A collection of pictures of boys being boys.

Have you heard about the trucker who has painted his cab and trailer with the names of all those who lost their lives in 9/11?

The trucker’s name is John Holmgren from Shafer, Minn.

He has been “pulled over” numerous times just so the troopers can get their picture taken with the truck.

Here’s a little game that’s fun, but addictive!

SPEED TEST.NET

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How fast is your internet connection?  Do you sometimes wonder if your provider is giving you all the speed you’re paying for?

Try this free performance test website.  http://www.speedtest.net/index.php Just click on the gold pyramid or the one closest to your location.

Whenever you run a test, a log is kept of your results.

My results were:

I watched Duets again recently for the umpty umpth time.  It’s hard to find a movie that provides music interwoven into the story.   It’s the story of people going around the country singing karaoke for prize money.

Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow play father and daughter and sing Cruisin’ by Smokey Robinson.

There is also a terrific a capella version of Free Bird and a cameo by Michael Buble.

GO AHEAD …. SING ALONG!  You know you want to. (and no ones listening, so do it, turn up the volume and click on the little arrow!)

 
Baby let’s cruise
Away from here
Don’t be confused
The way is clear

And if you want it you got it forever
This is not a one-night stand, baby, so…

Let the music take your mind
Just release and you will find

You’re gonna fly away
Glad you’re going my way
I love it when we’re cruisin’ together
Music is played for love
Cruisin’ is made for love
I love it when we’re cruisin’ together

Baby tonight
Belongs to us
Everything’s right
Do what you must

And inch by inch we get closer and closer
To every little part of each other, ooh baby, yeah, so…

Let the music take your mind
Just release and you will find

You’re gonna fly away

Glad you’re going my way

I love it when we’re cruisin’ together
The music is played for love

Cruisin’ is made for love

I love it when we’re cruisin’ together

Cruise with me baby
Ooo, ooo
Yeah …
Ooo, ooo
Oh baby let’s cruise
Let’s float, let’s glide
Ooo let’s open up and go inside

And if you want it you got it forever
I could just stay here beside you and love you baby

Let the music take your mind
Just release and you will find

You’re gonna fly away

Glad you’re going my way

I love it when we’re cruisin’ together
The music is played for love

Cruisin’ is made for love

I love it when we’re cruisin’ together

You’re gonna fly away

Glad you’re going my way

I love it when we’re cruisin’ together
The music is played for love

Cruisin’ is made for love

I love it when we’re cruisin’ together

(…now didn’t that feel good?)

Answer 11 questions and find out which candidates are most aligned with your views and opinions.

http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=259460

I’m not surprised that my views are closest to Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter and farthest from Obama, Edwards and Clinton.

Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:

Why did God make mothers?
1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?

1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of ?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men’s bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We’re related.
2. God knew she likes
me a lot more than other people’s moms like me.

What kind of little girl was your mom?
1. My Mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn’t have her thinking cap on.

Who’s the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn’t want to be boss, but she has to because dad’s such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.

What’s the difference between moms & dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3.
Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause
that’s who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend’s.
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.

What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don’t do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she’s already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I’d diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I’d get rid of that.
2. I’d make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.

We had our family reunion at a bed & breakfast in Grinnel, Iowa. The six of us from Illinois piled into Bill’s mini-van and met the Iowa branch of the family tree not too far out of Des Moines.  We spent two days and nights just enjoying each other in the peace and quiet of a small college town, reminiscing, and losing money at a nearby casino.

For smaller groups, a bed & breakfast is a great way to get together.  We sat out on the porch or around the parlor without television or other distractions and entertained and enjoyed each other.