BIRTHDAY BOY

My biggest fear for Matthew when he was young was that he would grow up to bilk little old ladies out of their life savings.  That boy had charm and knew how to use it, he could sell sand to a nomad.   His powers of persuasion have gotten me into a trouble on more than one occasion.   I remember him telling me to watch as he convinced a lady to break her own rule of not making any changes to a billeting list at a youth conference so that he could stay at the same place as his friends.  I had already seen a number of youth  try the same ploy to no avail. It took Matthew all of five minutes to accomplish his mission.  At high school he often talked teachers into giving  him a higher mark than was originally granted him.  The boy had some serious skills.  

My fears of him bilking old ladies were unfounded (as they usually are, must be a mother thing) and he has turned into an amazing young man who honours his wife, adores his children, and is quick to help others.  He has an amazing sense of humour and even though he no longer tries to get me to laugh at inappropriate times (I miss that) he still likes to make me laugh.   I couldn't be prouder of him.

Happy Birthday Matthew!

TRUE STORY

My brother-in-law was just telling me about his neighbor across the street and the run in he had with a would be intruder the other week.

The neighbor (a former Navy Seal) and his wife were sleeping one night and the wife woke up to the sound of someone trying to break into the house.  She woke her husband who immediately jumped out of bed and grabbed his shotgun.  He quickly ran down the stairs, out the side door and around the corner to discover that indeed there was somebody trying to pry open the patio door (stupid).  He put his gun to the back of the head of the would be intruder and told him to get down on the ground.  The burglar immediately complied (smart) and the homeowner placed his foot on the intruder's back and yelled at his wife to call the police.  The police quickly arrived and took the would be burglar into custody.  The homeowner stood chatting to the police giving an official statement for their records when his wife came out to join him.  "Dear" she said "you may want to go inside and put something on."
In all the excitement he had failed to realize that he wasn't wearing a stitch of clothing.
True story.

RHYME TIME

Another Jeopardy category for you.

A. The congressman recently caught with his pants down was showing off this.

Q. What is Weiner's wiener?

This is a picture of a congressman from New York whose last name is Weiner. Last week someone supposedly hacked his twitter account and sent a picture of a wiener (not the hot dog but the male anatomy kind) to a young female follower.

Check out the video here.  In the interview he will not say with certitude if the wiener is in fact his nor will he divulge why he did not involve the FBI in the matter.  Perhaps it is because the FBI are too busy looking into the terrorist cell hacking my blog for their nefarious purposes.