Happy Thanksgiving 2009

selling products to lottery enthusiasts

I firmly believe this statement:

"The Lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math."

Since the state government runs the lottery, the government would therefore be the ones taking advantage of people. (But, they do that anyway.) However, if there are people to be taken advantage of, there will be more charlatans who step to the table and offer their advantage-taking services.

So, I stumbled across this book:



Wow.

Apparently, there's a simpleton market out there for this kind of product.

Right now, I suppose someone could be reading my blog post and are thinking to themselves, "I could use a book like this! But why did the man who wrote this blog call me a simpleton?"

Let me spell it out for you. The Lottery is a game of chance, where numbers are picked at random. It's impossible to know in advance what numbers are going to come up, there is no formula that can be devised which will predict these numbers with any accuracy.

A player buying a $1 ticket has a 1 in 146,107,962 chance of matching the exact six numbers needed to win the Powerball jackpot.
If you use the formula outlined in this book, your odds will be 1 in 146,107,962.
If you pick the numbers using a dartboard, your odds will be 1 in 146,107,962.
If you pick the numbers by throwing ping pong balls off a roof, your odds will be 1 in 146,107,962.
If you pick the numbers by writing a computer program to pick the numbers for you, your odds will be 1 in 146,107,962, and you should consider getting a job as a computer programmer.
If you pick the numbers with the assistance of a baby chimpanzee, your odds will be 1 in 146,107,962.

As a frame of reference:
Odds of dying from contact with hot tap water: 1 in 5,005,564
Odds of dying from ignition or melting of nightwear: 1 in 30,589,556

Still don't believe me? Good! I have a secret. The lottery isn't really random, they just fake all of that randomness. There really is a formula for predicting the lottery. It's a heavily guarded secret managed by the Illuminati and the Knights of the Templar and the Jews and the Masons and the lizard people, and I have learned the secret! Send me an email, and for $20, I'll tell you the next winning lottery number.

Need proof? Read this testimonial:
"I didn't think Brent's method would work, but I had nothing to lose. I paid Brent the $20, and 5 minutes later he emailed me back the powerball numbers to try. Now, I'm a Multimillionaire! Thanks, Brent! :)"
-Loretta from Bucksnort, TN

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"I also didn't think Brent's method would work, but I also had nothing to lose. I also paid Brent the $20, and 5 minutes later he also emailed me back the powerball numbers to try. Now, I'm also a Multimillionaire! Thanks, Brent! :)"
-Phyllis from Bugscuffle, TN

There's all the proof you need. Send me an email, or buy my book, "These are the numbers you, yes you, will win the lottery with!" which is way better than the book above. You can also purchase this in audiobook form, as well as the companion worksheet, computer software. Spend $50 or more from my online store and get a free t-shirt with your winning number on it.

Back to Work Random Thoughts

Recently, I went on a vacation that kept me away from work for over a week. While I was on vacation, I injured myself in a way that kept me away from work for another week after the vacation was over. On Monday, I went back to work after being off for 19 days, and on this day I had forgotten that I am supposed to shut off my brain when I go to my job, because thinking just makes the day last longer. I'll share some of the thoughts that were going through my brain during this time in this blog post.

While I'm not completely certain what caused my injury, I think I have a good idea. My wife and I were staying in a group lodge with an air hockey table. I was playing against my wife and the puck flew off the table and bounced off the back of my hand. Two days later, that spot began to swell.

As an overweight computer nerd who was never tough enough to play football, athletic enough to play basketball or coordinated enough to play baseball, I can finally add this to my life's resume': A SPORTS INJURY! I suppose you could claim that air hockey is about the lamest "sport" that one could injure themselves playing. (It's just sad if you can get hurt playing something you'd find a chuck-e-cheeze's, like getting a shoulder injury from skeeball, or a hurt wrist from playing the pop-a-shot.) I prefer to think of it as very manly. I'm willing to risk life and limb to acheive victory, nothing will stand in my way, I will be proven victorious in the battle of the air hockey arena. If we're playing pocket billiards, watch out! I'm playing to win and I will take you down.

