Be careful about your dog trainer choices...

I came across this story today... there are a few "bad" words in it, but it is pretty hilarious about a service dog that is too clever for her own good...
https://www.boredpanda.com/smart-dog-mischief-shenanigans-list-arwen/

Dwayne and I both got some chuckles out of it... and are thankful that our kitties only know how to turn the clearance lights on the bus!

"So I have come..."

One of the blogs that I like to follow had such an encouraging post this past week - you might enjoy reading it too:  https://judahmeanspraise.wordpress.com/2018/11/23/so-i-have-come/

Nap Attack

I was minding my own business on the couch in Dwayne's hospital room when suddenly, Nap Attack!

Credit to Garfield comics: Garfield nap attack

If you were to dig far enough...

A few years ago, just for fun and "conversation", I posted this question on Facebook:

I got a LOT of answers!

So... a former co-worker of mine who lives in England, is currently traveling in Australia and New Zealand. He posted a link on Facebook about what was directly opposite from where he is in New Zealand.
https://mymodernmet.com/interactive-antipodes-map/
https://www.antipodesmap.com/

From where I grew up in New Kent County, Virginia....

I would have ended up in the ocean...

... zooming out a bit, in the ocean, off the west coast of Australia.

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

I use BBC as my news source on my phone. I saw this a couple of days ago on their feed and thought you might enjoy it:

In Pictures: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2018 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-46302730

Do you live in a "God has a plan" state or an "I can do all things" state?

I often do online research using the BibleGateway site. They sent me an email to have me go to their site and see some results of data collection that they had done - it was an entry that was written about a year ago, and the title was:

Do You Live in a “God Has a Plan” State or an “I Can Do All Things” State?

Check it out - I think it is an interesting article! Which kind of state do you live in?

Then I followed another link, that reflects the frequency of certain search terms depending on the time of the year - this is on 2014-2016 data. I thought the way that it showed how search terms were used was interesting.

https://www.biblegateway.com/year-in-review/2016/

As an example, look for "cross" and see how the date of higher usage of the search term varies by year (I'm guessing based on when Easter was each year).
Check out "bethlehem" with its explosion of use in December each year.
Check out "suffering" and "sickness" - each of them go very low at the end of December, but each had a spike in a specific year - I wonder what was going on in history to prompt that?

I'm a data girl! I like data!!!

"How long does it take to microwave a 25-pound turkey?"

For those of you on social media, you may have seen instances of grown children texting a question to their parents or grandparents, "How long does it take to microwave a 25-pound turkey?" and posting the responses.

Many of the responses indicate that you cannot microwave a turkey, but Butterball says otherwise:

https://www.southernthing.com/butterball-experts-say-you-can-microwave-a-thanksgiving-turkey-even-if-itll-horrify-your-elders-2620885698.html

I remember when microwave ovens were relatively new, we got one for our Mom. It was a pretty large one (I guess they all were then), and for a holiday (either Thanksgiving or Christmas), Mom decided to try microwaving the turkey. The issue was not so much on how long to cook it, but how big the turkey could be... and not so much weight as dimensions. What I remember is that, for some reason, my Dad was sent to the grocery store to get the turkey - I can't imagine why, he didn't do the grocery shopping. But, Mom had put the planned baking dish into the microwave and carefully measured the maximum dimensions, the most critical one being from the dish to the top of the oven, that would be required to have it fit. I am pretty sure even the very large microwave that we had then would not have been able to fit the "25-pound turkey" within the inside configuration of the oven.

I have this minds-eye picture of my Dad at the grocery store with his metal measuring tape sizing up the various frozen turkeys that just makes me grin!

If you read the article about microwaving a turkey - note that it indicates that you start the bird breast side down and then flip it when it is about half baked - that component is also in my mind... imagine "flipping" a 12-14 pound turkey! I don't remember how Mom did it, but I remember analyzing how it could be accomplished.

I'll bet that turkey was cooked and eaten 40 years ago, and it still brings a smile to my face!