I have to ask myself who benefits from these posters. I hope the posters did what they appear to have been intended to do, which is motivate people to work together to make the war situation the least bad possible... But maybe, just maybe, a few manipulative employers benefited too.
-- She caught the Katy
And left me a mule to ride.
She caught the Katy
And left me a mule to ride.
She caught the Katy, left me a mule to ride.
When the train pulled out I swung on behind.
Crazy about her
That hard headed woman of mine. --
It sounds like an old-timey blues song but it was actually written in 1979 or 1980 by blues/jazzman Taj Mahal.
I seem to have a problem creating links to Youtube for some reason, but you could probably Google the song if you want to.
So who or what is the Katy? Its our History Fact of the week:
Katy means KT, the nickname and stock market symbol for MKT - the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, operating from 1870 to 1988. Oh, the amazing things that railroad must have seen.
http://www.katyrailroad.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri-Kansas-Texas_Railroad
And since one thing always leads to another, follow this link
http://www.unmuseum.org/crash.htm
for the Publicity Stunt Gone Wrong of the week:
Its the story of how William Crush, an employee of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway got a town named after him (which was the second biggest town in Texas for one day), crashed the two trains pictured above into each other, caused three deaths, got fired, and was rehired the next day.
Disappointment of the week: the guy Ive had a secret crush on for a long time (lets call him Manager Hottie) has been transferred to another store. Aw, such a shame. :(
Holidays of the week:
- Saturday was Pi Day... March 14 = 3.14 ...get it? So we contemplated math and ate some pie to celebrate. I know, such nerds. Haha!
- Be sure to wear green Tuesday for Saint Patricks Day to avoid being pinched. Personally I dont understand the importance of the holiday in the U.S., or why people who are obviously not Irish pretend to be Irish for a day... but my Store Manager is really into it and has asked us to wear green, so it couldnt hurt to play along.
- March 20th will be the Vernal Equinox for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Daylight and darkness hours will be equal marking the first day of Spring. Yay Spring!
Question of the week: commenting on an old blog post -Time To Heal After A Breakup-
http://seriouspost.blogspot.com/2007/08/time-to-heal-after-breakup.html
Jay asked, if youre interested in someone who is healing from a breakup but they say they need time, what can you do to help them heal? Unfortunately Im not sure anything really helps but time, though I think being friends first makes it easier than starting out as a romantic couple. What do you think?
Song of the week: Come Together.
Click the link for the John Lennon version:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DD1rZfC67Jc8&v=D1rZfC67Jc8
Click the link for the Aerosmith version:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DS3jWESj-Lkw&v=S3jWESj-Lkw
This song is stuck in my head this week, and the John Lennon version is far superior, IMHO.
This is what my boys saw yesterday morning. Im sorry I missed it, I was at work.
Bubba and Dinky were getting ready for school. Bubba heard a ruckus outside and peeked his head out the door to see what was happening. It was (I promise Im not making this up) a police car cruising slowly down the the street, blaring the theme from Star Wars over its loud speaker. You know, the dramatic one where you see all the stormtroopers. Bubba started laughing hysterically.
Some time later, out in the street walking to school, Bubba and Dinky spotted the cop car slowly cruising by again... this time blasting Ride Of The Valkyrie out of their loud speakers. The officers were looking quite serious and authoritative. Bubba and Dinky were just beside themselves with laughter. The cops seemed offended and gave them a dirty look, which of course did nothing to stop the laughter.
Im really curious to know what those cops were doing. Between this and the miniature parade I saw one night
http://seriouspost.blogspot.com/2008/10/this-week-so-far.html
(and thats only the stuff I know about) Im beginning to suspect the cops in Vegas are just as nutty as everyone else here.