When I made it back home from vacation, I went to see my sports medicine doctor. I say that like I had a sports medicine doctor. I really opened up the yellow pages, and picked someone at random who happens to be 5 minutes from my house. Most hand doctors are orthopedists, and most orthopedists operate out of an clinic with "sports medicine" in the title. So, I went to visit my Sports Medicine doctor, and while I was in the waiting room of the sports medicine clinic, I saw that it was me and 5 elderly people with bad hips.

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Results of today's political tracking poll: If the Presidential election were held today, 97% of respondants would be confused, because they're not aware that anyone was running yet. 3% unsure.

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wonders if knife-improvement researchers think they're working with cutting edge technology.

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All the kings men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again because All the King's Horses had the first crack at it. The lack of opposable thumbs just made things worse. At least to be rewarded for their trouble, the King's men were given breakfast omelets.

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How much wood could Chuck Norris chuck if Chuck Norris could chuck wood?

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How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck was in a wood chucking union?

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Yesterday, I went to the break room and I noticed a problem with the drink vending machine. Someone paid for an apple juice, which fell off the top row, and half-way down got wedged inexplicably between the row of diet Pepsi and the glass. (side note: is the plural of Pepsi still Pepsi? Pepsis sounds weird.) The apple juice was stuck in a way that looked very easy to un-stick, but it also looks like it shouldn't have gotten caught where it did in the first place.

When seeing this, I was faced with a choice, or a gamble. I could buy an apple juice and hope it dislodges the other one and hope they both fall down together and I'd get a free one. The other possibility is that my apple juice would fall on the other apple juice and be held by the same bond as the first one and I'd lose my money. I call this Vending Roulette.

In the end, I decided I'd feel guilty if I got someone else's apple juice, even if I didn't know who they were. They work where I work, so they can't be rich. To ease my conscience, I bought a Mountain Dew off the bottom row and by some fluke, it got stuck. Hmpf.

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If Freezer Queen was the monarch in my freezer, she would be overthrown.

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I go against conventional wisdom every time I buy eggs at the grocery store. I put the entire dozen of eggs in one shopping basket.

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Did you hear the joke about the used car salesman, the octopus and the Mac? I didn't either, but I bet it's really funny.

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You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you. That would also make you a psychic, a mind-reader, and accurate.

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Send you're loved ones to Pilcrow Meadows: The Assisted Living Facilty for retired proofreaders.

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In the bookstore, I saw a book about things they don't teach you in Harvard Business School. I jotted down a quick list of fiduciary topics that I suppose aren't taught in Harvard's Business School:

ⓍAmway
ⓍInvesting in collectible beer cans
ⓍGambling on cockfighting
ⓍHow to spill coffee on your lap and sue
ⓍBeating the game show "Press Your Luck"
ⓍSelling diet pills on Ebay
ⓍGetting a free Ipod by completing a few offers from our sponsors
ⓍCheck kiting
ⓍLocation! Location! Location! relating to panhandling
ⓍAuctioning off your virginity

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"The dog ate my homework" would be a valid excuse if the course was "cooking" and the assignment was "bacon."

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This fall on ABC: Detective Mike Rockmanor is a different kind of cop. He takes orders from no one and plays by his own rules.

Specifically, his rules are a modified version of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons version 3.5. Watch "Detective Dungeon Master" Fridays at 7:00.

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Surviving Pigeon Forge

I am an extremely introverted person.  However, every couple of years, or so, I store up all my willingnss-to-be-around-crowds-of-peopleness to visit Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, which one friend labeled the Sodom and Gomorrah of the south.  Gatlinburg is the Gateway to the Smokies.  That would make Pigeon Forge the Gateway to the Gateway to the Smokies.  In turn, Sevierville would be the Gateway to the Gateway to the Gateway to the Smokies.

Fun Fact: Johnny Cash's song A Boy Named Sue takes place in Gatlinburg.

So lets get started. The only way you can survive the area is to make yourself look forward to the Kitschy attractions, Hillbilly themed gift shops, a mixture of wonderful and terrible places to eat (sometimes you get both at the same eatery depending on when you go), an empty feeling in your wallet, and lots of people on the weekends.

I just got back from the area, and I survived. My purpose in life might be to document the area so as to serve as a warning to others. All of the pictures shown here are my pictures. Most were taken last week, but a small number were taken from my previous visit.



