Weekend Casualties

This post was almost a casualty of the long weekend.  I’m just warning you, I may go Kevorkian on it midway through. I’m surprised yesterday didn’t kill Joey Chestnut. He ate 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. That’s 5.4 hot dogs per minute.  That’s almost eating a single hot dog per 10 seconds.  He didn’t beat his record though of 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes.  And... Read More

Red, White and Blah

You may recall that the 4th of July is not my favorite holiday.  It’s loud.  It’s stinky.  It’s 10:30 pm and my children are still awake because apparently lighting off illegal fireworks late at night instantly makes the male genitalia double in size.  Still, I guess it’s better than a finger in your eye.  Barely. Our holiday was very low key.  The main event: a trip to Lowe’s. Really there is no better day to... Read More