Oh, it's lovely to write those two words.
Now that we're not schlepping to Fort Garland or parts elsewhere, looking for a house (NINE trips), other things are finishing up, including appraisal reports (yay!) and collecting money for the house payment (booo...). We've also started looking for furniture -- when you move into a fifth-wheel, you don't keep much in that department.
The weather has moderated: warm but not overpowering, and some nice cool nights for sleeping. Colorado's fall leaves change quickly up in the mountains, but down here in the flatlands, it takes a bit longer. At least those #@!! grasshoppers are quickly disappearing.
Upward and onward. I love Fall.
So... CSU's coach got after Coach Prime because he kept his hat and sunglasses on during interviews. Sanders' response? He got EVERYBODY on the team sunglasses to wear. "Ya look fly," he assured them. Aaah, CSU is just ticked because they lost.
You can stop looking for the missing F-35 spy jet -- they found debris in a field a few hours northeast of Charleston.
The Story of the Leesburg Stockade Girls.
Rescue the shark! Mission accomplished.
Some very strange (and occasionally amusing) court cases.
Patrick Mahomes eats Doritos. Every night in bed. I would too, if the Brick would let me get away with it!
A stolen Van Gogh painting is back in its Dutch museum home -- it was returned, wrapped in an IKEA bag.
An Alabama band director gets tazed and arrested after he refuses to make his high school band stop playing after a football game. Tazed??/! I wonder what my high school band director, Bob Stiles, would have thought about that.
Lauren Boebert apologizes, after her theater outing -- she should!
Here's what Colorado landmarks look like from space. The word "weird" comes to mind.
The wistful story of Enos, the largely-forgotten American space chimp.
Odd photos from history, including the world's largest horse. PLus this little gem, featuring one of the strangest artists in history -- Salvador Dali. (It took 28 tries to get this photo right.)
Wait a second -- Grace Kelly married into Monaco royalty...because of Aristotle Onassis?!? Also:
Odd and wonderful things found in books.
Julie Silber shows us around her current exhibit of House pattern quilts, at the Iowa Quilt Museum.
Ten heroes who are barely known.
Photographic proof for why you should stay off narrow 4WD trails, unless you know what you're doing. (This guy didn't.)
A journal is forced to 'unpublish' a paper that was written in part with AI. (Of course it was published, before readers noticed.)
A prankster crashes Fashion Week -- wearing a trash bag! He almost got away with it, too.
Making mittens out of an old sweater. (From One Hundred Dollars A Month)
More silly Hugh Jackman commercials, including:
Maximum Jackman (in more ways than one)
AND The Truce:
I do feel badly his 27-year marriage is coming to an end. Long unions like this are growing increasingly rare. (In case you're wondering, the Brick and I are staying together -- hopefully for another 41 1/2 years.)
Korean moon jars: plain, basic -- and very sought-after.
Arrogant people who got their comeuppance.
Some of the highest-valued collectible items in the world.
A whole list of 'physician side hustles' -- that non-doctors could take advantage of, too.
Remember the Secret Service agent who insisted there was another bullet from JFK's assassination? Now a retired nurse is backing him up.
Is President Biden tottering and doddering on purpose? I had not thought about this intriguing possibility, but a Phil Hartman 'President Reagan - Mastermind' skit on SNL was mentioned as possible 'proof.' Interesting to think about...
That would certainly explain the Six Billion Dollar Iran Deal...
A 175-year hunting tradition is finished for King Charles and his family... their lease on an estate near Balmoral ended. Hey, for dedicated hunters, this is serious!
Making hot chocolate 'bombs' with corgi-shaped marshmallows.
And yes, you can buy these marshmallows -- but they're not cheap: $2.50 each, or 5 for $10. Or make your own marshmallow 'Corgi Butts.' (No, I am not making this up.)
Jennifer Granholm's grabby EV journey gets the police called. I don't have a huge opinion about this former Michigan governor, anyways -- but the staffers deserved it. Speaking of:
A Mile High in Denver...a fitting tribute to Jimmy Buffett, who we lost recently. Yes, he lived in Colorado for a while.
A Christmas fabrics 'Oops' kit that might come in handy -- from Shabby Fabrics.
A literal river of red wine flows down the streets, after a Portuguese distillery accident.
The oldest DNA shows up in a man from Montana, with strong Blackfoot Indian heritage. The same DNA is prominent around Lake Baikal. Could modern Native Americans have ancestors who crossed over from Siberia? The DNA evidence suggests it's certainly possible.
A neolithic farmhouse discovered along a highway in County Cork, Ireland.
"Side hustles: the real inflation hedge," an interesting perspective from the doctor's side, thanks to the White Coat Investor.
Odd facts behind some very silly comedies. Did you know Bob Barker and Chuck Norris lived next door to each other... and Norris taught him how to fight during the making of Caddyshack?
"Serial killers are the most dangerous people you'll never want to meet." Piers Morgan talks about an 8-part documentary on interviews with serial killers...and it's chilling.
A woman ditches her corporate life to live out in the boonies. With her boyfriend. In a very classy cabin they built. Not exactly the 'back to nature' life she wants us to think...but interesting, nonetheless.
Have a great week.
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