Flashback Friday

Publisher's note: today's journal entry might be a bit morbid, but hey - it's my journal and I can write what I want.

As I mentioned the other day, our beloved Naked Ladies are in full bloom right now. It's bittersweet, though - they are only out for about a week and then that's that until next summer. As I was admiring our Naked Ladies this week, I reminisced about the first summer that our Naked Ladies bloomed. It was the summer of 1992 - the year that I had my wreck and was almost killed. To be more specific, it was that very week. In fact, the afternoon before my wreck, Mom and I had visited some friends up the street and were admiring their Naked Ladies. They even said that in the fall when they died down, we were welcome to come up there and dig some of them up and plant them. Unfortunately the wreck and my rebuilt foot kinda got in the way and we never made it up there to dig them up. But every late July when I see the Naked Ladies bloom I can't help but think about that Saturday evening back in 1992. When I see the Naked Ladies bloom it makes me think of how happy and thankful I am to be alive. I guess that's why I like the Naked Ladies so much.

Naked Ladies Tour 2009

It's the end of July, and that can only mean one thing here in the Ohio Valley -- time for the Naked Ladies to appear. As you can see, ours are in full bloom this week, and they're as beautiful as ever. I'm just sorry that they only last for about a week. But we sure enjoy looking at them while they are around.

New Recipe Wednesday

As I've mentioned before, the 'Rents and I love to watch the Food Network. Currently, our favorite is Sandra Lee. We love her "Semi-Homemade" show and watch it faithfully. Just this spring I subscribed to her magazine and believe me when I tell you the three of us fight over who gets to look at it first. But I digress. We got the current issue on Monday, and yesterday for supper the 'Rents made Sandra Lee's Stuffed Bell Peppers. They rocked. The peppers weren't mooshy like most stuffed bell peppers and the flavors were out of this world. Please give it a
try. Sandra Lee's Stuffed Bell Peppers receives two thumbs up from TWIT.


Ingredients
3 green bell peppers, halved, seeds removed
1/2 cup water
1 (1-pound) package ground hot pork sausage
1 (15.25-ounce) can corn, drained1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 cup cooked rice1/4 cup diced green onions
1 (1.25-ounce) package Southwest marinade mix, divided, McCormick Grill Mates®
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Directions
Preheat broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Place bell peppers, cut sides down, in a microwave-safe dish; add 1/2 cup water. Cover with plastic wrap, and microwave on High for 3 to 4 minutes, or until peppers are soft; drain, and set aside.

In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium-high heat until browned and crumbly; drain. Add corn, black beans, tomatoes, rice, and green onions to skillet. Add 2 tablespoons marinade mix to sausage mixture; stir well to combine. (Reserve remaining mix for another use.)

Spoon sausage mixture evenly into pepper halves. Place on prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle each evenly with shredded cheese. Broil 5 inches from heat for 2 to 3 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Serve immediately.

Mullet Watch

My faithful reader and mullet spotter Abi sends us this report:

It is funny you posted on mullets. I meant to send you a note, lol. I had two sightings all in one day, and in one place. Walmart in Southern, MD. The one fellow looked like Joe Dirt or a chubby version thereof. Then, the female came in with her hair in a mullet cut.

This is close to a mullet watch record -- two mullets in one day, in the same place -- and the two mullets were of a different sex. Yep, that's a record in my book.

Mullet count: 17

Say It Isn't So, Bill Gates

At the end of the day, being the most popular guy online was just too much for Bill Gates. What with spending all that money he made from running a software giant, working to cure AIDS, and -- we're sure -- flying around to fight crime at night, there's not much time for social networking. So, Bill Gates quit Facebook. According to Yahoo!, Gates told a crowd in New Delhi that he had received so many friend requests, it became tough to determine who he knew and who he didn't. Gates, who was in India to accept an award for his philanthropic work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said that around 10,000 people wanted to be his friend on the popular social network. 'It was just way too much trouble so I gave it up,' he said at the event.

He also warned the crowd that while the technological revolution has been 'hugely beneficial,' it can also 'waste our time.' As with so many of us, Gates must have gotten sidetracked by those invitations to join a mob or to take a quiz to determine which character from 'Twilight' he's most like. Now, he can get back to saving the world.

