Up Loose Ends

     That's what we get for cancelling a planned camping/peaches trip to Palisade: we get more work done. 
     It doesn't make it fun, though.
    Instead of buying our peaches at the source, I got them from Safeway. But the price can't be beat: 97 cents a pound. Some will go in the freezer, some to the girlies...and we'll just have to eat the rest. (Oh, the burden of responsibility -- grin.)
     Slightly cooler weather helps. So does a little more rain. The Brick has been busy working on the trailer ($500-600 in repairs...whoopee), and cleaning out/repairing a couple of sewing machines for a friend. What a guy. 
    Meanwhile:

The art of sensible consumption.  (From Thrifty Mom in Boise)

British frugal food -- from the Skint Foodie. We Americans have to figure out some of the words, like 'pulses' (peas, beans and the like) or 'pouting' ("a cheaper fish"). Interesting, nonetheless.

Fired for farting -- a lot! And keeping up with the "Department of Weird:"

Engaged to a chandelier.  One wonders where the honeymoon will be...

Ten weird plane accidents and incidents.  (From Listverse) Also from them:

Ten strange anatomical curiosities.  (WARNING: This includes some Very Gross Stuff, including a huge colon. Ewwww....) And:

Ten ancient book/writing developments discovered recently. Including a diary kept by a frustrated 19th century carpenter -- written on the underside of floorboards in his attic!

50 close calls -- documented by photos taken at the last moment.

Parents who got the last laugh.  A very funny slideshow -- especially if you're a parent. (Sorry, Girlies.)

Fifteen moneysaving actions that turned better this way. (From The Simple Dollar)

An old-time account of Mocha Dick -- the real-life counterpart of Moby Dick, Herman Melville's huge white whale.

From the Department of "I'll Never Look At Them The Same Again" comes this odd tale: after employees notice a bad smell,  a man's body is found inside a supermarket's 'stone-faced' entry column. (The link will explain.) Wacky... from California, naturally. (California readers, please don't hurt me.)

Meanwhile, Kathy Griffin shows her usual class and dignity, commenting on the recent Manafort case. I have no idea what going topless has to do with it, but hey...

Why Aretha Franklin always demanded to be paid in cash.  It's a good reason, too. When it came to her music, this amazing singer certainly wasn't:

She will be missed.

If you're curious, listen to an interview with Peter Malkin, one of the group who captured Adolph Eichmann.


Have a good week.