Man "finally" happy with 25th wife

After 24 failed marriages, a 49-year-old porter in eastern Nepal says that he has finally found happiness in his latest union.

The simple reason is that the landless labourer's latest marriage seems to be working out, unlike the previous ones.

Ramchandra Katuwal, of Khandbari municipality in Sankhuwasava, and his wife recently celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary.

He says that his marriage to Sharada has been a "journey of happiness".

[HT: Harold Clark]

A slip of the tongue, or a Freudian Slip?

Obama has called himself a Christian and attends a Church of Christ in Chicago. However, during a recent interview, he made a comment talking about "my Muslim faith". The interviewer, George Stephonaupolis corrected the Senator and he then corrected himself, but look at this video and tell me what you think.

The comment in question comes at around 1:18.

Cold Front Cools Oklahoma

A nice big, slow-moving cold front came through last night and temperatures here in Wagoner dropped. My mom said it was 56 degrees at her house at 9:30 this morning. It is 71 degrees at 1 pm here in Wagoner. It feels like fall; I hope it really is.

The forecast for the rest of the week puts high temps in the low 80's. We could have rain by Wednesday from Hurricane Ike!

Sally and Audrey are both feeling the effects of the fronts, as they both had migraines yesterday. I had to go pick up Audrey from school this morning with a bad migraine. Hopefully, it will all blow over soon!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today is my mother's birthday!

About 1947 or 48

2008

My mom is one of the most incredible women in the world! She isn't "fluff"; she's the "real thing".

I love you, Mom! Happy Birthday!

Oklahoma moves up!

In Week 2 of the NCAA football polls, Oklahoma is now rated #3!

Oklahoma 52 - Cincinnati 26

Well, that was certainly an interesting last 5 seconds of the game...

Boomer Sooner!

West Africa Video (a must see)

I know some of these folks! I won't say who, just in case....

E. coli outbreak largest in American history

Unfortunately, the outbreak is right here in NE Oklahoma. It is suspected as originating at a popular local restaurant in Locust Grove, about 25 NE of Wagoner.

The "Country Cottage" restaurant is at the center of the Health Department investigation. Over 200 people have been affected with over 100 in the hospital. One death has been attributed to the outbreak.

The Wagoner football team even canceled a scheduled scrimmage with the team from Locust Grove, but the Wagoner athletic director refused to comment about it.

As far as I know, there are three people in the Wagoner hospital with E. coli contamination.

I've eaten at the Country Cottage many years ago, and we were talking about getting a group from our church to go there in the next month or so. Currently the restaurant has voluntarily closed until the source of the contamination can be determined. It is unfortunate for the restaurant and the town of Locust Grove because the "scare" is spilling over into other businesses and restaurants.

If you do a restaurant critic review of Country Cottage, you'll find most folks very pleased with the restaurant and quality of food. It is one of the few rural restaurants where you will actually have to wait in line to get in. There is currently a drive by Locust Grove residents to get the restaurant re-opened.

Sarah Palin - The Barracuda

I watched Sarah last night at the RNC. I believed her. I was very impressed by her. Her sense of humor was great. I liked how she called hockey mom's "Pit bulls with lipstick". She embodies America.

She is the same age as me. This IS my generation!

I loved her daughter licking her hand to slick down the hair of her baby brother. That was wonderful!

I like how her husband is called the "First Dude" of Alaska. That is just plain funny!

I heard that they call her the "Barracuda" in Alaska. She, and others, kept calling McCain the "Maverick". I'll bet that is their Secret Service code names!

Maverick and Barracuda; I'm glad we now have a better choice.

World's Tallest Hill

A comment on another post of this blog got me curious about something I've always heard about but didn't really know anything about.

I've always heard that Oklahoma was home to the "world's tallest hill".

I know. That sounds funny.

But, according to Wikipedia,

Cavanal Hill (officially Cavanal Mountain according to the US Geological Survey) located at Poteau, Oklahoma is billed as the tallest hill in the world at 1,999 feet (609 meters), based on the idea that it would be classified as a mountain if it were 2,000 feet or higher.

So, there you have it. Oklahoma: not all flat.

Obama comments on the Bible

Incredible Rainbow

Last night, I grilled some chicken and some corn on the cob. While it was cooking I happened to look up and saw a complete horizon to horizon rainbow! It is the first one of those I have seen in many, many years. I called the girls out and by the time they came out into the yard, it had turned into a complete DOUBLE RAINBOW! It was absolutely astonishing!

One of the girls mentioned, "Isn't it neat, that even though we have Gustav bearing down on us, God still promises He won't destroy the earth by a flood!?!". I thought that was pretty neat in and of itself.

Near Miss

Well, it looks like the bulk of Gustav "leftovers" will stay mainly to the East of us. However, we get to benefit from 68 degree temps and rain. We do have 40 mph winds, but only in gusts.

As I got to the church office this morning, I opened windows throughout the building to "air" the place out a little bit. I had to prop all the door open, because they were slamming shut with the wind. However, when I arrived, it was 81 degrees in my office. 15 minutes later, it is now 73 and dropping!

We've had a few heavy downpours, but I doubt we'll get more than 5 or 6 inches out of this. I could be wrong...

Since I started typing this post, the temp in my office dropped down to 71! Gotta love this "free" air conditioning!

GUSTAV!!

That's right! We here in "land-locked" Oklahoma are going to experience a bit of "Gustav". It certainly won't be anything like what TX, LA, MS are experiencing, but then again, Wagoner is 500 miles inland!

We are under Flood Warnings already. The forecast calls for 4-8 inches of rain, and possibly more, depending on exactly how the northern front interacts with Gustav. There is a strong chance of strong winds, large hail, and even a "tornado outbreak". (We don't like to hear "tornado outbreak!")

Pray for those in the South adversely effected by Gustav.

Oops

I charged my camera battery so that I could get some Labor Day pics. Well, it would have worked great had I remembered to put the battery back in my camera!

Nevertheless, we had a fun time at my folks' for Labor Day. My grandma was feeling well enough to come out both Saturday and Sunday! Dad smoked a brisket, a pork loin, a slab of ribs, some bratwursts, a whole bunch of chicken and a pot of beans! Man, THAT was some "good eatin"!

Even though I didn't have my camera, it looked a whole lot like this:

(This is from a previous food feast.)