National Chocolate Day

Well today is National Chocolate Day. Now here is a day you can really get into. At least I can. Chocolate comes from the Cacao tree found in rain forests, so as far as I'm concerned, its a vegetable. My mom always told me to eat plenty of vegetables so today I'm going to honor that request. I love vegetables like, M&M's,Snickers, Baby Ruth's, Butterfingers, Nestles Crunch, Twixt, and Hersheys Kisses.

Not only is Chocolate something you can really get into, its something you can really get on ya. I mean part of the fun about eating chocolate is getting it all over you. I am pretty sure chocolate is one of the Colonel's secret ingredients, why else would he tell everybody his chicken was "Finger Licking Good."


Of course Chocolate also contains caffeine, so by the end of the day I will probably be able to speed read the Bible at a red light.


And before I go, another good read I would like to pass along to you is The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson. This is the finial book in his trilogy and one of the best books I have ever read.
Stay tuned for future adventures.

Bird Day

Today is National Bird Day. No it's not Larry's or the Admiral's or Mrs. Johnson's or Big Bird's birthday. I'm not real sure what this day is about other than taking the time to observe birds, but it's the oldest day set aside for birds on record. It was started on May 4th, 1894 by Charles Almanzo Babcock who was the Superintendent of Schools in Oil City Pa.

I'm observing National Bird Day for two reasons. First of all, I have a large rose bush I planted outside my window nine years ago. I look at it everyday when I'm sitting here writing and for nine years it has not produced a single rose. This year a Cardinal I have been watching for quite some time decided to build a nest in the middle of it. About a week ago I looked out and the bush was covered in beautiful pink roses and today the cardinal is looking after a couple of chicks.

And the second reason is I keep thinking about all the birds and other creatures that have been or going to be harmed by the oil spill in the Gulf. Thank you BP for your fine work once again. We here in Houston know all about BP and the crappy corporation they are.

A couple more books I would like to recommend and they are both by the same author, Stieg Larsson. They are part of a trilogy and feature one of the best characters I have come across in years. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did because Stieg Larsson passed away shortly after finishing the last one.

The first one is The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and the other is The Girl Who Played With Fire. The third one The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest debuts later this month.  I hope you seek them out and give them a read.

Stay tuned for future adventures.