PUSH BUTTON

photo by Jacqui Brown

Butt dials never get old.   But never never butt dial the police, whilst preparing to commit a crime!   Or better yet do, as "a Bremerton, Washington woman did."   Gives the police a leg up.       story

Principle in the type:  "I am not a product of my circumstances.  I am a product of my decisions."   Stephen Covey

SPECIAL DELIVERY

photo by Alexander C. Kafka

I'm not sure how they thought this was going to work out, but "a mother who mailed drugs to her incarcerated daughter is now an inmate in the same Florida jail."  I don't know, is it at the least a 'two-wrongs-don't-make-a-right," sorta story?   news

Principle in the type:  "Motherhood is the noblest and greatest of all callings."  L. Tom Perry

MORE COW BELL

photo by got_legos

Ya'know how them preggers lady cows get to waggin their tails harder as labor contractions kick up?  (I'm listening to George Strait right now.  Don't mind the accent.)   ---Well the University of New Hampshire folk attached a sensor (the "Moocall") to them fine tails, and now the boss can receive a text about an hour before Junior comes.  So far so good.   (You human Dads-to-Be don't get any bullish ideas.  Just stay with your honey like big boys.)    story     

Principle in the type:  "As we build our lives and  our families, it matters what materials we use: our time, our efforts, and our choices."     Christopher Deaver

'ELLA NEWS

photo by niteprowl3r

Biggest Coachella news I think so far: Guns N' Roses.   "The band played a 2 1/2-hour set of its biggest hits and deep cuts . . ."    Critics say they came, they played, they kicked butt'ola.   I vote GNR relevant in rock history.  They have their sound, made their mark, and all that.   Side note:  I read a while back some of guitarist Duff McKagan's book 'How to Be a Man: (and other illusions).'   I'm a sucker for a good "I'm clean now, love my family, and life is a beautiful thing" story.     news

Principle in the type:  "I think that one may contribute (ever so slightly) to the beauty of things by making one's own life and environment beautiful, as far as one's power reaches.  This includes moral beauty."        Robinson Jeffers          

LET GO OF MY LEGO

photo by Lego Photo mureut

What hurt's more?   Stepping barefoot on your Legos, or having them stolen??  Police in Portland arrested a man "who agreed to sell stolen Legos to undercover investigators."  Hey, it starts with Legos - who knows where it will end!    news          

Principle in the type:  "Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future, if you will take control of it. Do not let your lives drift in a fruitless and worthless manner."       Gordon B Hinckley

COMING TO A FORK IN THE FAIRWAY

photo by Uri Tours

When the Ann Landers advice column suggested not washing one's golf balls in one's kitchen sink, hoopla erupted.  "We routinely wash fruits and vegetables in the kitchen sink, and they have dirt and chemicals on them. . . . Get over it!" said one reader.  Another, "everyone uses the ball washers at each tee or wets a towel and wipes them," not a big deal.  It went on and on from there.  The point is I think - make your reasoned decision, and do it!        story                  

Principle in the type:  "We wait and we question, we work the angles and list the pros and cons, while we move one step up and two back toward actually taking actions.  We delude ourselves that we are doing our due diligence when mostly we are just treading water in a perfectly heated pool of laziness, comfort and fear.  You can't study the map forever.  At some point it's time to start walking; there is only so much daylight."        Rob Lowe

YOUR PATH

photo by Phil Roeder

Snowstorms got you down??   East coast?  Midwest?   --Enter freakin funniest video of the last year.  (No I don't believe it's a fake!  Come on.  No Haters!)   Happy winter Peeps!   Chin up!




                                      

Principle in the type:  "If you are on the right path it will always be uphill."     Henry B. Eyring

DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT

photo by herval

Note to self:  Remind my kids not to light each other on fire to make a cool YouTube video.  Luckily avoiding injury, in Pennsylvania two 13-year-old boys decided to do just that.  "One agreed to be set on fire so the other could film it and post it online."  A blowtorch was involved, the fire proved tricky to put out, and they didn't even get to download a boss clip.   news 

Principle in the type:  "Ponder how you spend your time and ask yourself regularly, ‘why?’  This will help you develop the ability to see beyond the moment.  It’s far better to look ahead and ask yourself, ‘why would I do that?’ than to look back and say, ‘why, oh, why did I do that?’ "      Randall L. Ridd     

                                                                                                   Happy Weekend Peeps!

SMART DOESN'T GROW ON TREES

photo by Lanyap

"Police say a suspect had his first name stenciled on a sweatshirt he wore while breaking into a western Pennsylvania taxi company where he used to work. . . . State Police security video showed the suspect wearing a shirt with the name 'Josh' on it," hence 26-year-old Joshua Jording finds himself now facing a preliminary hearing on burglary, theft and other charges.       news             

Principle in the type:  "Thought I was close but on further inspection seems I've been running in the wrong direction."     lyrics . . .  Passenger's The Wrong Direction