Social Blue Moon Cantina. A Fresh Start for 2024.....

Which one? "Your A Mean One, Mister Grinch" or "Let it Go". Years ago, the second Thanksgiving we lived here in Virginia, my mom's best friend and her young daughter were visiting us. Me and my sister, Obi-Han, took the youngling to see the Ron Howard Grinch film. We thought it was okay, the original was better, and still is.

 

It usually is. Especially with Dr. Seuss

 

Kids books can be strange. I remember discussing The Giving Tree with my wife. An awesome book. Until you realize, the kid is one greedy SOB.

 

*Sidles in quietly and orders a Lomin Ale*.
To 19 years and earning a nervous breakdown award. Cheers.

 

A Gargleblaster over there, a Lomin Ale in here... you're cut off!

 

Cut *hicc* cutoff? Why whaddaya mean?

 

You repeating yourself Addie?
Good morning folks!

 

And not the first time you're from my future. 7am here. We need a member here from Kiribati so you have someone before you!

 

I don’t know, but it’s a safe bet what their favorite dinosaur is

 

Probably some high-profile nut wanted to be first or associate their time zone with another non-descript Pacific Island and the person drawing the line shrugged and said "OK." I'll see if I can look it up.

Edit: And, here we go...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/world/asia/international-date-line-pacific-ocean.html

 

Because one island didn’t like their cousin being temporarily far away

 

Well, I mean, there's so many itty bitty islands in the Pacific, it's hard to to. You're gonna bisect some "country" with a straight line. Read the whole article. It's full of strange examples of countries going back and forth. If they did it in the Atlantic, they could have done a fairly straight line.

 

Thursday is trivia night here, and my team won 50 points for best Halloween costumes, which was enough to put us in first place for the evening. The swag was good tonight too, a $50 gift certificate to the restaurant where we play. Next week we're gonna get all the appetizers.