Oh well. I didn't want to add you as a neighbor on Farmtown anyway, Bill Gates. I wonder what he picked as his "Five things he can't leave the house without"?

Mullet Watch

I'm very disappointed, faithful readers. The year is more than half over and we haven't spotted very many mullets so far. I did spot one yesterday afternoon, though. It was on a TV commercial but since we're in a mullet deficit this year I think it counts. It was on a commercial for Joe's Crab Shack. The mullet was very long and dark - your classic mullet. The host was wearing a sleeveless flannel shirt, too.

Mullet count: 15

Link Of The Week

For those of you that know me well, you know that I am fiercely protective of people and things that I hold dear. Why, just this week I called out a co-worker who inadvertantly dissed my fair city of Louisville. But anyhoo, I love the 'Ville. I was born, raised, and still live here and have no plans of ever leaving this fair city unless my paycheck would suddenly be for six digits. For those of you who love this city like I do, there's a cool site you can check out at Possibility City. If you don't live here and want to check out more about Louisville, you can do that too. Just visit http://www.possibilitycity.com and see what it's all about. Why just this afternoon I visited the store at Possibility City and ordered a cool cycling jersey.

This Day In Terms Of Numbers

Bottles of water consumed: 4
Coke Zeros consumed: 2
Miles ridden on the bicycle: 11.5
Stores shopped at: 7
Trips to the same WalMart: 2
Times it rained at The Compound: 6
Pages read for school: 101
TV programs watched: 0
Phone calls received: 1
Text messages received: 7
Text messages sent: 5
Green beans picked by the 'Rents: 3/4 bushel
Amount spent on gas: $32.09
Peaches bought at farmer's market: 8
Episodes of All My Children watched: 3

Flashback Friday

First of all , I would like to apologize for not posting yesterday. There were major technical difficulties here in bloggerdom, and I wasn't able to post through the computer nor through my cell phone. Now, on to Flashback Friday.

When I was a kid one of my favorite snacks was potato sticks. I would walk two doors down to the little store and peel a dime for a small can of them. They were cheaper than a bag of potato chips or a candy bar. Plus to me, it seemed like you got more for your money with a can of potato sticks than a bag of potato chips that was puffed full of air.

Anyhoo, potato sticks were one of my favorite cheap treats. Whenver Grandma or Grandpa or the 'Rents would go to the store and would ask if they could get me anything for a treat, I always told them potato sticks. And of course, they would always bring me a can.

Just this week I was thining about how it had been years since I had some potato sticks so I went up to Krogers to pick up a can. Imagine my disappointment when they didn't have any. Never fear, though - I found a can tonight in a small mom and pop grocery store. Only they were 93 cents a can and not a dime like back in the day. I didn't care what they cost. If they'd been five bucks a can I would have paid it, just because I wanted them.

Out Of Order Update

I am extremely happy to report that the first floor women's bathroom at work has now reopened. It took quite a few hours of plumbing work this a.m. but as of about 3:00 this afternoon, it was back in business. Needless to say the women on the first floor weren't real happy today, having to trek either upstairs or out to the factory to use the bathroom. We weren't happy but we did it. And we could have kissed the plumber when he tore down the sign that said "closed".

On an unrelated note, there were leaks all over the building today thanks to the 2+ inches of rain that we got today. Oh well. I really don't care, as long as I can still use our bathroom at work. I'll bring an umbrella into the stall with me if I need to.

Out Of Order

We had some major drama on the first floor of the office building day at work. I'm sorry to report that a toilet overflowed and the women's bathroom was flooded. Not only was it flooded with water, it was flooded with, well, you know. It wasn't a pretty sight. This has been an ongoing problem for a few weeks, and has gotten progressively worse until today when the shit hit the fan, so to speak. Actually, it hit the floor, but I digress.

Anyhoo, the maintenance men put this sign on the door of the bathroom, and the women on the first floor of the building were inconvenienced in a major way because when we had to go, we had to walk up the long set of stairs to the second floor of the office building or hike out to use one of the women's restrooms out in the factory. Tomorrow, I think I'm going to bring my portable toilet that I use when we go tailgating.

