When Life Gives You Snow....

I am officially confused this morning. 

I spent over a half hour researching info for the blog today and just realized it's Wednesday not Tuesday. So it's NOT National Drink Wine Day but National Chocolate Mint Day. What the hell, eat some chocolate and drink some wine. They're both good for you.

(Always eat chocolate and drink wine responsibly.)

It's also not National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day.

I've never eaten a flounder. I don't even like the name. It sounds like a fish that struggles though life. Although if anything is stuffed with crab I'm sure it's very tasty.

On February 8th a 42-year-old Mississippi woman gave birth to identical quadruplets. Three of the girls were expected, the fourth was not. She said this was "an unplanned" pregnancy. The parents, who have a 10-year-old are extremely happy and welcome the new additions to their family.

All I can think about is the price of food and four 16-year-old girls running circles around their 58-year-old parents.

"I did not sneak out last night, that was Susie."

The next time you're tempted to eat a frozen pre-packed microwave sandwich give this some thought.

Nestle USA is recalling 238,000 cases of its Hot Pockets pastries because they may contain meat included in a massive recall of nearly 9 million pounds of "diseased and unsound" beef products.

Officials with Nestle Prepared Foods Division said the firm used meat produced by Rancho Feeding Corp. in 2013. Last week, the Petaluma, Calif. plant recalled 8.7 MILLION pounds of beef parts, including whole carcasses and heads, feet, livers and so-called "mountain oysters," (balls) among other items.

AMONG OTHER ITEMS? WTF? What did they leave off the list? Whole carcasses pretty much covers everything.  

I remember when Farfel the Dog used to sing with his pal Danny O'Day:

Danny: "N-E-S-T-L-E-S,  Nestle''s makes the very best".......
Farfel: Choc-late

From chocolate to nasty beef products, Nestle''s makes the very best.

Is that a Hot Pocket in your pocket or are you glad to see me?

A 101-year-old Florida man is running for congress.

Joe Newman, a Sarasota man is running for Florida's 16th Congressional District. Well.......he's not running but walking at a brisk pace.

Joe feels he's learned enough in his lifetime to have a successful stint in congress. “At what age does a person become too old to think and reason? At what age does a person no longer have a concern for society? At what age does a person no longer have a responsibility to act when acting may help?”

Joe also said he is looking forward to the election but wishes it was six months sooner.

Generally I try to stay away from very popular stories but considering yesterday was National Battery Day I can't let this one go.

Monday during a segment on "The View" 84-year-old Barbara Walters revealed she not only has a vibrator but its name is "Selfie."

This is the last time I will use the word "Selfie" in this blog.

And they have switchblades and wear matching sweaters.

Residents of a Phoenix neighborhood said a pack of Chihuahuas have been wandering the streets for the past year and harassing residents.

Ray Rios said he has often seen the dogs wandering the area and chasing after children. 

"Yeah a lot of them, they are out here chasing kids or going yard to yard... anywhere in groups of eight to 12 just running around," Rios said.

Frank Garcia said the Chihuahuas seem to have friends.

"Well the last time I seen six or seven Chihuahuas ... and big dogs running with the Chihuahua's in a pack running every single day," he said.

Animal Control spokeswoman Melissa Gable said they received nearly 6,000 calls for service last year. "Obviously you have the deal with feces and it's unsanitary and with all these strays everyone is at risk for dog bites."

Franklin Summerstill, a long time resident of the area said. "One thing we don't see is a bunch of gang graffiti. I've seen them trying but you know, no opposable thumbs."

A pair of Arizona parents said their 3-year-old daughter has been accepted as the youngest member of the state's chapter of the high IQ organization Mensa.

Her father, Ian Martin said. "From 12-18 months old, we'd be driving around in the car and she would recite her bedtime story from the night before," Martin said. "She didn't just recite them, she recited them exactly."

The average IQ is 100, and Alexis' was so high doctors were unable to calculate it, but they determined it was at least above 160. Martin said her IQ was high enough to get her into the local chapter of Mensa, the international group for those with an IQ in the top 2 percent.

The 3-year-old and her parents are fielding offers from several prestigious pre-schools. Alexis said. "I may be real smart but I'm only three. I want to go to a school with good cookies."

Not everyone is a genius.

Heavy snow in the southeastern United States may have caused inconveniences for many in the region, but Atlanta police say it helped them easily solve a crime.

They followed footprints from the scene of a break-in to the home of the suspected burglar.

Police responding to a burglar alarm at a seafood business in northwest Atlanta found the impressions of shoe prints and tire tracks in the snow. They followed the tracks about a mile to the home of Kenneth Ray Evans, where they found a generator and air compressor -- and Evans asleep on the sofa.

The treads on the wheels of the generator matched the tire tracks in the snow. The footprints in the snow were identical to Evans' shoes, which were still wet.

Claims by Evans, 58, the equipment came from his work couldn't be verified so he was arrested and charged with burglary.

And for those that aren't Mensa bound:

Over the weekend during an interview at the NBA All Star Game in New Orleans, Nike designer Tinker Hatfield indicated his company would be releasing self-lacing shoes sometime in 2015.

All the snow dumped on New York City over the past few weeks has led to delays on the subway, an increase in salt usage and the erection of a massive snow penis in Central Park.

The snowman that goes with that must be huge.