Here's an interesting savings
idea, especially if you pay cash for things: save every $5 bill
you get as change and you'll wind up with
12 grand in 3 years.
Mr. J's on vacation until Monday,
August 11th - keep yourself occupied with these timewasters
until he's back:
Mr. J will be on vacation starting
next Tuesday, headed to New Hampshire, where the local papers
can't even spell their own name correctly.
And that's on the front page.
Some people are
pretty clueless about the photos
they include with their real-estate listings. Like this. Yep, a
carpeted kitchen. Brilliant:
Like the DEC says: "Its sap, in
combination with moisture and sunlight, can cause severe skin
and eye irritation, painful blistering, permanent scarring and
blindness. Contact between the skin and the sap of this plant
occurs either through brushing against the bristles on the stem
or breaking the stem or leaves. This plant poses a serious
health threat; see your physician if you think you have been
burned by giant hogweed. If you think you have giant hogweed on
your property, do NOT touch it." Okay then.
There's even an old song about the giant hogweed. See if you can
recognize the band:
Thursday 7.24
What if a really big corporation
designed the stop sign?
What helped make us the great
nation we are today?
Donuts, obviously.
www.ILookLikeYou.com - supposedly there are people
out there who look just like you, and maybe you want to borrow
them to get yelled at by the boss for you, or something.
Really. We did want to know what
about the show annoys you. Let us know at
morningmix@mix97fm.com, or give us a call this week
because we've both got vacations coming up over the next few
weeks.
Congratulations to Caren from
Highland, winner of $151...wow, two 5 Question Quiz
winners in just one month? Here's the latest Q's and A's:
Q
A
A contestant at the
1977 Dutchess County Fair talent show performed "My
Country Tis of Thee" on this:
A bicycle pump
Who is the only
professional golfer to appear as himself on "The
Simpsons"?
Tom Kite
It cost $14.83:
The first item ever
sold on Ebay
(a broken laser pointer)
Fill in the missing
name in this series:
Thomas, Henry, James, ____, Donald
Toby (who is train
number 7 in the Thomas the Tank Engine series - the
other trains are 1, 3, 5 and 9)
49 percent of New
Jersey residents want to do this one day:
Move (out of New
Jersey)
If you're a little bit handy,
here's a
DIY sprinkler water thingy your
kids should love running through this summer.
Walkscore.com will tell you how walkable your
community is. So far the most walkable areas we've found locally
are the villages of Saugerties, Walden and Fishkill.
Congrats to Cheryl from Pine Bush,
our $673 winner in the latest Five Question Quiz. The
question that was stumping everybody was the first one. Here's
the rundown:
What do the names Laura, Diane,
Christie and Brenda have in common?
Billy Joel. (The names all show
up in his lyrics or song titles)
You're walking down a street and
twelve young schoolgirls walk out the front door of
a building in front of you wearing matching coats
and hats. What time is it?
Half past nine. (From the
children's book Madeline. "They left the
house at half past nine / In two straight lines / in
rain or shine...")
19 percent of public schools in
the US still do this:
Serve French fries
What was the round-trip passenger
train fare from Barrytown to New York City in 1851?
$1.40
A
zombie: for the gardener who has everything.
(The outfit selling this charming piece also carries
bigfoots and other bizarreness for your garden.)
More on the IRS' new mileage
deductible rules
here. Miller is going to try for a writeoff based on all the
times he's gotten lost on his way to a Coffee Break.
This video is staged, but it's really
well-staged. It's apparently for an upcoming Gatorade
commercial:
Tuesday 6.24
The sweet spot for driving speed,
far as gas mileage goes?
Right around 55.
Monday 6.23
So long, George Carlin:
Weekend 6.20-21-22
If you're watching the Yankees-Reds
game on Saturday, keep an eye out for Mr. J - he'll be in the
last seat down the right field foul line next to the foul pole.
Looks interesting if you've got
small kids - child-safe video at
Totlol.
Looks like it's angled toward kids under 6.
Light posting today - had some
hinkiness on our end computer-wise. We will take a moment,
though to salute the
Mohonk
Preserve for their great work, including the Father's Day
hike in which Mr. J participated. Well worth a membership if you
don't already have on.
Weekend 6.13-14-15
Happy Father's Day from one dad to
the rest of you dads!
Thursday 6.12
Hearty Father's Day breakfast day
recipes from the Culinary Institute of America, including "toad
in the hole", available
here (with video!). For more on their Breakfasts and
Brunches book,
click here.
This Friday is another Friday the
13th, which means another What Were We Thinkin'? show,
where we trot out those songs you loved in your foolish youth,
but now you wouldn't admit having owned them. Except for this
one day. Email your thoughts to
morningmix@mix97fm.com.
And to help inspire, here's Falco:
Yes, we're still taking suggestions
for a new Morning Mix domain name. Also, next Friday is a Friday
the 13th, so we'll have another "What Were We Thinking" special
featuring all the songs you can't believe you liked when you
were younger. By way of example, here's Falco and "Der
Kommissar":
Apparently a version of this
Japanese game show is coming to America. This is very silly:
Monday 6.2
31 places to visit this summer...if you can afford the
road-trip. Mr. J can vouch for #2 on the list (New Hampshire)
being very good indeed, and not too far away.
