Some good info on
getting on/off the school bus and whatnot is available at
www.wappingersschools.org. (here's the
direct link) Your school district's website might have
similar info, too.
We're off until
Tuesday - have a great weekend, and check out our Obama
parodywear just down the page a piece, now for sale?
(McCain-style parodywear to debut next week once Mr. J finishes
the design.)
Thursday 8.28
Info on those
Simplicity bassinet warnings available
here. They're warnings and not recalls because the company
that bought out Simplicity isn't cooperating with the federal
government on the issue. Charming. (UPDATE: The bassinets have
finally been pulled from Wal-Mart shelves, where they were sold
exclusively.)
So what are those
15,000 reporters doing in Denver? Mainly
drinking free beer.
You know what your
computer needs?
A toaster. Really!
And as promised, the debut of our
campaign parody-wear; check this little item
out! (McCain stuff debuts next week if all goes well)
Diaroogle is a new directory of
public toilets...they're in beta, so still not a lot of local
locations but you can add those if you've found good ones.
845-297-8600 is the number for the
Wappingers office of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, or you
can check out
walk.jdrf.org to get more info
about the upcoming walks near you this month and in Septmber.
Wednesday 8.20
You've gone and done it
again...congrats to Loretta from Hyde Park on nailing the latest
Five Question Quiz. Once again the questions and answers:
Q
A
It gets two centimeters
bigger every year.
Iceland
Nearly half of all
Americans have worn these at least once
Mickey Mouse ears
35% of married men said
they would never do this without first asking their
wives
Change the thermostat
A survey of business
leaders says this is the worst place to come up with
good ideas
The boardroom
What is Miller's birthday?
September 27
RIP, Pervis Jackson of The
Spinners. (He of the "12:45" voice. Oh, you know it)