Icewind's Ramblings

It's that time again . . . Most of you know that I really enjoy putting up Christmas Lights and over the years I have been kidded about being the Chevy Chase character that National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation was based upon. I remember being inspired by the light displays in rural Georgia that the Hardy family would put on every year. I would drag everyone to make the “short” trip to see them and we would leave about 5:30 pm and return home worn out from the drive around midnight. My family humored me every year and I would come home and buy additional lights each year during the “after Christmas” sales or I would find them at yard sales so I could add more the next year. I must say I out did myself this year, enjoy my little video of lights and sounds. Click here to load short video. Doesn’t it remind you of the displays put on in your area? I always loved the ones where you would drive through and stop and have hot chocolate and roas

the time we need a funny story. It's cold, dark, and snowy here in Alaska as I look on the internet at the upcoming vacation cruise in March. I can dream of the warm air, the balmy breezes, and the slow pace of this unique travel experience. It reminds me of a story that another Southern humorist, Lewis Grizzard used to tell in his concerts years ago before he passed away. It is the story of an older retired couple and the renewed spirit of youth getting ready for a cruise. Enjoy: Mr. Wojciehowicz had been retired for a year when his wife of fifty years suggested one day, "Why don't we take a cruise for a week and make wild passionate love like we did when we were young?" Stanley thought it over and agreed. He put on his hat and coat and went down to the corner drug store. Stanley stepped up to the counter and asked for a bottle of seasick pills and a box of condoms. Upon returning home his wife greeted him at the door saying, "You know dear, I've be

I saw this and thought it funny on another site and thought I would share. What a hoot! The Kern County, California, Sheriff's Department orders plain white patrol units and has the graphics applied locally. In this case, what they ordered was not quite what they got. This car was driven for 1 week before an officer noticed what the Graphics company employee did on the passenger side of the car. The employee did this on his last day working for the graphics company before he retired. I love this but could you do it on your last day? Ice

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe and the biran fguiers it out aynawy. How did your brain do? Time for another Guinness . Ice

(Continued from last nights post) Around several turns and over some slight hills we came to a “Dip” in the road. It was the word someone had painted on the road just before your vehicle “dropped” into this giant hole that had sunken from a frost heave last winter. The DOT had no signs to warn anyone but previous victims had painted the road on both sides to try to warn people. Luckily we were not going to fast when we crashed into this hole bottoming out and having to stop and look to see if anything had been damaged or if any fluids were leaking out anywhere. Several other cars behind us hit the same hole and pulled over to check out their vehicles too. Everyone wondered how this hazard was not better marked and we looked for abandoned vehicles that had to be around somewhere. During this time as we looked around and over the embankment we could see the river flowing down the valley. In the distance we could see Exit Glacier coming out of the valley f

. . . way down yonder from where I normally spend a lot of my time I ran across a little place that about says it all. I had taken the day off from work on a late season fishing trip but the morning started off windy, cold, and raining sideways. I was in no hurry to get to the place we were going to fish so after a few side stops for coffee, some light snacks, and a couple of stops for pictures my companions and I decided to explore some areas we normally do not get a chance to visit. "Reflections at Tern Lake" My brother in law and his dad were up in Alaska for a quick trip to visit us and if possible get another fishing trip in. Mike had came up several times over the summer to fish and this one was unplanned and a last minute decision. The rain and cold did not make for great anticipation for me as I had already put away all of our fishing gear and supplies for the coming winter season. Breaking it out again was not my favorite thing but they had

People always wonder why sometimes I am so "full of it". I am loaded with tidbits of useless information that I have used in Trivial Pursuit games, giving the history of an area around us, or just flowing with the weird and absurd. Here is some to ponder: If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. Hardly seems worth it for a good cup. If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. Now that's more like it! The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps blood out to the body to squirt 30 feet. O.M.G.! A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. In my next life, I want to be a pig. I want to be Shirley the pig. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy.) I'm still not over the pig. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. Do not