2nd star to the right, straight on til Lexington

I''ll be in the beautiful bluegrass state one week from today! Within a few days of that, we'll all be together at the festival! It's so soon, and I'm sooooooo excited!

an elephant's memory....

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.

The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant.

Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter's legs, lifted him in the air, and then repeated slammed him against the railing until he was dead.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.



ps...just one week til i can tell you all bad jokes in person!

Dottie's first webcam audition (from Wunchabwes)

The Mormon and The Irishman

A Mormon was seated next to an Irishman on a flight from Green Bay.
After the plane was airborne, drink orders were taken.
The Irishman asked for a whiskey, which was promptly
brought and placed before him.
The flight attendant then asked the Mormon if he would like a drink.
He replied in disgust,
"I'd rather be savagely raped by a dozen whores than let liquor touch my lips.
"The Irishman then handed his drink back to the attendant
and said, "Me, too, I didn't know we had a choice."

a little concerned...

i know that some of you have been discussing doing gluten free meals (in my honor, haha), and i want you to know how much i appreciate the concern. please do not go to any trouble for me, i feel the need to bring my own food this year. it is not a matter of trust but a matter of ingredients. my diet has become extremely simple lately and the thought of deviating from what i know to work makes me very nervous. i hope no one takes any offense to this but i would rather worry about the size of the campfire than how i am going to feel the week(s) after the festival. lets all just have a good time.
thank you so very much-
josh

:)

Just a quick post to say how incredibly excited I am!! It's only 18 days until I will arrive in kentucky!!!! I can't wait to see all of you, and I'm extra excited that I'll have a little extra time this year! I'm already making lists and piles, so I know it's really soon! Plus, the time will just fly by since I don't have a day off between now and then lol!

coal dust

who's in charge of pirate flags? I have an idea.