My husband and I got a call on his cell phone in the middle of the night the other night. Some probably drunk guy asking for Jill. Very insistent that he had the right number.

So insistent that he called back, twice. Not something that is greatly appreciated after 3 in the morning.

My husband was telling me that he thought he should have just told the guy that clearly “Jill” had dissed him. But I like my answer better.

I told him he should have turned to me, and said it so the guy could hear it:

“Hey, your name Jill?”

I think we could have played that one up a little, if we’d just been awake enough.

I found out on wikiHow that you can make pasta using a paper shredder. Somehow that just gets me in that political frame of mind. Only thing that might make it more accurate is if you start writing national secrets on your pasta.

Getting realistic here, I have no intention of making pasta at home. And that doesn’t depend on what the defionition of ‘at’ is.

Yes, I’m Catholic, and yes I find it to be very funny.

Some people get some really weird ideas. Take this one: A couple in Arizona has created a mirror to focus the light of the moon. Seems they feel moonlight has not been tested enough for potentially intriguing properties, whatever they may be.

Umm… last I checked, moonlight is reflected sunlight. It’s also, you know, light. Not much special about it, aside from it being dimmer. Possibly different proportions of UV and infrared, since the light is reflected, and of course some differences in the visible range, but that should be about it.

Sure, focusing light can do some interesting things. Just ask any ant caught by a child with a magnifying glass. Or think about lasers. But that doesn’t mean there will be anything special about moonlight.

Some have claimed that going there and standing in the focused moonlight has helped medical conditions. Reminds me of a quote I read somewhere… “Some people will get better from ANYTHING!” Placebos are wonderful things and I find that far more likely than actual results due to moonlight.

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Yes, we’ve taken the kids to a lot of tide pools. Most of these, however, were taken either in La Jolla, California or near Haystack Rock in Oregon. It’s a lot of fun spending time watching the kids discover the various animals.

The Haystack Rock tidepools are particularly delightful. The starfish are so big and bright. You aren’t supposed to pick them up there, but they’re still a lot of fun to look at. And of course all kids seem to enjoy sea anemones once they get past being nervous about touching them.

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BBC News had a poll recently to find what people thought was the most riduculous law. This covered laws in multiple countries, not just the UK.

I have to admit they came up with some doozies.

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament

That was the winner, with 27% of the vote. Definitely pretty silly, but my personal favorite was:

It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store

just because I have to wonder how the exemption came about.

There are plenty of absurd laws in many countries, but this was a really good list. It’s a good thing that most of these aren’t enforced.

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