(Well, mybloggers has done it again. I tried to post a blog over and over, "Odds and Ends" and kept getting erased by that frickin mybloggers. So I changed the title of the article and will try again.)

Got stuck behind a tractor on the road today and had a chance to observe a horse grazing next to a fence. This was a pitiful nag; swaybacked, heavy bellied, thick legged, old and mangy looking, limping when it walked. It was lucky it hadn't been sent to a glue factory or Alpo plant. The hopeful owners had a sign on the fence "STALLION SERVICE," with a phone number underneath. Maybe that horse had some attribute I couldn't see; maybe it can still get it up. Good luck.

Heard a Mississippi highway patrolman on the radio; he was saying "Our aim is to get drunk drivers off the road, so if you drink and drive, remember "IF YOU GET HAMMERED, WE'RE GONNA NAIL YOU."
That's a lot cuter than the old slogan "click it ot ticket."

Had lunch at a Thai restaurant where they served a delicious coconut soup. The waitress said it's made from coconut milk, chicken broth, fresh mushrooms, snippets of green onions and pieces of tofu. I've got to learn how to make it--it was so good.

Last night watched the Emmy's and "Mad Men" won best TV drama. If you want a good story, you have to see this show, AMC on Sunday nights. You wouldn't think the lives of people working at a Madison Avenue ad agency would be so interesting, but boy, it a great story--a primetime soap opera of the first caliber, and Don Draper the star--I could just watch him even if he never said a word, he's that good looking.

Lastly troutbend, here is the names of a couple announcing their engagement in the paper: Miss Lock will marry Mr. Boltz. Good one eh?

susil