The wife and I were out for an evening constitutional last week. As we happened down Salmon street a peculiar odor wafted into our nostrils. As we sniffed, we came to the eerie realization that Salmon street actually smelled like Salmon. So we went home...

A funny thing happened at church (Evergreen Bible) the other day. Pastor Toby was talking about evolution. As an example he held up a rubik's cube. He made an analogy that just as the rubik's cube would never be solved simply by chance; so the world could not form without a designer. As a side note he asked if anyone knew how to solve the cube.   Last summer in Greece, one of my students, Jordan, had a cube. He could solve it in under two minutes every time. I was so inspired I tried to solve it my self. After one week I solved it while stopped at the Greece Macedonia border (see picture). I hadn't done much with it since then. Just this last week I had picked it up again and remembered how to solve it. So when Toby asked if anyone could solve the cube, I proudly raised my hand high in the air. He tossed the cube to me and asked me to solve it. This was a dream come true for me. I don't know how many times I imagined being somewhere and someone asking if anyone had one of my random talents. I solved the cube before long. The church was so impressed with my obvious mental prowess they voted me onto the elder board. (ok the last part is a lie, but the rest is true)

Yesterday, July 11th, was free slurpee day. Needless to say, I went to three different 7-11s during the day. Now I'm having withdrawals.

As the day progressed I began to wonder, in other countries do they give out free slurpees on Nov 7th? Do they mark this blessed day at all? Seeing how about 1/3rd of my hits are from non-US locals, I leave it up to you, gentle reader, to do some research for me. And for readers in Japan, since they don't even have slurpees there, see if they give out free american dogs. A gold star if you mail me one, I miss them...

If anybody is looking for a new job here is an idea. Become a clown in Portland. It looks like fun...