It's Turkey Week And Changes Are Coming !

Friday's sojourn to AREA 51 was a long and interesting evening. I started out at Lakes Cafe which is usually good but, when I arrived, I saw that changes have been made. I arrived around 10:30 but to my surprise, there was no karaoke show. Instead, they had a unimaginative DJ playing songs and the crowd was noticeably larger and younger.

Large crowds don't bother me too much, but I prefer a good mix of ages and a good mix of songs. Another thing that bothered me was that there were three police cars with lights ablaze in the rear of the building. Normally, this type of scenario usually spells trouble and I had one drink and left.The new owners are probably just experimenting and they had a good crowd, but young people are sometimes fickle and when they get bored, they move on. What's hot this month could be quite dead next month. We'll see.

I left Lakes to visit some friends who had called me earlier in the week at a very chic cigar club. I rarely go to cigar clubs, but I promised I'd meet them and so I did. As it turned out, the club was small and relatively smoke free. The lights were pleasingly low, the music smooth and a nice glass of chilled white wine was the perfect punctuation to the evening.

From the cigar club (I really don't remember the name), I went to The Billiards Club for a nightcap and arrived home sometime early Saturday morning. It was a pleasant evening with great friends.

This Date In History 1642; Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovers Tasmania. 1859; On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin’s revolutionary text in the history of the biological sciences, is first published. 1922; Writer Erskine Childers is executed during the Irish Civil War for the illegal possession of a firearm.

1962; The satirical television program "That Was The Week That Was" is first broadcast. 1963; Jack Ruby shoots dead Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy. 1987; Li Peng succeeds Zhao Ziyang as premier of China.

Picture Of The Day Word has it that the new White House puppy has been selected and through my Washington contacts, I was able to get a sneak picture preview for you. The presidential transition team reports that the puppy's name will either be Jesse, Podium Al or Reverend Wright.

In other news, since his meeting with President-elect Obama, President George Bush has undergone noticeable changes in his demeanor and is possibly considering running for the upcoming Secretary of State position.

Turkey's are becoming more difficult to find this week and prices are climbing rapidly. It is said that the turkey has a keen sense of the holiday calendar and becomes more and more elusive aroungd the holidays.

Birthdays: Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States 1784, Grace Darling, British heroine 1815, Frances Hodgson Burnett, American novelist 1849, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French Post-Impressionist painter 1864, Scott Joplin, American composer and pianist 1868.

The Hits Just Keep On Coming

A young newlywed couple wanted to join a church. The pastor told them, "We have special requirements for new parishioners. You must abstain from having sex for two weeks." The couple agreed and came back at the end of two weeks.

The pastor asked them, "Well, were you able to get through the two weeks without being intimate?" The young man replied, "Pastor, I'm afraid we were not able to go without sex for the two weeks." The pastor inquired, "What happened?"

The young man said, "My wife was reaching for a can of corn on the top shelf and dropped it. When she bent over to pick it up, I was over come with lust and took advantage of her right there."The pastor said, "You understand, of course, that this means you will not be welcome in our church."The young man said, "That's ok, we're not welcome at the grocery store anymore either."

A fireman came home from work one day and told his wife, "You know, we have a wonderful system at the fire station. Bell 1 rings and we all put on our jackets, Bell 2 rings and we all slide down the pole, Bell 3 rings and we're on the fire truck ready to go. From now on when I say Bell 1, I want you to strip naked. When say Bell 2, I want you to jump in bed. And when I say Bell 3, we are going to make love all night."

The next night he came home from work and yelled, "Bell 1!" The wife promptly took all her clothes off. When he yelled "Bell 2!", the wife jumped into bed. When he yelled "Bell 3!", they began making love.

After a few minutes the wife yelled, "Bell 4!" The fireman said, "What the hell is Bell 4?" His wife replied, "Roll out more hose! You're nowhere near the fire!"

That's it for today my little brush fires. More on Wednesday.

Stay Tuned !