Good morning Ranters! What an excellent opening post this morning, Scout! Somehow it looks cleaner and neater than usual. Different font? More white space? I dunno. But it sure was easy to read every word. And what great photos today - course you know I'm a sucker for waterfalls. Maybe Bob can explain why the water is so brown - is it Tannin? or (ugh) pollutants?

Rick, I'll take the smell of ginger on the breath over garlic any day. Oddly, I can't stand the taste of ginger, but I absolutely love garlic on my food. Go figure.

Well it's official folks. Beloved and I are going to Boston to escape the annual Bele Chere Festival on the last weekend of July. We go somewhere every year for that reason. When Bele Chere first started, twenty some years ago, it was a homespun street fair, and we enjoyed both attending and participating (though we were not by any means a "couple" at the time!). But like all good things with a profit potential, Bele Chere became an overblown tourist trap. Ironically, it loses money every year for the City.

So what do you all think? Did Mike Tyson get the idea of biting Evander Holyfield's ear from watching The Big Lebowski? I wouldn't bother to ask if it weren't the most emulatable movie of all time. PHUKN-A! grin

Steve
Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love,
to respect and be kind to one another,
so that we may grow with peace in mind.
(Native American prayer)