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Category: LEISURE
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Oh, Give Me a Home…Please!
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK— …where the buffalo roam, and the sky is not cloudy all day, but where people aren’t so d$#n stupid. In an incident Yellowstone officials called “the least surprising thing to happen this week,” a 65-year-old retiree from Kendall, Washington, was launched eight feet into the Wyoming sky after trying to “make friends”…
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July in History
July 1 1952 – The trademark for Silly Putty was officially registered, though originally filed on March 31, 1950. A trademark protects words, names, symbols, sounds, or colors that distinguish goods and services. The MGM lion’s roar and the shape of a Coca-Cola bottle are also trademarked. 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln signed the first…
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You Earned a Lifetime National Parks Pass.
For millions of Americans, retirement is a doorway to adventure. For those age 62 and older, a little-known federal perk has become a golden ticket to some of the country’s most breathtaking landscapes. The Lifetime National Parks Pass for seniors, officially known as the America the Beautiful Senior Pass, has transformed how older Americans experience…
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Hey, I-Pay-Your-Salary: Answer the D*&n Phone!
It started with a simple request: I needed a copy of my business’s EIN from the IRS. A month and countless attempts later, I finally got on a callback list—not an actual call, just a chance to be called back. Anyone who’s tried to reach a state or federal agency in the last few years…
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June in History
JUNE EVENTS June 6, 1872 – Pioneering feminist Susan B. Anthony voted in a presidential election in Rochester, New York, a move for which she was later fined. Although the 15th Amendment had granted voting rights to African American males, Anthony sought to uphold women’s rights by leading a group of women to vote illegally…
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