New Arrival . . .
. . . appears to have an open mind and,
it turns out,
they have a mouth to match.
My Son Points Out . . .
. . . he can tell people are judgmental
just by looking at them.
Now that’s a pretty good judgment call.
Cinco de Mayo . . .
. . . is more of a holiday in the U.S. than in Mexico.
Mexico’s independence day is celebrated Sept. 16.
Today’s anniversary memorializes the Mexican Army’s defeat of the French force in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Mexican immigrants have popularized the festivities as a way to celebrate their heritage.
A Sure-Fire Way to Ge Rid. . .
. . . of folks who ask you how you’re doing
when you know they don’t care
is to respond with the question:
“Why do you want to know?”
April Was A Success . . .
. . . because we had one night of rain to make it a complete month.
No one here expects any more showers until monsoon arrives.
That’s when it’s really needed to keep everyone from frying.
Bit of Excitement Here . . .
. . . being so close to where the winning ticket was sold for the $473 million Power Ball winner announced t’other day..
A bit of Googling revealed the simple tax answer is IRS takes 25 percent right off the top, although fed top rate is 37 percent so more will be due at tax time. Then comes 3 percent state levy.
Instead of choosing an annuity of 30 payments over 29 years, a lump-sum takeaway in this case would be about $280 million before taxes.. Simple “rule of thumb” is the winner walks away with about one-third of the announced total.
The ticket was sold at the Qwik Trip convenience store/gasoline station a five-minute stroll from the front of our building. Don’t know when it was sold or to whom. The selling store owner in Arizona gets 6.5 percent of all lottery ticket sales and $50,000 prize money.
Local news sources will probably set up a 24-hour watch schedule because the winner has 180 days to claim the prize.
Got a Memory Outing . . .
. . . on tap today to the Mesa Swap Meet.
This is a permanent shopping complex where Bev and I made several fun visits.
Last attendance was before pandemic with a Canadian snowbird photog buddy I worked with eons ago at a daily newspaper just an hour from Toronto.
It’ll bring back a lot of memories and, who knows, I might even buy something.
You Can’t Hide . . .
. . . from the sun.
So slather on sun screen whenever you go outdoors
to avoid being harmed by UV rays that pour down,
even through clouds,
and are reflected by water, pavement, sand and other smooth surfaces.
Made A Discovery . . .
. . . on a shopping trek today.
After prowling through Kohl’s, Dillard’s and Macy’s
on a hunt for a couple of all-cotton T-shirts in colors I don’t have,
I unearthed the inescapable truth:
there’s a cotton shortage in our current world.
Every Tee I dug up had to be bolstered with polyester,
as much as 40 percent of the total garment,
to make up for that shortage.
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