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The news is often makes far better comedy than what you could creatively dream up.  Take Adrian Apgar for example.  He was rescued twice in just over a year’s time from local area lakes infested with alligators.  Apparently, he has a thing for wading out into lakes naked at night.  The gators don’t seem to mind taking a snap at him.  You can read the article in the Ledger here.  I’m beginning to wonder if sherriff Judd isn’t just putting us on for publicity’s sake?  I tip my hat to the deputies that are willing to go in after this dope.

– steve

It’s going to be a busy election year it seems. Rudy Giuliani is even planning a stop in Lakeland tonight.  If you live in Polk County, Florida you can visit the supervisor of elections website and register to vote, or get your absentee ballot mailed to your home.  With the availability of absentee voting by mail, you have to be pretty lazy to not vote.

 www.PolkElections.com

– steve

My friend Travis proclaims that the Velda Farms processing facility in his hometown has installed a special brown tank just for the chocolate milk. To this I said, “what?” You can read the details here. There was some healthy office debate surrounding the issue so I figured I had to step in. I made contact with Velda Farms through their corporate website to which I received this reply:

Steve,
Thank you for contacting Velda Farms. To answer your question / settle the
bet so to speak, you both are right and wrong. The outside color of the
tanks do not signify anything other than age and exposure to natural
elements. All of our tanks hold something different. Sorry for the debate
killer. I am always please to hear from a happy customer.

Should you need further assistance, either e-mail us back through this
website, or contact our Customer Service Department at 800-795-4649. Have a
wonderful day!

Best regards,

Rachael
Customer Service Manager
Velda Farms, LLC

So that’s it then. Sorry to spoil the milk… debate. It was cool of them to respond to such a dumb question in the first place.

– steve

My father-in-law turned me on to a new burger place. It’s pretty hard to get excited about a hamburger stand since everybody makes a hamburger and fries. 5 Guys, however, exceeds any reasonable expectation you might have about a burger place in terms of value, quality, & portion. Great food, fair prices and that little extra thing that tickles me is the simplicity of their process. Order 98! Order 99! Zero! All food is bagged to go. There’s no ‘here or to-go’ nonsence and no 8-digit order numbers. They focus on their strength. Burgers & fries. The king has been dethroned. Removed from authority.  Even loyal ‘arches’ fans are converting.  The people have spoken. Eat 5 guys. (never thought I’d need that phrase)

– steve

One final post to put the whole parade behind me. We weren’t recognized by the judges, and our picture didn’t make the paper, but sometimes no news is better than bad news. Our float looked good and sounded somewhat poor. Next year we should go for a rolling boom box draped with lights. Forget the official theme - everyone else did. There were no major incidents and everyone had a good time. Except possibly the couple who were still reeling from the $1,000 damage to their Ford pickup.

– steve