Drive-Bys

For my buddy Nancy, whose roses are fading, these images from Tralee Town Park, home of the Rose of Tralee Festival:

The Rose herself.



Yes, they really were that lovely in October!
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Boy, I wish I'd seen these illuminated balloons while I was in Ireland, as I'd have brought some home for my nieces. How utterly cool!
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See, this guy made his serious mistake when he crafted his motorized La-Z-Boy lounge chair. If he'd talked to me first, he'd have insisted on cruise control. And he'd have never made the second mistake... which led to a DWI. Sheesh.
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The Chicago Tribune features some "lost" recipes, at least three of which are going straight to my recipe box (and, oddly, none of them feature bacon). Yummy, yummy stuff!
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He really doesn't realize or care how smug and small-minded this makes him look, does he? (And, really, doesn't he wish that, at a minimum, Joe Biden was that way, too?)
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Giggle of the Day:

Code Brown

Go ahead. I dare you not to laugh out loud. (My receptionist heard me shrieking with giggles from the other side of the office. So there.)
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