Thank You, Battery Back-Up

I got a cool new gadget last week - a digital alarm clock that has two spots to dock iPods - old style and the current iTouch or iPhone. Well when I saw it in the catalog I knew I had to have it. How cool would it be to wake up to a song that I have on my iPod? Plus, it was on sale for half off, so I just had to buy it. I plugged it in yesterday morning and got it all set up, and made sure that I had the alarm set correctly for 6:50 a.m. so I wouldn't be late for work.

As I was going to sleep last night, I noticed something about the new clock. The digital numbers were so bright that they lit up the whole room. It was like I had a night light turned on. I just went on to sleep, and decided I'd change the brightness setting on it the morning.

So I'm sleeping and all of a sudden I wake up to the sound of the alarm beeping. I looked at the very bright numbers and saw that it was only 6:30. I knew that I set the alarm for 6:50, so I couldn't figure out why the alarm was going off 20 minutes early. Anyhoo, I was flailing around trying to hit the "off" button to turn the annoying beeping off and it just kept on beeping. I just have pressed the "off" button a dozen times to no avail. The first thing I thought of was this piece of crap was going to be returned today. Then my sense of hearing must have woke up because I noticed the beeping was coming from the bedroom floor beside my bed. The beeping was coming from my old digital alarm clock. Even though it was unplugged, the batteries for the back-up were still in it and by golly the alarm was still working just fine. By this point I was just fed up and yanked open the battery slot and pulled out a battery just to shut the thing up.

In the few years I had the old alarm clock, our electricity had never gone off during the night. But if it had, I feel pretty confident that the battery back-up on the clock would have woke me up. Just like it did this morning.

Link Of The Week

I'm still a little tired after last night's Bats game - it lasted for a lonnnnng 16 innings. We lost 3-2 but it was a great game. Now, you might be asking "Puddin, if they lost, why was it such a great game?" It was a great game because the Zooperstars were there! They appear during the inning breaks 2 or 3 times during the season and they are without a doubt my favorite ballgame entertainment. Well, second only to "Quick Change" but I digress. In case you don't know who the Zooperstars are, they are giant inflatable animals that are named after athletes or celebrities. For instance, there's a giant hamster named "Mia Hamster" wearing a soccer outfit, named after soccer star Mia Hamm. You get the picture. They introduced a new Zooperstars character last night - "Elephant Presley". Yep you guessed it - it was an elephant, complete with a big black hair-do, sunglasses and jumpsuit. Visit their site at http://www.zooperstars.com and you can see each and everyone of the awesome characters.

On a related note, last year, the Zooperstars made it to the finals on "America's Got Talent." Personally, I think they should have won.

Be Thankful For Flats

Today has been one of the coolest days we've had in months, so it really made for awesome bike riding weather. In fact, it's so cool that I'm getting ready to put on a pair of jeans before I had to the Bats game tonight. But I digress. My bike ride today was perfect, but it did get off to a shakey start. I was out of the driveway and on the road before I noticed the front tire was a little low. No problem, I thought. I decided to stop when I got ready to get on the bike path and use my cool little hand pump that I always carry on the back of the bike. I had stopped in the fire department parking lot and was putting air into the tire when I heard a commotion. I looked over toward the bike path and saw a small red car run off the road and was now driving on the bile path. It was a PAT driving it, and of course he was talking on the cell phone. He drove off of the path and through the ditch and got back out on the road before driving off. I finished putting the air in my tire, and said an quick prayer of thanks for the low tire. Because if it hadn't been for stopping to put air in my tire, I would have been on the path in just about that same spot where the car went off the road. But for some reason, I was calm and didn't freak out; some people might have went on back home. Not me. I started pedaling and ended up riding 12 miles today. And with each mile, I thanked the Lord again for that low tire.

Bonus Link Of The Week

I just came across a website that takes precidence over Flashback Friday. A friend sent me a link to a site that is just available until 11:59 tonight - just give them your name and address and the good folks at Mars will send you a coupon for a free candy bar. Visit
https://secure.realchocolate.com/ but do it before midnight tonight. It's part of their "Real Chocolate Relief Act". So I'm hoping that all of my faithful readers will be looking at TWIT this evening so they can take part and get some free chocolate.

