The goose is back at work this year. I've been feeding her and checking on her every morning, and yesterday she had good news for me! Four eggs, four babies. They all seem to be healthy and happy, although one is a little bit naughty and she seems to spend a lot of time scolding him (I'm assuming it's a boy!). You can see one of them poking out here and one that's trying.

We went out to eat last night and Layna was fascinated with her mom's drink, but she insisted on using her own straw. Guess she didn't want to get any mommy slobbers on her. Smart girl.



Neglected News and Useless Facts:

Health officials in Hong Kong are warning that some Chinese dishes such as fried rice and noodles are loaded with fat, cholesterol and sodium that can cause heart attacks and high blood pressure. *** Even worse, an hour later you’re hungry for more fat, cholesterol, and sodium.

In a recent poll, Jack the Ripper was named Great Britain's greatest villain. *** Simon Cowell is demanding a recount.

A woman in Gastonia, North Carolina, is suing McDonald's, claiming there was blood in her French fries. *** McDonald's lawyers are arguing that French Fries don't bleed.

Starbucks is blaming the mortgage meltdown for its slump in sales. *** Because nobody can afford to have both a house and a Starbucks latte.

Scientists working in a lab in New York think they may have created one of the most dangerous forces in the universe -- a black hole. *** They’re not sure yet though. They still haven’t finished drawing straws to see who’s going to stick their finger in it.

"National Guard officials report that The Chicago Bears football practice was delayed for nearly two hours Tuesday after one of the players, while on his way to the locker room, noticed a suspicious-looking unknown white powdery substance on the practice field. Practice was immediately suspended while the FBI was called in to investigate. After a complete field analysis, the FBI determined that the white substance unknown to the players was actually... the goal line. Practice resumed when FBI Special Agents decided the team was not likely to encounter the substance again."

And this just tickled me...

IN MY DAY
Remember when your mom, dad, or grandparents would try to tell you how things were when THEY were growing up, and how they didn't have any of the modern day stuff? Well, the Washington Post did a report and asked their readers to tell Generation X-ers how much harder they had it in the old days: They made a contest out of it, and here's what the best ones were:

"In my day, we didn't have dogs or cats. All I had was Silver Beauty, my beloved paper clip." (Jennifer Hart, Arlington)

"In my day, we didn't get that disembodied, slightly ticked-off voice saying 'Doors closing.' We got on the train, the doors closed, and if your hand was sticking out it scraped along the tunnel all the way to the Silver Spring station. Fortunately the base fare was only a dollar." (Russell Beland, Springfield)

"In my day, we didn't have Regis Philbin. Oh, wait. Yes we did." (Peg Sheeran, Vienna)

"In my day, we couldn't afford shoes, so we went barefoot. In the winter we had to wrap our feet with barbed wire for traction." (Bill Flavin, Alexandria)

"In my day we didn't have MTV or in-line skates, or any of that stuff. No, it was 45s and regular old metal-wheeled roller skates, and the 45s always skipped, so to get them to play right you'd weigh the needle down with something like quarters, which we never had because our allowances were too small, so we'd use our skate keys instead and end up forgetting they were taped to the record player arm so that we couldn't adjust our skates, which didn't really matter because those crummy metal wheels would kill you if you hit a pebble anyway, and in those days roads had real pebbles on them, not like today." (Russell Beland, Springfield)

"In my day, we didn't have no rocks. We had to go down to the creek and wash our clothes by beating them with our heads." (Barry Blyveis, Columbia)

This Just In...

Police in Tampa, Florida, are looking for a man who stole a six-foot hot dog costume from a Sonic drive-in. *** Well, he should be easy to pick out of the police line-up.

And I leave you with this thought:
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" makes a pretty good philosophy of justice, but take my word for it -- it stinks royally as a theme for the senior prom. --Brad Hamer