In Honor of Dolly Parton's years of service encouraging millions of vacationers to come to the Sevier County tourist destinations of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg and spend all of their money, they erected this statue in her honor in front of the county courthouse.



If you have car trouble, you might as well use the services of the people who construct UT fans out of old car parts.



Interesting premise. lackluster use of sign name covering the storefront. I could only imagine being able to purchase Slim Jim by the 50 ft. spool, but luckily I had a friend stop here. He got 4 ounces of Kangaroo Jerky for $15. I bet it has a kick.



A visit to the area is not complete unless you stop by the long-time favorite Apple Barn. It took until my 7th visit to make it here. Now, my wife and I had eaten at their Farmwood Restaurant and we agree it's our favorite place in the area to eat. But we'd never been inside the store before.

If you've ever wanted to buy apples, or other food products with apples as the main ingredient, or apple art, or decorative items shaped like apples, then the Apple Barn environs is the place for you. Then, you go inside and see the 20 shelves of apple butter and run away screaming.



If you view this photo full size, you'll see that in addition to Apple butter, they also sell Apple Jelly, Apple Jam, Apple Spread, Apple Salsa, Sweet Potato Butter, Pumpkin Butter, Fig Preserves, Blackberry Jam, Plum Jam, Rhubarb Jam, Red Pepper Jelly, Damson Jam, Muscadine Jelly, Scuppernong Jelly and Honey.



When you make the journey to the third floor, disappointment sets in, as they only have baskets for sale up there.



They also make apple wine. And to hold those wine bottles, you can also purchase a wine bottle holder, which comes in various styles, such as the racially insensitive drunk Jew, or the Species-ally insensitive drunk Mallard or Drunk Giraffe.



Quick Quiz: How much does a life size stuffed Reindeer cost in an all Christmas store in Pigeon Forge? Answer given after the next photo.  With my zoom lens, I was able to take a picture of the price tag.



A full size plush Reindeer costs $400. Santa, shown here, is down with that.



As an aside, I can't take a church seriously if they're named "Gum Stand." That, or if they put this message on their sign.



I finally had an opportunity to visit Hillbilly Village. I kind of got the impression that they were the first gift shop here and every other store opened up around them since the 1960's. I even found a "new" post card that literally had to have been over 50 years old.



This place is so inviting.



And, hey, they have a free Moonshine exhibit out back. This is the kind of place my parents would shelter me from as a kid. Thankfully, I'm an adult now, and can visit whichever backwards tourist traps I choose to. Unfortunately, the display was closed on this day. If you really have to see it, look here at Jacob's pictures.



Fortunately, the bathroom was open. If you can't read the sign behind the trough, it says: PLEASE stand close. A Lot of People in Tenn. go Barefooted.



In case you mistakenly thought Sea World was in the mountains, there's a motel for you.



Ack! I'm scared! The prices of the T-shirts in there were outrageous!



This hotel looks insanely expensive. I bet I got a lower rate getting our cabin on the mountain.



Southern Hospitality: even the KEEP OFF signs are warm and inviting.



Bear Smooch is selling well.



Embrace your inner pig.



best sign in town!



What every home needs. A taxidermy display of a mountain lion catching a game bird. It's cheaper than a life-size plush reindeer.



The candy shop is a favorite place to visit. I'll admit that candy legos are cool.



Who wants some Jalapeño Taffy?



They have an endless supply of Mary Jane, which in my opinion is the worst candy ever. That's a topic for another blog post.



This is the Taffy Pulling Engineer. If I posted this picture and called him a meat-market butcher, you would have believed me.



Pigeon Forge is not a weapon free town. They have a Patriot missile at the new Patriot Park.



They also have a two-story tall liberty bell.



If you are my friend and you pay $20 for this "Hillbilly Cell Phone," I would have to ask what is wrong with you.



If you ever wondered if a waterfowl would be scared of a large concrete octopus, I know of this miniature golf course where you can find out.



hitting the ball into the water is a bad idea.

There used to be a mini-golf course in Pigeon Forge where the owners had about 200 live bunnies as the only obstacles on the course. The story of how it shut down was quite tragic.



I'm not sure, but something about this seems racist.



I have nothing against Shoney's, but if you visit Gatlinburg, why would you eat at Shoneys?



