WEDNESDAY December 26th, 2012

Hello there...how was your Christmas Day? Hope it was a good one. It was a very nice day in Orr Lake and Midhurst where we celebrated with a high of about +1. Today is Boxing day of course, a day of the "big sales" and it has a nicer ring to it than Black friday. Apparently in England, eBay UK has an ad on it's site wanting you to sell your UNWANTED Christmas Presents. A new way of re-gifting I guess. Back in 1982 we were still basking in the warm temperatures of +13 and lows near +7. It was -10 this morning at 7am here at Orr Lake when I put the coffee on. Speaking of that in 1865 a patent for the coffee percolater was granted...PROVING THAT "AROMA WAS BUILT IN A DAY. The man who made professional wrestling a billion-dollar business in the late 1940s died flat broke at age 48 on this day in 1963. A girlfriend had to take up a collection to bury "Gorgeous George" Wagner in North Hollywood Today is Second Day of Christmas, observed as a holiday in many countries. Kwanzaa, a week-long American black family observance, begins today. "Kwanzaa" means "first fruit" in Swahili. 1954: The final episode of The Shadow was broadcast on national radio. The weekly series had lasted 17 years. "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit; the Shadow knows....."not to be confused with Wiarton Willie's big day in February...where we check on his shadow to see if winter is going to be long or short.THE SHADOW KNOWS or sometimes it doesn't. Things to do the day after Christmas: • Finish your last-minute Christmas shopping. • Try to find a place to hide the Limited Edition of the DRINK-SERVING BARTENDERING PICKLE Me Elmo toy. • Begin insulating the attic with leftover fruit cake. It's also a good day to box up all the guarantees and warranty cards and put them in a special place, so you won't be able to find them later AND FINALLY...re-arrange your cupboards to find room for all the new coffee cups you got for Christmas... If you are going to check out the Boxing day sales...be careful out there in your Close encounters of the HERD KIND"....CIAO FOR NOW