Scared the crap out of me

Major storms hit the area Wednesday night.

We want independence

Greetings fans and fellow felines. Welcome to the start of the work week!

A doctorate for Dylan

I slept through Saturday. Party too hard with the Stray Cats.

Doughnut Day

It's National Doughnut Day!

Buy a dozen of your favorites and toast the cholesterol police.

D-Day invasion

Welcome to June 6, 1944

Friends and lightning

Greetings class. here is a little knowledge: 

Elvis and shopping carts

Today's lesson students:

From the litter box: Speeding past debt

Increasing the speed limit on Illinois interstates has been fast tracked to the governor's office to sign or veto.

Smokeycast for May 16, 2013

Hey! I'm back after a stint in rehab.

A humorist is born

Even today the words of humorist, cowboy, actor Will Rogers can be used to describe how things are going in this country. Rogers was born on Nov. 4, 1879.

"His humor and his comments were always kind. His was no biting sarcasm that hurt the highest or the lowest of his fellow citizens. When he wanted people to laugh out loud, he used the methods of pure fun. And when he wanted to make a point for the good of mankind, he used the kind of gentle irony that left no scars behind it." -- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Thanks to History.com.

Here's the AccuWeather forecast:

Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

Dog in space

Now here is some cool history!

A New York minute

A subway opens in New York City on Oct. 27, 1904.

More than 100,000 people paid a nickel to ride under Manhattan on that first night. The rout was 9.1 miles long and went from City Hall in lower Manhattan to Grand Central Terminal in midtown.

Did I remember to flush the litter box?

CAT FACT (catsinfo.com)

Sir Isaac Newton is not only credited with the laws of gravity but is also credited with inventing the cat flap.

WEATHER STUFF

Do you believe in ghost lights?

Oct. 20, 2011: Commies in Hollywood

How you got in the World Serious: Cardinals or Rangers? I prefer the guys with the guns over the Redbirds. But remember, I'm a cat.

Love my herbs and enjoy them year round.

Oct. 20, 1947, The Red Scare comes to Hollywood.



Thanks to History.com.

Here's the AccuWeather forecast:

Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

Oct. 17, 2011: No oil for you!

Is there really a middle ground? I prefer that things go my way. Maybe that is why my owner ignores me more and more.

Oct. 17, 1973, OPEC states declare oil embargo.



Thanks to History.com.

Here's the AccuWeather forecast:

Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

Oct. 15, 2011: Double crosser

I'm trying to count leafs on one of the trees and have to start over. The darned things keep falling off.

Less flapping the yap and more work

It is hard to write these posts this week due to the great weather.

Our generation has lost its Thomas Edison, ... Rest In Peace, Steve Jobs.

As for the United States malaise, no wonder we do not get things done in government. They love playing the blame game. Shut up. Get over it. Do the job.

Oct. 7, 1871, a massive fire ignites in Wisconsin. It becomes known as the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871. This fire, which killed 1,200 people, is obscured by the smaller Great Chicago Fire, which happened the same time.



Accuweather.com can give you the forecast.

They're coming to America!

On Oct. 6, 1683, the first Mennonites arrived in America aboard the Concord. They came to practice their religion and because William Penn offered them 5,000 acres of land in the colony of Pennsylvania.

Also, Oct. 6, 1866, the Reno gang robs a train in Jackson County, Ind., a first in this country.

You got to hold on to what you got ... Bon Jovi.

Hope is eternal. Defeat is only temporary.

And this comes via Farmers Alamanc's twitter:  Thought for the week: If you can’t see the bright side, polish the dull side.

Work things out; War of 1812, housefly

Ben Bernanke told Congress the U.S. economy is teetering on going in the crapper again.

What in the world is it going to take for us to get our act together?

Partnering between government and business is needed. Stop thinking that penalizing some and making the rest of us feel good is what is going to take to get things going.

We don't need more blue ribbon commissions or panels and czars and pointing fingers.

Grow up! Listen. And then craft bills that are not pie in the sky.

Oct. 5, 1813, Shawnee Chief Tecumseh is defeated by William Henry Harrison at the Battle of the Thames near Ontario, Canada.

This comes via almanac.com: What is the normal life expectancy of the common housefly?

Sputnik I

It amazes me that a satellite the size of a volleyball would get a country like the United States fired up to explore our universe.

When the Russians launched Sputnik I on Oct. 4, 1957, that is exactly what got America into a space race.



During the summer months, the leafs on trees not only provide us shade but produce sugar that the tree will use during the winter months.

Nature's playground

Welcome October, we hope your stay is a nice one with not too many surprises.