Our vacation to Gatlinburg was going well until this dinosaur smashed through the building and ate and killed us.





This is a 400 year old Mayan Artifact. if it's not Mayan, maybe it's a 400 year old Incan relic. If it's not Incan, then maybe it was by some kid in wood shop.



I suppose this is the billionaire shark. All he needs is a monocle.



After seeing the skateboarding shark, I no longer consider the Ripley people as classy.



Does nobody at Ripley's management think an Aquarium with a seafood buffet is a bad idea? I have imagined this conversation at the Ripley's boardroom meeting:
Manager 1: How is the new Piranha exhibit coming along?
Manager 2: Fine, but we need to take down another exhibit to make room for them.
Manager 3: Our research shows that visitors don't look at the swordfish display anymore.
Manager 1: What shall we do with the swordfish then?
Manager 2: You know how last week we were looking for something to do in the banquet hall on Friday and Saturday nights?



Random autumn display in Gatlinburg. Fall Harvest with outhouse. If you've never taken an occasion to stop and ponder the nature of outhouses, pause for a moment and consider the purpose of the corn cobs at an outhouse.



Chocolate hair care kit, complete with mirror, brush, comb, hairdryer and rollers. This also costs less than a life-size plush reindeer, but the difference in cost isn't a big as you think it ought to be.



The best steaks come from bulls that eat fish in the wild.



There's a store in Gatlinburg where they take real Alpaca fur and turn it into...
1) Sweaters
2) Blankets
3) Pillows
4) Alpacas
The display model cost several hundred dollars, more than an actual alpaca, in fact.



At this international importer, according to oriental tradition, these 5 stalks bring wealth to their owner. Apparently, it's not effective as they have been marked down to half price.



It's a bit off the main strip, but who wouldn't want to spend the night at the Wa-Floy Retreat?



At World of Illusion, nothing has changed since 1982, and that includes the poster that draws you in. If you've ever been there, then you know that the incredibly mystifying grand illusion is wondering where the rest of their exhibits are hiding after you walked through the first hallway in five minutes.



I call this the Essence of Gatlinburg.

Contest Website Address Fail

Been to KFC lately, then you may have gotten one of these gamepieces.  The problem is, the website address listed is not a valid website name.  (You can't have a / between the www and the .com)  How many thousands of people are going to be mystified or frustrated when they can't figure out how to enter the contest?

P.S. By the way, it's really www.kfc.com/grand-a-day

three oddball fun facts: Hypnic Jerks and Personal Bubbles

My brother had a bunch of science magazines in the 70's and I read them as a kid. I was thinking about what I remember from those magazines and three things came to mind:

Does this ever happen to you: You're in bed and you've almost fallen asleep. Then, the next thing you know, you daydream you're walking and you trip over something or fall down, which triggers you kicking your leg up in the air. There's a name for that: it's a Hypnic Jerk.

In the rain forests of Africa, scientists found one of the largest trees on the planet and determined one was completely hollow. A scientist rappelled into it and found multiple species that had never been seen anywhere else, such as snakes and frogs that were albinos with no eyes.

Everybody has an imaginary bubble around them that makes their personal space. Usually, when someone who is not a close friend encroaches your personal space, it makes you feel uncomfortable. This bubble is not circular, but oval shaped, and men's ovals are different that women's ovals. If you are standing in a room, a woman would be willing to stand closer to you standing face to face, whereas a man would be willing to stand closer to you side by side.

A fraction of the Loretta Lynn Experience

If you've driven along I-40 through western middle Tennessee, then you've seen the signs for Loretta Lynn's mansion, museum, dude rance, cafe, campground, gift shop and flea market. 

If you're time is limited and can't make the 8 mile drive to Hurricane Mills, then you can catch 1/10th of the experience at the Loretta Lynn Kitchen, which is right off the Interstate and up the hill. You can't miss it.

The smaller dining room has a small bit of Loretta Lynn memorabilia, including a life-size mannequin. It's a fraction of the Loretta Lynn experience for none of the cost (unless you eat at the buffet.)



Located in front of the Loretta Lynn Kitchen right off I-40 is this fake bison and bench.  It's the perfect place for a family portrait.



This scares me in a soylent green kind of way.



I wonder if the eye lights up, or if it's just a reflector. I had to resist the urge to put my finger in the hole near his nose.



