While You Were at the Bar 5/5

Want to order a cerveza for Cinco de Mayo but don't know the protocol? Let me explain.

News you can use:

Sunday marked the one year anniversary of the terrible destruction of Greensburg, Kansas by a F5 tornado. President Bush was on hand to deliver the commencement address at the high school graduation and handed each of the 18 seniors their diplomas. Greensburg has been lauded for the town's commitment to rebuild 'green' with environmentally friendly products and buildings and clean energy. Now that's what I call 'when life gives you lemons, break out the tequila and salt'!

Saturday's Kentucky Derby proved Richard Dutrow Jr. correct in his prediction that Big Brown would be the winner. Sadly, the death of Eight Belles, a filly who gave 18 colts a sound whipping, will overshadow the win. The filly had to be euthanized immediately after the race upon the discovery that she had broken both of her front ankles. With a name like Eight Belles, I knew this had to be one bad ass filly. I was cheering for her all the way, holding her own against the boys... so sad, so sad.

This weekend a cyclone tore through southern Myanmar and hundreds are believed dead. The city of Yangon was hit for over ten hours, extending from Friday night to Saturday at noon. It is believed that this storm will send the already increasing food prices higher.

News you can lose:

Bill Clinton has apparently found his niche for campaigning for Hillary: small town America. President Clinton has hit the back roads campaigning in Indiana and North Carolina, mainly making stops in smaller communities that are thrilled to receive him. (Read this article and see if you don't get the 'looking down his nose' feeling from the author that I did...)

Word of the day:

Friday's WOD, ebullient, means overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited.

Due to the very unebullient response to sentence making, I am going to punish you severely and make you subject to my sentences. Every day. Please feel free to chime in your own sentence if you are feeling especially smartini.


The WOD for Cinco de Mayo is foofaraw. That's right, foofaraw. It means excessive or flashy ornamentation; also, a fuss over a trivial matter. So the sparkly outfits that the mariachi band wears as they accompany your burrito eating and beer drinking have foofaraw. Also, could sound like 'foodisraw' in which case would cause me to make a fuss over a not so trivial matter.