Clarinets

Clarinets. whatzupwithat?

Bowling Balls Headed to Vegas

I was on a Southwest Airlines flight this week which was scheduled to end in Las Vegas. Everyone on the plane was carrying a bowling ball. whatzupwithat?

Pockets on Baby Clothes?

Ever wonder why baby clothes have pockets? whatupwithat?

Freaking Huge URL!

You’ve seen tinyUrl now there’s  http://freakinghugeurl.com whatzupwithat?

Happy Scooter Pilot!

whatzupwithat?

American Idol

Simon Cowell’s hair!  http://blogs.nypost.com/tv/photos/simon_cowell23.jpg whatzupwithat?

Two Smoke Detectors for Every Room

I was visiting my sister this past weekend. They recently added an in-law suite in their home for my parents. My wife and I were lying in the bed Saturday morning and noticed there were two smoke detectors on the wall side by side. As I visited other rooms in the house, I noticed the same thing. Two smoke detectors for every room. My curiosity forced me to ask the obvious question “why two smoke detectors in every room?” The answer…apparently my dad was put in charge of checking the smoke detectors on a monthly basis. This past month some of the detectors were not working. Instead of replacing the batteries, my dad bought new detectors and hung them next to the old ones. whatzupwithat?

Gangstas in Cop Cars

My wife and I were on a trip this past weekend and stopped at a gas station to re-fuel. An old cop car pulled up to the tank next to us. Three gangsta looking characters rolled out of the smoke filled car. Gangstas in a cop car! whatzupwithat?

U.S. Border Patrol Uses Music as Deterrent

I just read an article in the Washington Post  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031304234.html where the U.S. Border Patrol is using music as a deterrent to keep Mexicans from crossing the border into the U.S. illegally. The U.S. government has paid an advertising agency to record Mexican folk songs about tragic border crossings. The cds have been distributed to Mexican radio stations near the border and they are actually playing the songs.  whatzupwithat?

The Foot Massager

One of the best birthday gifts I ever received was a gift from my wife a few years back. It was the glorious foot vibrator/massager from Brookstone. How nice it is at the end of a long day to rest your feet on it and let it vibrate the tiredness away. Well, recently the kids spent a few days with us. Like us, they too love the massager. The massager was running for about 4 days straight until it burned out and died an early death. I have really been missing that important gadget but realized it’s only a gadget and I have to move on with my life. Last night we went over to our kids house for dinner. They showed me their new super duper leg/foot massager. I put my legs in and began to enjoy the pampering. Then it hit me. My foot massager was the one that broke and they celebrated by buying themselves a new one. whatzupwithat?