I bought a post card of her husband riding a jeep. I'm not sure why I bought it as it seems a near useless post card.

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Shot proliferation

This has nothing to do with basketball, guns, medicine or cameras.

Shots are everywhere these days.  Of course, it has always been a part of alcoholic establishments for those beverages so potent, you can take only an ounce at a time.

And then, Burger King came out with their "Burger Shots" only to be followed by the Steak-n-Shake's "Steakburger Shots."  I remember when burgers that size were called Krystals. (But of course, Krystals makes the full-size burgers now.)

But then, add to that a restaurant chain like Applebees and their Dessert Shots.  Two full ounces of Key Lime Pie served in a tiny glass!  What's not to like?  It doesn't cost as much to purchase,  the restaurant can claim they stuff extra-great flavor in a tiny package, and you're not going to get fat very quick.  What's not to like?  Oh yeah, it's eaten in 15 seconds and you're still hungry.

It's a by-product of our current economy.   Diner's can't (or won't) spend as much on their dinner. and even the finer places have to demonstrate they have food for the buget-minded.  Soon, I expect steakhouses to be trying this also.  Morton's Porterhouse Shots or Roth's Chris Filet Mignon Shots should be coming really soon.

If the trend continues as the way I expect, this usage of the word Shot will appear in our lexicon in the not too distant future, and not just with Strong Drink and food.  The word "shot" after another noun will be that noun, but in a smaller form.  It can take the place of prefixes and suffixes such as micro-, -ette and -oid

potential examples:

Joke one-liner = humor shots

Newspaper Headlines = news shots

Proverbs = wisdom shots

AIG employee bonuses after congress taxes them at 90% = bonus shots

Matches = torch shots

We could even have Blog Shots, but that already exists.  It's called Twitter.

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March McNugget Madness Mania

It's that time of year again!  Time for me to fill out my NCAA tournament bracket without knowing anything about the teams.  If you have the knowledge to pick between BYU and Ohio St. and you're not a fan of either team, you might have too many brain cells allocated to following college hoops.  Personally, I wouldn't know to pick Pittsburgh over ETSU except that Pitt is the 1 seed.

I think this will be the 4th year I've filled out brackets using a mathematical formula, each year refining it from the year before.  That formula has nothing to do with who the actual teams are, but their seed# and a random number generator.  I'm going to fill out my brackets using the formula (which is slightly revised every year) without looking at who the teams are, because on my formula, it doesn't matter.  In fact, I could fill out next year's bracket too, if I wanted.  It would be fun to win ESPN's million-dollar contest and tell them during my interview that I've never even heard of Michigan State.  The odds of me winning are very slim, of course, but I would be happy if I did better than average.  After I finish, and before Thursday, I'll update my blog with who I pick as the winners.  By running 5 brackets, one does very well and one does very poorly (like picking Purdue to win it all, or something like that.) 

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The bad habits you can satisfy at this store include:  

Tobacco 

Cold Beer! 

Fish 

Zippos for your smokes. 

Lotto tickets 

Slush Puppies

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McDonalds is now running a promotion they call "McNugget Mania" where you can purchase one or more McNuggets for 25 cents each.  I wonder how many people have gone throught a McDonalds drive thru and ordered only one McNugget.  I suppose most would do it as a prank, but I can imagine this conversation happens occasionally:

"I'd like to order one McNugget.  Could I get a Barbecue dipping sauce with that and a cup of water.  Payday is tommorrow, and I've got no money today.  I found 30 cents in my couch cushions and I gotta eat!"

When I think about it, one McNugget doesn't seem worth 25 cents, and 4 McNuggets don't seem worth a dollar when I compare it to other things on the dollar menu (such as the McChicken Sandwich).  However, 10 McNuggets does seem worth $2.50.  Here's the catch: On the menu (at least at the one closest to my house) a "10 Piece McNuggets" cost $3.70 - That's not the cost of the meal with fries and a drink, that's the regular cost of 10 McNuggets bundled together.  I suppose they are hoping enough people are bad at math to notice they are paying an extra $1.20 to get the same product.  You need to go and order them a la carte.

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Black Holes need better marketing.

"What happens in a Black Hole stays in a Black Hole."

