Hokey Pokey Anonymous - a place to turn yourself around.

Husband of the Year?

I have a cold. And I have the phlegm that goes with it. Which leads me to wonder why the word phlegm refers to crud you cough up, but phlegmatic means a "sluggish or apathetic personality." And the g in phlegm is silent but sounded in phlegmatic. Makes no sense.
I think phlegmatic sounds like something they'd sell on a 2:00 a.m. infomercial. "You get this quality phlegmatic for the low, low price of $19.95. But wait! There's more!"

Picture your rear license plate. Where is the name of the state located? Top or bottom of the plate?
Do you have a license plate frame? From the dealer, or touting a hobby, etc. "I'd rather be eating BBQ'd cat."
If you have a plate frame, does it cover up the name of your state on that plate?
If you live in Arizona and have a frame that covers up the state name at the top of the plate (virtually all plate frames do), you are subject to a ticket beginning this Thursday. And we're not talking a token fine. Think $140 plus court costs. They say this is designed to save officers time when they pull people over. Sure seems disproportionate to me. Like majoring in the minors when there have to be bigger issues that need attention.

If you bought a Chrysler product last July you had the option of two incentives: cash back, or a special card that guaranteed gas for $2.99 for the next three years.
Always take the cash.

Have you seen the new trailer for the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?" It shows Brad Pitt riding a motorcycle, one hand on the handlebar and the other in his lap.
BOGUS!!
His right hand is in his lap. Anyone who rides knows that the right grip is the throttle and the left the clutch. You only need your left hand on the grip if you're pulling in the clutch lever, disengaging the clutch. So cruising down the road you can take your left hand off its grip. But if you take your right hand off the grip the spring-loaded throttle will return to its "closed" position, like taking your foot off the gas pedal.
Yes, there are throttle locks - a device that allows you to "wedge" the throttle in an open position. So it's possible that his bike is equipped with one of those, but from the brief clip they use in the trailer it looks like a vintage bike, and this unlikely to have a throttle lock. More likely that it's a Hollywood shot, totally manufactured by a director who has never ridden a bike.

The situation in Gaza is interesting on several levels, not the least of which is the press coverage of what's going on. Beginning from the premise that the media are (is?) not objective (see: campaign coverage, 2008) can we backward engineer to discern their agenda in this situation? Of course different media outlets will have different agendas. Fox will come at this from a different angle than CNN. So, what have you heard?
Israel is striking targets in Gaza and civilians have been killed (60 civilians out of 375 fatalaties). Others, including children shown in video footage, have been injured. Humanitarian aid isn't getting through in sufficient amounts, including medicines needed to treat those civilians. The situation is dire.
Have you heard or read that the Israeli action came after Hamas broke a cease fire by launching rockets into Israeli villages within Israeli territory? Have you heard the media point out that Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization that refuses to acknowledge Israel's right to exist? Or that during this Israeli action Hamas has continued to launch those rockets into Israeli villages where only civilians live? And that Hamas has tunnels from Gaza into Egypt through which they receive shipments of arms they use against Israel?

Today I ran, tomorrow I'll ride. It helps clear out the phlegm.