Friday May 10Follow

For you all today....

My daily + weekend jeopardy questions:

May 10 (Colleges & Universities, $1200) Although founded in 1867, this Washington D.C. school didn’t have its first black president until 1926.

SpoilerGeorgetown

May 11 (Colleges & Universities, $2000) This New London, Connecticut academy’s motto is “The Sea Yields to Knowledge.”

SpoilerYale

May 12 (Biblical Women, $3000) This mother of John the Baptist was well into old age when John was born.

SpoilerRuth

My submitted answers are spoilered. I've not yet received back the correct answers. Bible questions are always pure guesswork on my part.

Also, don't forget Sunday is Mother's Day. I suggest you indulge your Mom with extravagant and tasty foods and beverages - flowers if she's so inclined. I doubt I'll see either of my kids for Mom's Day, but husband is on the hook to take me out for brunch and a trip to the greenhouse for big hanging flower basket to liven up the front stoop. It's kind of a tradition. There's a slim chance I could get a surprise visit from my boy child - but I'm not holding my breath.

I always liked that story. Mary tells her son to do something. Jesus tries to throw down some Messiah smack but his mom ignores him, tells the servants to go help her son and the Son of God winds up doing what his mom told him to do.

"I'm the Son of God!"
"And I'm the Son of God's mother... go make some wine."

May 11th is the US coast Guard Acadamy. Interestingly, they alkso have that on a plaque somewhere inside the Polar Star icebreaker. The college is Howard University most likely. John the Baptist's mother was Elizabeth.

My mom's birthday is next week, so we'll be doubling up the mother's day and birthday thing. We've got a whole day planned. With a Train involved. It should be super fun.

Been super busy over the last couple weeks and will continue to be for a few more. Going through my dad's stuff (I've got boxes of old pictures in my guest room right now). Planning a funeral. Cross state planning (and paperwork) is more problematic than you might think. Add in a military plot (purchased like 50 years ago) and it gets more complex.

On top of that, this month I have a nephew who had his First Communion. A niece who's getting Confirmed in a couple weeks. A couple birthdays. Busy. I've got some friends from out of state in town this week who I haven't seen in years, and haven't been able to see them at all. So we're having a huge grillfest dinner at another friends tonight (I've got a few strips I'm bringing for my contribution. Maybe some beer too). That should be fun.

Another friend of mine had brain surgery this week. Apparently, a rare but not unheard of side effect of radio surgery (for elimination of her AVM) is cyst formation. She's had one growing for some time, and it was affecting her ability to speak. After about 8 months of going through various neurological testing (that's a whole story by itself), they finally figured out that they'd have to go in and drain the thing. Operation was a success. Her speech improved dramatically and almost immediately. She was allowed to go home yesterday, and is doing quite well.


So yeah. Busy.

Oh yeah, it's Mother's Day. I'll probably celebrate by doing laundry. Yee ha.

I kind of bought a parrot AR 2.0 drone because it was on sale very very much. So i've been using it to annoy the chiuahuah's next door all day. I will say the thing is stable, but much harder to fly than the conventionally controlled helicopters with a regular transmitter.

Thursday and Friday I spent helping with various decorations for the Maryland Faerie Festival. Today and tomorrow I get to be the Un Seelie Queen's Mother and give out presents to children that do the Queen's Quest. All of this while out in the woods staying in a cabin and getting 3 meals a day. Oh almost forgot that I get a T-Shirt too.

Down side is my ex is paying guest at the MDFF for the weekend too, so I have to be nice and not punch them in the mouth for making comments to my grand kids, that only (s)he thinks is funny.

so does that mean I won monies?

Hah! I don't believe for a second that you came up with those answers under your own brain power.

The seven of us in jeopardy club are carefully vetted for trustability. I'm tempted daily by the compelling power of the computer to just verify or remind me of correct questions.