#1828 WILL TODAY BE THE DAY?

the furnace man shows up, finally? Doesn't matter. It's an astounding 56 degrees outside. It's only 53 degrees in Palm Harbor, Fla. We beat them!!!!! It is also 7:31 a.m. est and Patrick is still in bed and Junior is asleep on a couch downstairs.

FROM THE INBOX:

Subject: Indiana Trivia

Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick, Indiana , hotel in 1925. The first tomato juice factory was also in French Lick, IN.

The world's largest orchid species collection is found at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana .
The first regulated speed limit (20 - 25 mph!) was initiated on Indiana roads in 1921.
The steepest railroad grade in the world is in Madison, Indiana ..
An average of 400 funnel clouds are sighted each year in Indiana .
The city of Gary , Indiana , was built on fill brought from the bottom of Lake Michigan through suction pipes.
There are only two Adams fireplaces in the United States . One is in the White House and the other in the Diner Home in Indiana .
Josie Orr, wife of former Indiana Governor Robert Orr, flew bombers and cargo planes during World War II.
The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest Hospital in the Midwest .
One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis was in the home of Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.
The career of Dorothy Lamour (famous for the Bing Crosby-Bob Hope Road Movies) was launched in Indianapolis ...
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a Professor at Purdue University ..
Crown Hill Cemetery ( Indianapolis ) is the largest cemetery in the U.S.
The library in Fort Wayne , Allen County , Indiana , houses one of the largest genealogy collections in America .
Wabash, Indiana, was the first electrified city in the U.S.
Pendleton, Indiana, was the site of the first hanging of a white man for killing Indians.
The Courthouse roof in Greensburg , Indiana has a tree growing from it.
The world's first transistor radio was made in Indianapolis
Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (born in Fort Wayne, IN ) honeymooned at Lake Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana ..
The American Beauty Rose was developed at Richmond, Indiana .
Elkhart, Indiana , is the band instrument capitol of the World.
Frank Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis ..
Purdue Alumnus, Earl Butz, served as the Secretary of Agriculture.
U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana (231miles).
Johnny Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood summers at the Church of God Campground in Anderson, Indiana .
The main station of the Underground Railroad was in Fountain County , Indiana ...
There are 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
La Porte County is the only county in America having 2 functioning court houses. (I think we can add Vanderburgh and Elkhart Counties in with that also.)
Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Posey County, Indiana.
Crawfordsville, Indiana ( Montgomery County ) is the only site in the world where crinoids are found. (What is a crinoid, you ask? A form of deep-water marine life that looks something like a starfish.)
Pendleton, Indiana, was the site of the 'Fall Creek Massacre'. A museum housing 3500 artifacts of pioneer heritage now exists on that site.
St. Meinrad Archabbey is located in Spencer County and is one of only two Archabbeys in the U.S. and seven in the world. (Abbey Press is an operation of the Archabbey.)
A Buzz Bomb (German - WWII), believed to be the only one on public display in the nation, can be found on the Putnam County Courthouse lawn in Greencastle.
Roberta Turpin Willett was born in Indiana ...
James Dean was born and is buried in Indiana ..
The world's tallest woman (Sandy Allen) lived in Indiana .
Red Skelton was born in Vincennes, Indiana .
May West and Claude Akins were from Bedford, Indiana .
The inventor of the television, Philo T. Farnsworth, lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana ...
Forrest Tucker was from Pendleton, Indiana .
You can't ship wine to Indiana .. (So how does it get here?)
Bob Greise is from Evansville, Indiana and was quarterback at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN.
Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from Indiana .
Oprah Winfrey built her residence in N/W Indiana ..
Florence Henderson is from Indiana ...
The much sought-after Hoosier Cabinets are an Indiana product.
90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana ..
The Jackson Five are from Gary, Indiana .
The birthplace of the automobile, the pneumatic rubber tire, the aluminum casting process, stainless steel and the first push-button car radio was in Kokomo , Indiana ..
John Dillinger (born in Indianapolis) went from being a small time gangster to "America's Most Wanted" outlaw. He was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana

OUR FIRST POST:

Saturday, July 30, 2005

DAY ONE

This is day one. Testing. Testing. Earthdog Patrick is here at my feet, snoring gently. It is 7:55 a.m., 66 degrees and slightly foggy out the window,with a slight breeze.

posted by Trader Rick @ 10:49 AM

FROM THE GAINESVILLE SUN:

All through the 2008 season, Tebow had used Philippians 4:13 — "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" — on his eye black. But on the championship game day, Tebow switched to John 3:16 — "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." After the game, John 3:16 became the top Google search item on the Internet.

And a few days after the game, as Tebow's family and Meyer talked about the quarterback's future, his mother, Pam Tebow, told her son that his role in increasing the awareness of the Biblical verse showed he had more influence as a college quarterback than he could have as a professional athlete.

"When she said that, I looked into Tim's eyes and knew we had our quarterback coming back for one more year," Meyer said.

OBAMA TO TAX ASPIRIN.....

I JUST HEARD THAT OBAMA IS GOING TO IMPOSE A 40% TAX ON ASPIRIN BECAUSE IT'S WHITE AND IT WORKS.

GO GATORS!!