Update From The Compound

This seems to be a recurring theme, but I come to you tonight with some more updates from The Compound. It's been another crazy week, and unfortunately that dark cloud seems to be hovering overhead again.

TWIT would like to wish a safe and successful surgery to my friend LT. On Monday he will be having aortic valve replacement. He's been pretty wigged about it, as anyone would, but even more so since he had a liver transplant a few years ago and has some major issues with immunity. But as of now, his surgeons are expecting a smoothe succesful valve replacement on Monday. Please keep him and his wife MT in your prayers.

TWIT would also like to send out well wishes and a ton of prayers to my dear friend PS, who was diagnosed with cancer this week. I know with your attitude you will kick this in the ass, PS. We love you and will be praying for you and as always, we've got your back.

I Resent That

Faithful readers, I do believe we have some potential copyright infringement going. I do not like the fact people that use "Twitter" throw around the word "Twit" all of the time. It just doesn't set well with me. I guess I would still be upset if people called each other a "twit" like they used to back in the day. But I digress. I just think that the word "Twit" should be reserved and used soley when referring to my blog, "That's What I'm Thinking." That's just my opinion. And since this is my blog, I can say whatever I want to.

I know some of you, faithful readers, are on Facebook, and if any of you are on Twitter and take offense to this, I apologize. Just think of me and don't use the word "Twit" and we'll get along just fine.

More Issues With The Rides

It's been a frustrating few days for me, faithful readers. First of all, a friend at work replaced the thermostat on the BMW due to some overheating issues, only to have it still overheat after he replaced the thermostat. Then on the next day, someone in a white larger vehicle sideswiped my Blazer and totally tore off the driver side mirror. If that's not enough to piss you off, I don't know what is. After some searching, a coworker found a new mirror for only $50 at a junk yard and he even offered to put it on, too. So today the Blazer got a new driver's side mirror. Tomorrow, I hope I have the strength to deal with the BMW's overheating issues. If not, then I'll just drive the Blazer to work and leave the BMW in the driveway. Hmmmm. That sounds like a pretty good plan to me. I'll keep you posted.

New Product Review Update

TWIT is still happy to report that after a week of use, Dad's Off! Clip-on mosquito repellent system is still working great. He wanted me to reporr to you that he's been out in the garden every day, and has still not gotten one mosquito bite. It's a very cool gadget, and from what I hear, others must be thrilled with it like he is, because they can't keep them stocked on the store shelves.

It bears repeating: the Off! Clip-on mosquito repellent system still has the TWIT Seal of Approval.

Link Of The Week

Just about everybody likes trivia. I was reading a catalog earlier today that sold a supposed copy of an actual newspaper from the day you were born. That's pretty cool, if you ask me. But if you don't want to buy the paper from the catalog, you can find pretty much the same information on line. Visit http://www.kakophone.com and enter your birth date and see what you find. For instance, on the day I was born, the price of eggs in the U.S. was 55 cents a dozen. See for yourself.

Strange Saturday

This started out as a great Saturday. I had a good night's sleep and was wide awake at 6:45 and got up and did some homework for an hour before meeting some friends from church for breakfast at Bob Evan's. When we got home, I changed clothes and did my ten mile ride and then worked on some more homework until I took a break and ran some errands. Then it all fell apart.

While I was gone, a relative called and to make the very long story short went off unnecessarily on the 'Rents. When I got home from running my errands they were in quite a state, as you can imagine. I did my best to calm them down, and then calmed myself down. After we had some time to assess the situation, we all three agreed that the best thing we could do is to sever all ties with those relatives, for everybody's sake. We're not boo-hoo-ing, and we're not ready to get even - we just think it's best for everyone involved to just let it go and go on. That's about all I can say about this.

Flashback Friday

A few months ago, I bought something very cool - a teeny tiny refrigerator. We put it on a cool table on the back porch, and I immediately filled it with bottled water. The 'Rents are always working out in the yard and the garden, and I thought it would be a bit closer for them to get a cool drink instead of going all the way into the house for some water. As I was getting a bottle of water out of it a few minutes ago, I thought to myself how on earth did we get by before bottled water and small outside refrigerators to keep the water cool?

