It is Sunday, January 17 and there are only 343 days until Christmas.  Now is the time to start shopping because there are all kinds of bargains being offered.  Today we remember the birthdays of Philip the Bold, Benjamin Franklin and Nevil Shute.  On this day in 1773 Capt. James Cook became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle, in 1861 the flush toilet, with separate water tank and pull chain, was patented by Thomas Crapper and in 1969 the debut album of Led Zeppelin was released in the US.  In Poland it is Liberation Day and tomorrow it will be Lee-Jackson Day in Virginia and Martin Luther King Jr Day in the US.

I really do not have much of anything for you this week.  The lovely Elaine is still in the hospital and I have been spending my time with her.  There is one thing I did notice in the hospital.  In the entry from the parking lot, they have one of those solar powered trash cans.  The only problem that I can see is that the can is indoors and does not receive any sunlight.  H-m-m-m-m.

I am sorry that I do not have more for you, but this past week has been a bit stressful.  I will try to do better in the coming week.  I hope you will visit again.

This week our fact tells us that the average ear of corn has 800 kernels arranged in 16 rows.  Please let me know how many of you at least counted the rows to see if this is true.