what do you get....

if you cross a chemical and a bicycle?

BIKE CARBONATE OF SODA.

Which Elizabethan Sailor could stop bikes?

SIR FRANCIS BRAKES!

Your reaction to those jokes--whether you rolled your eyes or laughed so hard you snarfed -- is because your brain is functioning properly. To continue operating as the incredible human being you are (with so many people that love you dearly), I IMPLORE you to wear a helmet while biking to protect your fragile brains.

stop thinking your hairdo is more imporant than your brain-do.

stop saying, "but I bike carefully" because accidents happen.

and I promise you won't develop an underbite from wearing a helmet.  pick a cool one!

WEAR A HELMET.  IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.

-time out-

“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words "make" and "stay" become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.”

-Tom Robbins, Still Life With Woodpecker

An eternal flame?

Some memories evoke big questions, like this one from 7 years ago.

1) Why did Amanda's family have so many of those lighters? (And scissors, but that's for another post)
2) Why were we so intrigued?
2.5) Where are Annie and Brian's teeth hiding in picture #2?
3) Why didn't we use this time to make an actual campfire somewhere and roast marshmallows that way?
4) What is the origin of the marshmallow?