Miscellaneous

In anticipation of the coming football season, I thought I'd post this picture that really cracked me up a few days ago. (If you don't follow the NFL, my apologies . . . and good for you, btw).

The rest of my backyard container garden went in Thursday evening. This is a partial picture of the finished deal.

A group of scientists have started attaching sensors to sharks to help predict hurricane intensity. They're hoping the information they gather will save enough lives to offset the number of lives lost attaching sensors to sharks.

BYCU I'd be curious where Memorial Day weekend ranks among drinking weekends. It must be in the top 10, probably top 5 after the brutal winter we've just came through. I've talked with a lot of people who have told me that it seems

For 40 years Burger King has been saying "Have it your way" in their ads. They're changing the slogan from "Have it your way" to "Be your way." I don't get it. Am I ordering a Whopper or coming out

It's also National Waiter and Waitress Day. So be extra nice to your server. Say "Thanks, sugar" and give them a little slap on the butt.

A Handful of Wisdom The Only Five Things I Wish College Had Taught Me [http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/05/james-altucher/the-only-5-things/]. I don't agree with all of it, but the writer makes some awfully good points. A few of my favorites: "The best way to change

A man in Florida has been arrested for inappropriately touching two women outside a Walmart while claiming to be a psychic. Though to his credit, when the police picked him up he said, “I knew this was going to happen.”

Yesterday President Obama made an unscheduled stop at a Little League game while he was on his way to a fundraiser. Yeah, because there's nothing parents love more than their kid's Little League game getting even longer. Fallon

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a file full