Thursday, September 19, 2013

Good morning crew,

In case you didn't notice, and you probably didn't, this Sunday is the Autumnal Equinox. That's right, boys and girls, the first day of autumn. That means summer is over.

To commemorate the event my brother Nino and his wife are organizing a small gathering at their domicile. Knowing Nino it should be a subdued affair, probably no more than 60 to 80 people, with a keg a beer on hand supplemented by 6 or 8 cases of bottled brews lest anyone grow a little parched while waiting for lunch.

The grill will be kept busy with a careful selection of sausages, steaks, burgers, ribs, pork chops, lamb chops, wings, corn-on-the-cob, and various shish kabobs, all complimented by a dozen or so of the delicious side dishes Nino's wife is so famous for.

The evening will probably be occupied with the usual after dinner routine of whiskeys, cigars and knife-throwing, so over-all it should be a nice, quiet, low-key farewell to the summer festivities.

Not every weekend can be an extravaganza.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

P.S. EVTV1 is back and better than ever! This video portal was created to weed through the online clutter to bring you the best animal video clips...funniest videos...most popular...PLUS the most unusual. New videos are added daily!

***
"A Stanford study suggests that social media is making us smarter. They examined hundreds of essays written by college freshmen between 1917 and 2006. By 2006, the papers were longer, better researched, and more complex. That's because kids in 2006 cut and pasted them from Wikipedia." -Jimmy Kimmel

***
"NASA is sending chocolate to astronauts on the International Space Station. I guess it makes sense ? I mean, it's not like those guys have to watch their weight. "Nope, still zero pounds.'" -Jimmy Fallon

***
"There is a library that is stocked with thousands of e-books in San Antonio. But that's not really a library. It's called a Kindle." -Conan O'Brien

***
Before my daughter went on her first date, I gave her "the talk."

"Sometimes, it's easy to get carried away when you are with a boy," I said. "Remember, a short moment of indiscretion could ruin your life."

"Don't worry," she said. "I don't plan on ruining my life until I get married."


*-------------- Guaranteed to Roll Your Eyes --------------*
As the high school teacher was correcting essays written by her students she read, "Pedro jumped on his burrow and rode off into the sunset."

She wrote at the bottom of the page, "You obviously have problems with homonyms. A burrow is a hole in the ground. A burro is an ass. At your age it's time to learn the difference."