RenegadeRider

This story in the Scotsman tells that the doctors have discovered that kitchen knives were used in 50 % of all stabbings. http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=579102005 Does this explain English food? Or, has someone poisoned their water?

We live in a great community. One of the amenities is a monthly cooking class. Last night we attended a class on San Francisco style Italian. The dishes consisted of cioppino (supposedly, cioppino was first created in San Fran), a spinach-artichoke dip, and a bread pudding made with sourdough bread. Dianne wants to try it, but first she must be able to pronounce the words. No, it's not capuccino, or capriccio. She must be a distant cousin of the President.

Some of you already know. I grew up in Wisconsin. Occasionally we get visitors from the old country, especially when they need a vacation. They always want to go to the beach. We always try to accommodate their wishes. They want to brag back home about their California tan. These visitors sunned themselves on the beach near Ft Bragg, CA. HT San Diego UT.

Midwesterners getting their tans.

A few souls are a bit more adventurous, and want to try surfing. They want good , experienced coaches. HT Sondrak.com.

Mid western visitor surfing with their coach.

After we returned home and after my surgery our 14 year-old cat, Penelope, developed what was diagnosed as liver cancer. The vet gave her one week to live. That was about a month ago. She kept hanging in there and she insisted on inspecting any guests we might have had. This past Thursday she had taken a turn for the worse. We had decided that the end was near. The plan was to take her to the vet the next morning. We awoke to discover that she had expired during the night. She will be missed.

Penelope. RIP

Saturday: we attended a Ray Lucia financial seminar. Ray is a San Diego financial advisor who has developed a nationally broadcast radio talk show. We have often listened to his show until Clear Channel sold the station. We believe that his advise is sound. He talks about a system he calls “Buckets of Money” and has a book by that name. If you can catch the show, do so. Along with Ray was Ben Stein of the “Win Ben Stein’s Money” TV show. We went to see Ben. Among other things, Ben was trained as an economist. One of Ben’s beginning remarks was a story about his sister who was an exercise nut. She had called him to tell him which exercise she had done this day. She then asked him what he had done recently. He replied that he did the same exercise he did every day. When he first got out of bed he did one deep knee bend and thanked God that he lived in the United States of America, the greatest land on earth. It brought a tear to our eyes. Thanks Ben.

Dianne with more than Ben Stein's Money

Direct your attention to the following cartoons. They were first place winners in a school "writing" contest. This was drawn by a fifth grade girl. How do you suppose a fifth grader came up with such an idea? She suggests electric cars. Where do you suppose the electricity might come from? Next: This was drawn by an eighth grader. It was about the Donna Frye campaign for mayor of San Diego. She was a write-in candidate and per the city charter, technically not eligible to participate in the election. In addition, like the voters in Florida in 2000, the voters were incapable of also marking an "X" in the box. In my opinion both of the cartoons indicate how the kids minds are being poisoned by their teachers. Never let the facts get in the way of your arguement. Update I included pictures with this post. They were there immidiately after I posted them. I see from the large blank spaces that they are no longer present. It is apparent that Blogger has managed to

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