MLB umpires are required to wear black underwear.

I don't make 'em up, I just report 'em. I read it was to cover them in case their pants split.

As long as we're doing bizarre and outside the mainstream of conventional thinking...

Check out this link of a 70 mph head-on crash test of the new Smart Car, aka the Twofor:
Crash Test
I'm not saying anybody would survive that, but it is impressive.

Today we took the motorcycle ride up the back roads to Wickenburg. OK, it did give me pause to see that dead cow just off the side of the road, obviously sent to that great corral in the sky after an encounter with a car. At least I'm assuming it was a car; there wasn't a dead motorcyclist laying next to it.
It was 81 degrees and sunny which makes for the ideal weather for negotiating twisties.
Grins.

While riding through Wickenburg I saw a van, just a white cargo van like Stealth Reliabity, with lettering that said, "Mobile Medical Exams." Now who in the world climbs into a Ford Econoline for a medical exam?
You know what it made me think of? Remember the guy a few years ago who got busted for setting up a photocopy machine in a storage unit and advertising free breast cancer screenings?
Maybe he just got out of the joint.

Pam gets back tomorrow just before noon. None too soon, either! I've eaten my way through almost all of the crock pot meal I made and we're just about out of Diet Coke. Crazy thing is that 18 hours after she gets back I leave. The timing was not planned; her mom's surgery determined Pam's itinerary, and my plans were made last December.

I've been following the MLB story fairly closely. I even read the entire Mitchell report. I watched Roger Clemmens' testimony before the congressional committee. And I noted with interest today's news story that the committee has asked the justice dept. to see if perjury charges are warranted. If you're interested, read this short article on ESPN.com about the contradictions and falsifications in Clemmens' testimony:
Implausible Testimony
His arrogance will doom him.

Finally, for your edification,
Chocolate is Good For You
This is science, folks. When the geek in the lab coat says it you know it's gotta be true.
Which is why I'm going to go polish off the rest of that cake!