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Today, May 19, is National Frog Jumping Jubilee Day. I am not making this stuff up. Really…

I know, I know, this is a car commercial but just take a look at the kids’ faces both in the foreground and the background. It is priceless!

May 19, 1535: French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona’s two sons, whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage.

Chase your passion, not your pension. –Denis Waitley

May 18, 1980: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States killing 57 people and causing $3 billon in damage.

Sniglet* Blog Gizzledipplers (gih’ zul dip lurz) – n. Those annoying waving hands seen on the back of Winnebagos (placed there by people too lazy to be friendly on their own). * A Sniglet is a word that should be in the dictionary but isn’t. Sniglets are the brainchild of comedian Rich Hall, who with a little help from his …

“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.” – Ben Williams

Don’t aspire to be like me. Be better. Shoot higher. –Florence Griffith Joyner winner of 3 gold meals at the 1988 Olympics

Sniglet* Blog Memnents -n The small broken pieces at the bottom of an M&M bag * A Sniglet is a word that should be in the dictionary but isn’t. Sniglets are the brainchild of comedian Rich Hall, who with a little help from his friends, wrote a series of books containing Sniglets in the mid-1980s.

The roof project at Forto’s Fort is a huge project. We have been working on it for three days and as we go along we are finding more and more “hidden gems” along the way. Things like bats nests and a bathroom fan hooked up with a dryer vent. Things like that. People up here call it: “Old time Alaskan …