Author: The Jody

Today’s trivia question brought to you by the PowerBar. Co-creator Brian Maxwell died of a heart attack at age 51. Another example of a really fit person dying extremely early. I’m thinking I need to do whatever he didn’t do if I want to live long and prosper.

So the discussion this raised was: Is Jack Lalanne dead?

The answer, of course, is no. He’s busy selling juicers. Therefore I win. I’m going to make Mr. Dump, who thought Jack died 6 years ago, eat a PowerBar.

Dropped 20 bucks at the penny candy store, which means we spent about 4 bucks each. Not too bad, but still, it would have been nice to see things that were, oh, a penny.

I ended up with some Mike & Ikes, a thin Charleston Chew, Sixlets, Cowtails (like bullseyes) and Lik-M-Aid. Others got swedish fish, Sweettarts, jelly beans, ring pops, and assorted Sour Patch-kids type candy. And other stuff.

What’s funny is that tomorrow Junior and I both have appointments for cleanings at the dentist. I’m glad he ate the blue lollipop last night because his lips and teeth and tongue were completely blue until this morning. I think I’d get in trouble with the hygenist.

We’re off to the penny candy store…so if you were going, what would you buy?

Man, you skip one day, and then forget to ping blogrolling, and your traffic drops into the toilet. Please, people, you have a moral obligation to stop by at least once a day, just so I know you’re still out there. You are still out there, right? I see your eyes glowing in the dark.

This is going to sound stupid, but I’m proud of myself for setting up a 529 account AND getting it funded with direct deposit all by myself. I used the Fidelity.com website, filled in the form, and boom, account created. It was harder for us to set up a Savings account for Junior. (Oh I have to tell you, they made him sign the form…cutest damned thing ever to see his printed signature on a legal form. I should have asked for a copy of it. I laughed because 10 years from now, if they use that to check his signature, there may be a discrepancy.)

New Show I found very very funny: Cracking Up, the new Molly Shannon, Christopher MacDonald sitcom. I can’t say enough about the treat it is watching scenes with the two of them together. Let me put it this way – Jack Black guest-starred as a scared-straight type drug prevention person, and he was nothing compared to Molly and Christopher. TiVo this one, kids.

Okay, which one of you is going to donate a garage to me? It’s not a tax write-off, but you’d have the warm feeling that comes from keeping my car out of the snow, and giving Junior a place to store his bicycle. Every boy needs a garage for his bike, don’t you think?