Palm Trees With Christmas Tree Lights???????

Now all we need is an alligator with a Santa Claus beard and red hat to make everything truly bizzare. We actually had rain last night and we needed it desparately. There weren't any tropical storms this year and not much last years. Water levels are very low. What kind of place rejoices when tropical storms come thru? The thought terrifies me. They had tornado warnings last night in Pasco county which is the next county over. (Am I back in Indiana?) Sunny and breezy today, but the breezy part is nearly pulling the lights off the roof.

The writers strike is taking a toll. They were showing the picket line and Robin Williams was marching with the writers and he held a blank sign. He said with his writers on strike, he didn't know what to say. I laughed so hard I nearly wet myself.

Back in the days of the Mayflower:

1. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle and guests got the top, or "the upper crust".
2. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then, the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
3. Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach into the food, causing lead poisoning deaths. This happened most often with tomatoes. So for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
4. Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone coming down the road would find them, take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around. They would eat, drink and wait to see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of "holding a wake".