You know those little blue thingies that you drop in the toilet tank so you don’t actually have to scrub the toilet and no one can tell whether it’s clean or not because the water is darker than the inside of a black cow? (Only it’s blue.) Even though these are likely the handiest “cleaning” product, quite possibly created for the underorganized homemaker, we’re not supposed to use them. Plumber’s orders.
Apparently, the stuff dissolves into a goopy slime that actually causes the toilet’s inner workings to deteriorate. Then your toilet won’t flush. Then you have to stop what you’re doing, drive to Wal-Mart, buy a toilet kit, go home, and try to figure out how to put the stuff in the package into your toilet (correctly) so your toilet can flush again. Or, you can call a plumber. Which is what the janitor at our office did, and which is how I learned this handy tip.
Our plumber is a nice, honest, hard-working guy, and I figure most plumbers are, too, so I hope all the Joe-the-Plumbers out there aren’t angry with me for sharing this tip. But I’m sure you plumbers have enough other work to do without having to stop and rescue toilets of underorganized housekeepers.
Now here’s a tip from me: Buy a toilet that is so ultra-cool that guests and even family members will be distracted by the ultra-coolness of the toilet (see distraction suggestion pictured above) instead of snooping to see how clean it is. (Or isn’t.)
Article written by Linda Fulkerson
I signed up for the Blog 365, where we’re challenged to blog every day (except leap day) of 2008. So far, I’d had perfect attendance. But I didn’t blog yesterday. We lost our Internet connection when a squall line of deadly tornado-producing thunderstorms swept across our state and moved on into Tennessee and Kentucky. I hope I’ll get an excused absence from the Blog 365 powers that be.
Thirteen from Arkansas are confirmed dead, with dozens in the hospital. Nearly 30 were killed in our neighboring state of Tennessee. My daughter, a student at Lipscomb University in Nashville, spent several hours (at two different times) in the bowels of the science building while killer storms surrounded the city. After over 50 students at Union University in Jackson, Tenn., were injured, some trapped in their dorms, Lipscomb evacuated every dorm room as the storm system approached Nashville.
Our county suffered two losses. The town just west of us, Atkins, had at least three fatalities, and Clinton to our north, had wide-spread damage and at least one loss of life. Please keep all those who suffered loss of friends, family, and/or property in your prayers.
Article written by Linda Fulkerson
The Arkansas Razorbacks took down two ranked teams this week, posting an impressive 20-point win over (No. 25) Mississippi State and chomping the (No. 20) Florida Gators 80-61 in a match where at one point, the Hogs held a 30-point advantage. The back-to-back beatings put the Razorbacks in a first-place tie (with Mississippi State) in the SEC Western Division.
Arkansas was the early favorite to win their division, but turnover troubles left them with losses against teams they should have been able to defeat. They seem to have that situation under control, evidenced in the Florida game where they had just 3 turnovers during the first half.
Article written by Linda Fulkerson
Phil’s official forecast as read 2/2/08 at sunrise at Gobbler’s Knob:
Here Ye! Here Ye! Here Ye!
On Gobbler’s Knob on this fabolous Groundhog Day, February 2nd, 2008
Punxsutawney Phil, the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators,
Rose to the call of President Bill Cooper and greeted his handlers, Ben Hughes and John Griffiths.
After casting a weathered eye toward thousands of his faithful followers,
Phil consulted with President Cooper and directed him to the appropriate scroll, which proclaimed:
“As I look around me, a bright sky I see, and a shadow beside me.
Six more weeks of winter it will be!”
Article written by Linda Fulkerson
Would be to become the CBO (Chief Basketball Officer) of Fans for the next year. In addition to the $100K annual salary, job perks include:
- a private jet to take me to my favorite conference tourneys
- VIP treatment at the elite conference tourney finals for my official introduction ceremony
- a new Alltel Hue by Samsung with changeable faceplates
- unlimited free calling to anyone, anywhere, at any time from Alltel Wireless (somehow I feel as though I’ve already paid Alltel enough to rate this one)
- bragging rights to my friends & family that I have the “coolest job ever”
Requirements for the job are:
- Registering for a free membership to FanU.com (Done)
- A love of college basketball (Check)
- An infectious personality that would make for a great CBO (no problem there)
The only thing now is to complete each week’s challenge & rack up as many points as possible on my FanU account. Then I can kick back and enjoy all the games I want.
Speaking of college basketball, a huge congrats goes out to the Arkansas Razorbacks upon their victory over Mississippi State, who entered tonight’s match undefeated in conference play. The Bulldogs still top the SEC Western division at 5-1, and the Hogs are next in line at 4-2.
Woooooooooo…Pig, Sooie!
Article written by Linda Fulkerson
