I saw something on Facebook today that made a lot of sense:

"I don't want to see another article about obesity in America until you can explain to me why a salad costs $7.00 and a burger only costs $1.00."

TRUTH!

Today marks the anniversary of a blizzard we had here in my state in 1978. 20 inches of snow fell in a matter of hours, and most of the state was shut down for a week or so.

Having lived through the blizzard, I have sincere empathy for those in the eastern part of the United States right now.

Mother Nature can truly humble us all.

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Fixed a tall mug of tea, and laced it with a little hot cinnamon schnapps.

A fine warm up on a cold winter's night!

I delivered a blog two weeks ago, where I discussed how some things have changed since I was a lad growing up in the Midwest. A couple of people took offense (which is their right) at what I had to write, even doubting what I was talking about.

Well, today I spent a while looking things up: Suicide rates are up over 50% since I was a child here in the U.S.A, obesity rates have nearly tripled to where almost 30 percent of children and over 30 percent of adults are now obese as well. Skin cancer rates are up, if only by an average of 1.9%... mostly in the Pacific Northwest.

Anyone can find these things out... simply type whatever you're looking for in your search engine. Most people won't, I just happen to be one of those people who want to have the facts there for me to read.

If you don't believe me, that's okay. I left out the sources and boring charts for you to do it for yourself.

The question is: ARE you curious?

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Back for season #3 on STARZ.

"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints... the sinners are much more fun."

Billy Joel ~ "Only the Good Die Young"

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... I have the worlds BEST landlord. My car needed a jump yesterday, and he showed up in 4 minutes to help me out.

What a guy!

A 62 year old male co-worker told me last night that since I had put something in the wrong place he had told the boss. I told him that I had sat "it" down until I would be coming back that way to put "it" where "it" belonged, then walked away.

He mumbled something about that being okay.

I couldn't help but grin and think that some people can't help themselves... they never outgrow their childish tendencies to try to be a teacher's pet.

And so it goes...

High of 16 today, 1 to 3 inches of snow tonight.

Ah, winter!

A high temp of 9 degrees here today. It might be a blue Monday in more ways than one as I venture out to go to work today.