Answer: You got your water from a pitcher that was kept inside the refrigerator in the kitchen or you drank from a garden hose.

Thankful Thursday

I just got home from a weekly meeting with the women's group at church (WOWS, for short), and on the 35 minute trip home all I could think of was how thankful I was. When our session was over, the leader asked if anyone had any prayer requests or concerns they wanted to share with the group. I'm not exaggerating when I say that just about everyone in attendance spoke up and shared some type of tragedy or illness. I was very thankful that right now in my life, I didn't have any thing "bad" going on. The 'Rents and I are fine health-wise, I still have a job, and I'm happy to be able to go back to school. But woman after woman raised her hand and told of a sister who was just diagnosed with ovarian cancer; three co-workers diagnosed with breast cancer; a husband who has to have open-heart surgery next week; a neighbor who is just 35 years old and on life-support at the hospital; a 12 year old girl diagnosed with leukemia. I could go on with each of the prayer requests that were made tonight but I think you get the picture. So on the way home I prayed for each of the people mentioned, and thanked the Lord for the health and happiness of my family, friends, and me.

Real Farmtown Update

On behalf of the 'Rents and their hard work, I'm proud to report that as of this evening, Mom has canned 16 quarts of green beans this week. Dad said that they'll be picking again probably Friday or Saturday, depending on the weather, and should get at least another bushel from that picking.

On an related note, Dad said he wanted me to mention a cool new product that he has been using successfully. He always gets eat up by mosquitos, so this year I bought him the Off gadget that clips on your belt. He tried it on Monday when they picked beans and he said he didn't get the first bug bite. According to Dad, the Off Clip On gets the TWIT Seal of Approval.

Special Guest Writer Tuesday

Today's entry in TWIT is brought to us courtesy of my best friend, Diva Stacy.

My wrist has been bothering me for the past few days. I didn’t remember injuring it so I thought maybe it was a little arthritis or possibly some inflammation. I went to the drug store and searched the aisle containing a vast assortment of potions, ointments, and rubs; all promising to rid me of this pain. I decided on the store brand Capsaicin; mainly because it was on sale, but also because I don’t like the “hot” feeling of ointments like Icy Hot.

At first I thought I was in luck. No burning or smell when I applied it to my wrist and forearm. A couple of hours later I was washing my hands and noticed that the warm water was burning the area where the Capsaicin was applied. It felt like when warm water touches sunburn. As the afternoon wore on, the sunburn feeling remained. But then last night when I got in the bathtub everything changed. It had been several hours since I applied the potion, yet when I put my arm in the bath water it felt like it was on fire. Again, I was reminded of having bad sunburn and trying to take a warm bath.

By the time I got out of the bath my skin was very red and stinging non stop. I actually had to apply an ice pack to get some relief. Thinking I must be having a severe allergic reaction to the Capsaicin, I got online and started doing some research. Imagine my surprise when my search revealed website after website discussing the terrible burning associated with this remedy. Some sites were assuring people their skin was NOT actually burning although it may feel like it is. You see, Capsaicin is made from the extract of hot chili peppers. It is a skin irritant and is supposed to burn. This burning sensation may last 2 to 4 weeks!! Most people said any relief they got was not worth the burning skin. I only read one comment in support of the product.

I’m not making this up, you can search it yourself. I’m just here to warn TWIT’s faithful readers. Puddin’s mother Minnie grows a really hot pepper in her garden at the Compound. If you want to torture yourself just ask Minnie if you can rub a bunch of those on your skin!!

Let The Harvesting Begin

I know some of you will not believe this, but I actually worked in a real garden today - not a virtual garden at Farmtown, but the garden here at The Compound. I picked some yellow squash and some zucchini to use for bartering with a friend for some awesome homemade bagels. The 'Rents didn't trust me to pick beans, given my accidental tendency to step on other plants that are in close proximity to the beans, but they figured it would be safe for me to go to the back of the garden and pick squash.

The 'Rents picked the first bushel of green beans this morning, and as I type this, they're in the kitchen canning the beans right now. I think this would be the perfect time for me to go to my room and do some studying. It's much safer for all involved.

