Happy! Happy!

House Fresh conducted a study to find out which American city had the most happy citizens.

The winner was Concord, California, just south of San Francisco.  The next four cities in order were Provo, Utah, Knoxville, Tennessee, Charleston, South Carolina and Mesa, Arizona.

Concord was also cited as the "smilingest" city in the U.S.

Distant Relative?

Harper's Weekly Review reported: "Scientists announced that an ancient creature resembling a wrinkly, baggy sac with no anus was not an ancestor of human beings."

I sure am glad of that!

Shine on, harvest moons!

NASA scientists have determined that the jumbo planet Jupiter has at least 50 moons.  The four largest are named Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.  These moons were first observed by Galileo in 1610.

The James Webb telescope just provided a good viewing of two tiny moons, Amalthea and Adrastea.

A couple of years ago, Elaine and I went on a trip to NASA and were able to watch them work on the super telescope.

It sometimes scares me to read about the telescope getting data "close to the beginning of our universe."  What's next?  Will we soon be able to see the beginning of creation?  Suppose we find out that we just live on an atom that is included on a lace for a giant's boot?   Or?

Marriage (an American Legion Joke)

A husband and wife were reading a magazine and newspaper when she burst out laughing.  

"Listen to this," she said. "There's a classified ad here where a guy is offering to swap his wife for a season ticket to the stadium."

"Hmm," her husband replied, not looking up from his magazine. Teasing him, the wife asked, "Would you swap me for a season ticket?"

"Never," he said.

"That's sweet, tell me why not."

"The season is more than half over."

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