Tales of the unbelievable

First off, hats off to Just South of North writer Brandon for graduating from Eastern Washington University this past weekend. Yeah, believe it or not, they actually gave him a diploma. And I saw pictures to prove it. So, all you doubters, pay up.

Thousands showed up to Woodward Field to watch Brandon. Yes, they were only there for him.

But a place where nobody showed up was to the ballot box in Pillsbury, North Dakota. The town was having an election and no one showed up.

The mayor, Darrel Brudevold said the low turnout is unusual.

"I dare say a half-dozen people usually make it to the polls," he said. That represents about a quarter of the residents in the Barnes County farming community, in southeastern North Dakota.

Wow! Six whole people usually come to the voting. And my guess, they are all relatives of the mayor. Sounds like the town I grew up in.
Because no one showed up, not even the Mayor to vote for himself (he said he had crops to tend to that day) it will now go to the state election officials with what to do next.

I demand a recount!


In Colorado, people can now purchase scratch-n-sniff lottery tickets. The tickets came out today and come in three scents: chocolate, bouquet and coffee.

Lottery officials say the scents are activated when players scratch off the latex on the tickets' play area, since that area is covered in scented ink.

I say the smell should be based on how much you win. If you loose (like you usually do with scratch tickets) it should smell like poo.

Plus, poo scented lottery tickets have got to help stop gambling.


The popular game, Sudoku has called a trial that has been going on over three months to be aborted.

In Sydney, Australia the drug trial was called when it was found that for most of the trial jurors had been doing Sudoku during the hearings.

Four to five jurors had been playing the addictive number sequence game, local media reported. The judge was alerted after some of the jurors were observed writing their notes vertically, rather than horizontally.

Have you ever seen 12 angry men starring Henry Fonda? Yeah, this was nothing like that. Horrible analogy. I apologize.


Coldplay is back on tour. I saw them once while working at the White River Amphitheater in Auburn, Washington. That was an amazing show.

That was probably the best summer job anybody could have. Stand around and get paid to watch concerts.