The Burlingames

Megan shared a story with me today about her trip to the store. While restocking my pop supply (very important), she encountered a woman (roughly 30 years old) doing the same. Megan was loading up on the 24-pack cubes which were on sale for $6. The other woman grabbed two 12-packs from the shelf, priced at $4 each. Being the kind person she is, Megan informed the woman that a cube is cheaper. The woman responded “Thanks, but we can’t drink that much pop in a week.” Let that one breathe a bit and then read it again.

This sad story brings to mind a thought I’ve often had regarding the many morons I’ve encountered in this world; should this person be allowed to breed? My very [un]scientific observations seem to show that stupid people, such as this woman, are very good at reproducing, and at a faster rate than so-called ‘normal’ people. Here’s hoping we’re not soon overrun by people who can’t do basic math.

Once again, I must say thank you to Elko Speedway for bringing us one of the greatest events imaginable: the Eve of Destruction. Many races were run, from cars to motorcycles. Monster trucks smashed old cars, school buses raced, dirt bike riders did trick jumps, but the highlight of the evening was the spectator race.

The two fastest cars were a 90’s Camaro and a 90’s Corvette. The Camaro won the first matchup. Later the same group of cars came out for a second chance. This time, the Corvette forced the Camaro up the track by taking the turn very wide. Instead of braking and saving his car, the Camaro tried to push on and ended up putting it into the wall, causing some serious damage. He did not look happy after stopping. The crowd, however, loved it.

Eli had his first successful sleeping through the night experience on Monday night. He went to bed at 10pm and Dave said he didn’t wake up until 9am. He didn’t wake up during the night and fussed, he slept right on through. Yay!!!!

I took Eli to his first Twins game tonight. The Twins won – yay!!! He had fun but was slightly overwhelmed by all the people, noise and lights. We met up with some of my co-workers and friends from college.