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Goat Thing of the Day: The Class Dweeb
Alert readers Lorie (The Shewbridges of Celebration, FL) and Ilsa pointed me to a goat picture from Cute Overload. I will quote the accompanying dialogue as I find it pairs well with the picture, like a fine Pinot. “Hey, Stacy, I noticed you missed Civics class again; if you want, I could help you study for the mid-term because Mr. Dorfman says it’s one-third of your grade and it really won’t be any trouble because I took really good notes and it’s OK if you come over tonight even though it’s D&D night an

Indian Outlaw Spotted in Indian Casino...Or Was He?
So there we were, at the casino, mesmerized by one-armed bandits, losing next week's groceries, when the nearby country music band's lead singer says, "Tim McGraw! Come on up here!" I'm far too hypnotized by spinning reels and rapidly decreasing credits to pay too much attention until a lady gambling her life away at a machine behind me bursts out, "Oh my God! That IS Tim McGraw!" What? Really? Tim McGraw in this podunk little town, just dropping by any ol' Indian Casino and hopping up on stage to jam (or whatever is the country equivalent of jamming is...pluck? kick? spit?) with an unknown band? Hey, why are they still allowed to call them Indian Casi

Goat Thing of the Day: A 1927 Cutie in Los Angeles
There I was, at Iron Steaks bar, just off Broadway in Sacramento. It was a gathering of writer types. When from out of the sea of people my new friend Russell who has a website called SugarLump or The Sweetest Thing Living, I'm not really sure which, approached with a framed photograph. "I have something for you...," he said. Oh boy! Finally someone was going to give me a million dollars! Woo-hoo! "This is my dad," he said, showing me a black and white photograph. Oh. Oh! With a goat!

How Do You Pronounce the Year "2010"?
Debate about how to pronounce the upcoming years is heating up. I mean, we've been chugging along since the new millenium with "Two Thousand, Two Thousand One, etc." and all of a sudden some people out there will be changing this pattern in January with "Twenty Ten". The International Olympics Committee and Vancouver 2010  are officially referring to this winter's Olympics in Vancouver as the "Twenty Ten Olympics". And then there are those who feel the pronounciation will not convert to "twenty-something" until 2011. How did we get into such a mess? Last century we were pretty consisten

Goat Thing of the Day: Baby Goats Hop on Bus
Last week, two baby goats hopped on a bus in Vancouver, Washington. They broke out of their pen and followed two woman to the bus stop. And tried to board a bus with the two women. And knowing how frugal goats can be, you can bet they didn't have a bus pass. Initially, I couldn't find a way to embed the video here, and had planned for you to click on the picture below to take to you the Fox 12 Oregon News video. Or have you read the baby goat bus story on their website.