Bankers Ate my Money

It's a well-known fact that if a beautiful princess kisses a frog, she'll get warts.

Did you know that there are two kinds of wombats--the common wombat and the hairy-nosed wombat? I would think that if I were a wombat, I wouldn't want to be common; I'd want the hairy nose special.

Wombats come out at night to eat grasses and roots, a diet upon which they grow to 55 pounds or so. And they sleep all day in immense burrows.

You'll find a picture of a wombat and more information about these creatures here, on the wombania.com site.

Speaking of steam engines, did you know that the "heaviest train ever hauled by a single engine is believed to be one of 15,545 tonnes (34,270,820 lb.) made up of 250 freight cars stretching 2.5 km. (1.6 miles) by the Matt H. Shay (No. 5014), a 2-8-8-8-2 steam engine which ran on the Erie Railroad in the US from 1914 until 1929."

I got that information from modeltrain.net, an invaluable source of important information. Nine out of ten dentists agree that model railroads are essential to our well-being.

Here is a recipe for chocolate pumpkin layer cake with brown sugar frosting.

And here on this site, you will find pictures and recipes for 47 different cakes.

Or you can always eat a rutabaga.

Elvis is busy today....

Impress Your Friends: Bring a Witch Doctor to School!

I never tried this; there weren't any witch doctors on my street when I was a kid.
Kids today are lucky--they get to be frightened by witches, trolls, wizards, dragons, ogres, orcs, gnomes, dwarves, vampires, werewolves, aliens, and elevator music.
When I was a kid, we had to make do with communists and atomic bombs.
Aliens were supposed to be scary too, but I wanted to meet one--they were big and slimy, with lots of tentacles--what's not to like!

For those of you who would rather look after children than frighten them with chimeras, here's a site that will help you get started setting up a day care centre. (A pox on spellcheck! I WILL spell 'centre' the way I always spelled it, in its original, pristine form, with an 're' at the end.)
Anyway, where was I--ah yes, you will notice on this site, pictures of Swiss Miss Individual Chocolate Puddings, which is what attracted my eye in the first place.

Chocolate puddings would be an excellent way to comfort any of your daycare staff who have been frightened by the terrifying antics of today's little kids.

Here are some excellent pictures of steam locomotives operating in Paraguay, from farrail.net. Unfortunately, there are none available for adoption, as far as I know, but there is still time to visit Paraguay and hug one of them.

It's Monday. No rutabagas were harmed in the construction of this missive.

Jingle bells, jingle bells....