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I opened my water bill from the local utilities company and found a shock:

Gallons used in Feb.     6994216

Gallons used in Jan.        9600

Service                  Charge

Natural Gas                172.50

Water service            18882.54

Sewer Service            17839.74

Stormwater Fee               3.47

Utility Tax               1841.05

Total Due                38739.20

Amount Due if paid late  42429.01

Drat, Now I need to find a way to come up with over $38,000 by Friday, or I'm going to owe and extra $3,500!

Seems like I would have noticed using 7 million Gallons of water.  I've got to change my lifestyle.  No more draining and refilling the pool every 6 hours.  I need to stop taking those 10 hour showers.  The question is if I could even use 7 million gallons in a month even if I wanted to.  Even if a pipe burst on the wrong side of the water meter, I think I'd notice the entire neighborhood starting to flood.

I called the utility office wanting to laugh about it with someone, but willing to argue if I had to, but the problem had already been corrected in their system, so that my water bill is, as usual, dwarfed by the Natural Gas usage.

random observations:

I'd never noticed that my Sewer bill was directly tied to my water consumption.  I didn't realize that I was charged for the water both coming and going.

...yet the bogus Stormwater Fee isn't.

Thats over $1800 that the city won't be getting in taxes from me.  I hope they didn't spend it already, but they probably did.

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You'd think the former Vice President would be remembered with more than just a lame bridge with a lame sign. Maybe this goes back 30 years when he was just the U.S. Congressman from this district.

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I have recently begun the process to refinance our mortgage.  With that in mind, it's time to clean up my credit report.  So, I went to the local public library to pay a 60 cent library fine.

In my change, I got a Hawaii Quarter.

Hooray!  I have finally accumulated all of the U.S. Quarters!  It was a painstaking process that began 10 years ago. (I even got my first Georgia quarter on my honeymoon!) I can now finally get on with my life.  King Kamehameha is personally bidding my set "Aloha."

So, I went to the U.S. Mint website to see what the 2009 quarter was going to look like.  Oh, the horror!  If you haven't heard, the Mint is continuing this process in to 2009 by including Washington D.C. (side note: Duke Ellington is on this quarter.  That's the first thing I think of when I think about D.C.) and all of the U.S Territories.  Now, my collection isn't complete until I can aquire the Northern Mariana Island quarter.  I'd never even heard of this place before now.

Remember those cardboard 50 state quarter maps you could purchase?  They cost $24.95 at Walgreens back in 1998, and then in about 2002 after the interest had died down, you could get one for $2 at a flea market.  I have one of those.  I filled it up.  THERE'S NOWERE TO PUT A NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS QUARTER!

If you haven't reached your fill of changing quarters,  The Mint is going to begin a 56 piece National Park quarter series.  This is in addition to the President Dollar series, the new "tails" to the Sacajawea Dollar, and a series of commemorative Lincoln Pennies. (Now there's a money maker!)

There was a time the U.S. Mint didn't change our coins very often.  Now they can't help themselves.

Fun Fact:  The Mint is going to spend more time minting William Henry Harrison quarters than he was actually president.

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And finally,

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the South!

 

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1960's Tennessee "Chuckle" Map

More proof that I do things that other people would find weird, I bought this old map using some of my Christmas gift money.



This map was apparently made in the 60's, although there wasn't a date on it anywhere. One person suggested it goes back to the 40s, but I say the 60's when looking at the population data on the back.

It's called a "Chuckle" map because it's covered with charming vignettes of different spots around the state. Examples include calling Monteagle the highest point between Chicago and Miami, singing "Irish Potatoes", Possum hunting, and the queen of the Memphis Cotton Carnival.  You wouldn't see something like this printed today because it's too politically incorrect and depicts us all as hillbillies.


   

This is the first time I've heard Tennessee called the Nation's most interesting state. I'd agree with that, although I'm biased. It was a tourism map printed and distributed by the state, although I guess there wasn't a department of Tourism then. Instead it was produced by the Division of State Information Department of Conservation.

As you can already guess, I scanned the whole map and if you'd like to see it, here's the link: (It's quite a large image file)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3312/3333683867_83d9ef2079_o.jpg



I also scanned the other side, with all the text. It's good if you're curious what was considered the top tourist spots back then.

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