For the record, today is Thursday. I swear it’s Friday, however. In fact, I’m so certain that today is Friday that I took the garbage to the curb last night in anticipation of Friday’s pickup.

A store that sells husbands has just opened in Schaumburg where a woman may go to choose a husband from among many men. The store is comprised of 6 floors, and the men increase in positive attributes as the shopper ascends the flights.

There is, however, a catch: As you open the door to any floor you may choose a man from that floor, but if you go up a floor, you cannot go back down except to exit the building.

So a woman goes to the shopping center to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 – These men have jobs.

The woman reads the sign and says to herself, “Well, that’s better than my last boyfriend, but I wonder what’s further up?” So up she goes.

The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 – These men have jobs and love, kids.

The woman remarks to herself, “That’s great, but I wonder what’s further up?” And up she goes again.

The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 – These men have jobs, love kids and are extremely good looking.

“Hmmm, better” she says. “But I wonder what’s upstairs?”

The fourth floor sign reads: Floor 4 – These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good looking and help with the housework.

“Wow!” exclaims the woman, “very tempting, BUT, there must be more further up!” And again she heads up another flight.

The fifth floor sign reads: Floor 5 – These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good looking, help with the housework and have a strong romantic streak.

“Oh, mercy me!? But just think…? what must be awaiting me further on?” So up to the sixth floor she goes.

The sixth floor sign reads: Floor 6 – You are visitor 3,456,789,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.



Thank you for shopping Husband Mart and have a nice day.

I just got an email in my inbox: today’s copy of The Federal Patriot’s daily message. In it contained a quote from Neal Boortz:

“We did have a completely different class of people in 1776. When this country was formed you couldn’t find 10 people on the continent who thought that it was the responsibility of the federal government to provide them with a job or health care. Know this…transport today’s average American back to 1776 and the Revolutionary War would never have happened.” –Neal Boortz

Then I popped over to Newsmax (yeah, yeah…) and saw this quote from Jimmy Carter:

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story: “Well, one parallel is that the Revolutionary War, more than any other war up until recently, has been the most bloody war we’ve fought. I think another parallel is that in some ways the Revolutionary War could have been avoided. It was an unnecessary war. ”

I guess Neal’s on to something…

Alan Keyes marched in Marengo’s Settler’s Day parade October 10, 2004 

WTVO.com – Rockford, IL: Keyes Continues Grassroots Campaign: “Marengo, Illinois- A little more than three weeks before the November election, the race continues for Illinois’ U.S. Senate seat.

The Republican candidate entered the race late and is working to gain support in rural communities around the state. Alan Keyes spent the day in Marengo.

Following McHenry County’s historic Settlers Day parade, Alan Keyes attended a barbecue and rally at Locust School.

Keyes says, it’s important to campaign at the grassroots level, in communities like Marengo. ‘We’re trying to reach every part of the state but especially places like Marengo where these people with a combination of common sense and a real sense of decency and moral values which create a strong support base for my campaign.’

There may not be enough voters in Marengo to secure a win in November’s election. But Alan Keyes believes there are enough to make it a campaign stop. “

Finally! Some new furniture! 

Our Oldest, 2002 

Millenium Park, Chicago 

The deck is done. I can’t wait for warm weather so we can enjoy it for a few weeks before fall gets here. 

dscn5395.jpgThis is after basically three days of work. Two more days should finish it off. The patio furniture is sitting off the the side just waiting to take its place.