Link Of The Week

With everybody bombarding us with news of all of the celebrity deaths in the past two weeks, it's hard to find any "normal" news. Everytime you turn on the TV it's nothing but celebrity death news. But it's a comfort to know that I can always go to a trusted news site and get news instead of the celeb drama . I've used this before as a Link Of The Week but it bears repeating. If you want to get the latest actual news, visit http://www.cnn.com . It is one of the few news and information sites that gets the TWIT Seal Of Approval.

Happy Birthday, America

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men (people) are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...." Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Birthday, America

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men (people) are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...." Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

Happy 4th of July!

Flashback Friday

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July, and to most people here in the 'Ville and elsewhere, that means only one thing -- not the day we celebrate Independance Day in our country, but fireworks. I don't mean to sound like a stick-in-the-mud, but the older I get, the more I could care less about fireworks.

As a kid, fireworks rocked. I loved sparklers and the cool black snakes that my parents hated because they left a big black stain on the driveawy. Back in the day, you could only get the good fireworks (re: fireworks that exploded or shot out) down in Tennessee. So whenever friends or neighbors would go on vacation, we'd always ask them to bring us back a few bricks of Black Cat firecrackers and some Roman candles. They were always happy to oblige. As soon as it would start to get dark on July 4, all of the neighbors would congregate usually in our backyard (since it was the most spacious) and everybody would bring their fireworks and pool them together for one big fireworks display. You could always count on a couple of neighbors bringing their old school wooden ice cream churns and we'd have homemade ice cream.

Now, I could not care less. Neighbors still shoot off the fireworks, but they buy them just a few miles away across the river in southern Indiana. And they start shooting them off a few days before the Fourth, and don't stop until a few days after. Needless to say I'm not looking forward to tonight and tomorrow night; at about 10:00 tonight it will sound like you're in the middle of the war zone in Afghanistan.

I don't mean to sound like an old fogey - I guess I 'd feel differently if I had kids who were into fireworks. But right now to me, it's just money literally blown away. I'd rather take the cash I'd peel for fireworks and buy myself something tangible. Hmmmm. I think I'll run up to the store right now and do just that.

File Under: WTF?

Naked New Yorker DivertsFlight
Updated: Wednesday, 01 Jul 2009, 10:07 PM EDTPublished : Wednesday, 01 Jul 2009, 9:04 PM EDT
By The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A US Airways flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles was diverted to Albuquerque after a male passenger removed his clothing mid-flight.

Dan Jiron, a spokesman for the Albuquerque airport, says Keith Wright, 50, of the Bronx disrobed while sitting in his seat in the back of the aircraft.

Jiron says Wright was unresponsive when a flight attendant asked him repeatedly to get dressed and refused to be covered with a blanket.

Jiron says law enforcement employees who were passengers on the plane helped subdue and handcuff Wright before the flight landed.

The FBI says Wright is in federal custody on a charge of interfering with flight crew members and attendants.

A US Airways spokeswoman says the plane continued on to Los Angeles after Wright's arrest.

As Buggs Bunny would say, maybe he should have taken a left turn at Albuqueque.

Shhhhhhh

I took a vacation day today so I could get a jump start on my research paper, and was at our local library branch when they opened at 9:00. It was so peaceful - I was able to get quite a bit of work done on my paper in the peace and quiet. That is, until about noon when all of the kids started showing up en masse. It went from quiet to a zoo in less than five minutes. I sat there at the table shaking my head as kids were running all over the library yelling. But the kids weren't the only ones yelling - their parents were yelling , too. I'm assuming that parents and teachers today don't teach kids that you're supposed to be quiet in a library. There was no use trying to study in the middle of a three ring circus so I packed up my messenger bag and headed on back to The Compound. All the way home, I kept shaking my head in disbelief at how parents and teachers haven't taught kids how to act in a library. Grandma would have worn my behind out with a flyswatter if I acted like those kids did in the library. And I would have deserved, too. But then again, their parents were yelling and laughing loud in there, too, so what do you expect.

On an unrelated note, as I said earlier, I arrived at the library just a few minutes after they opened at 9:00. On my way back to a table, I passed by two rows of computers, with about a dozen people sitting at them. Hand to heaven, four of those people all had Farmtown up on the monitors. There's just no getting away from it. As my dear friend Big Mama said, it's like hard drugs.