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First a reminder: May 20-26 is Safe Boating Awareness Week. A boat can be a lot of fun.
Especially if it floats.
May 21: Waiter & Waitress Appreciation Day. Some of us are old enough
to remember pre-computer days, when the expression “the server is
down” meant the waiter is depressed.
May 22: Buy a Musical Instrument Day. Different musical instruments
have their unique features. For example: The bagpipes — the only
musical instrument with a driver’s side airbag.
May 23: World Turtle Day. With no TEENAGE turtles. No MUTANT turtles.
No NINJA turtles. Just plain, ordinary turtley turtles. (One time I
snoozed on my back when I was wearing a turtleneck sweater. I got
stuck like that. I couldn’t roll over)
May 24: Escargot Day. “Escargot” (PRONOUNCED: ES-CARGO) is what you
call a snail when you eat it. “Blech” (PRONOUNCED: BLEK) is what you
say after you eat it.
May 25: Tap Dance Day. Do you ever wake up feeling like a tap dancer
in the canoe of life?
May 26: Dracula Day. The scary vampire novel was first published on
this date in 1897. I’ve always wondered: How do vampires say words
with the letter “V” without shredding their lips?
May 27: Sunscreen Protection Day. If you want to stay healthy, be
sure to put on sunscreen before going outside for a smoke break.
Finally a reminder, before it’s over: May was National Vinegar Month.
Some people don’t like the taste of vinegar. But in my opinion that’s
just sour grapes. You’ve heard it said — “You can catch more flies
with honey than with vinegar”. Actually, if you’re in the fly
catching business, there are things that are more effective than
honey or vinegar. But they smell darn bad.
More Calendar Quips next week!
Lent has just ended and if you observed it in any way, strictly or somewhere in the middle, you probably felt it. That slow shift in how you cook, what you reach for, and how often you stand in the kitchen wondering what else there is besides peanut butter and pimento cheese. But there is something about going through a season like that that resets your perspective.
You come out the other side appreciating things you did not think twice about before, and sometimes you discover a few new ones along the way.
As a kid, the frozen seafood we ate came in a rectangular box and answered to the name fish sticks.
They were breaded within an inch of their life, cooked until vaguely crisp, and served with enough ketchup to make you forget what you were eating.
They were not great. They were fine, which for a long time was about the best you could say for most frozen fish. And that stuck with me.
Read the full On The Table feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
See a shrimp ramen recipe (top photo) in On the Table this week.
Leading up to this primary election there have been lots of questions about the requirements to fill these positions, which are the only contested races in Montague County. The Bowie News review the Texas Association of Counties and state code in regard to requirements and ongoing educational requirements. Read the column in Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bellevue ISD will start at 10 a.m. on Friday
Gold-Burg, Forestburg and Prairie Valley will not have school Friday.
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Show us something good9 years agoCountry music star children perform in Bowie
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NEWS3 years ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
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