Photos to lighten your mood…Part Five

Fun Facts: Food & Drinks Part 9

At El Diablo restaurant in the Canary Islands, food is served with the geothermal heat from a volcano.

In China, you can buy baby Buddha-shaped pears. The farmers clamp a mold onto a growing fruit to get the shape. In addition to baby pears, a company called Fruit Mold manufactures heart-shaped cucumbers and square watermelons.

In Japan, Nestle has introduced over two hundred different flavors of KitKat since 2000, including ginger ale, soy sauce, creme brulee, green tea, and banana.

The lowest class of meat is called canner and comes from very old cows with little fat in their tough meat and is used in dog food.

There are so many different types of apples, if you were to eat a new one every day it would take you almost twenty years to try them all. 

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

No matter who tells you that a computer update will be simple…
IT WILL NOT BE.
Sheila Tolley

THE SPHINX—NATIONAL MUSHROOM MONTH

The Democrat-Socialist-Communist-Boot Licking Swine-Dung Beetle Scum won’t change their immigration policy until more of them are victims.

https://nypost.com/2026/09/12/us-news/gop-lawmakers-blame-sherrills-sanctuary-policies-after-ice-suspect-crashes-into-nj-mayors-wife/

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China is looking for trouble.

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/09/09/this-is-going-to-make-china-very-unhappy-n3818814

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Every million helps, ask Ilhan Omar ?

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/09/trump-unleashes-47m-on-midterms-after-months-of-gop-doubt/

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Will it pay off ?

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/09/09/investors-are-totally-stoked-about-this-new-rocket-n4957032

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SPORTS

Changes in the top ranked college teams are here.   Vanna White could have bought an O cheap.   Oregon, Oklahoma, and Ohio state all lost.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings

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They made their own messes, like the WNBA.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49884885/big-ten-expanding-access-replay-reviews-football-tv-broadcasts

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49880780/us-senator-slams-sec-stupid-threat-expel-lsu

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War. 

Maybe the Houthis will wake up.

https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/09/09/houthis-reeling-under-government-attack-n2206692

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California justice.

https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-sekulow-and-jordan-sekulow/2026/09/11/aclj-defends-professor-and-former-trump-lawyer-john-eastman-from-politicized-disbarment-n2682837

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Our multimillion dollar fraud of the day.

https://townhall.com/news/scott-mcclallen/2026/09/12/physical-rehab-company-owner-faked-doctors-services-to-bilk-health-plans-n2682885

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The Fungi Editor:   Do you know what is honored this month, LL ?

The Catnip Reporter:   I think it is mushrooms, but I lose track after a few snorts of catnip.   Here is some information on mushrooms.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=National%20Mushroom%20Month&FORM=

https://rrcultivation.com/blogs/mn/exploring-the-role-of-mushrooms-throughout-history?srsltid=AfmBOoomYZAdnOFc8-X618vFVtFXrnSjmbkqK3-TQkMWK6Iu_vNqpH9V

Psychedelic mushrooms can be very dangerous.

https://www.psychodelicroom.pl/en/golden-teacher-psylocybin-mushrooms-benefits-and-risks

It’s party time.

https://theonion.com/ai-strategist-suggests-calling-data-centers-computer-parties/

https://www.bbc.com/news/england/london

You go, Tim.

https://babylonbee.com/news/tim-walz-to-head-up-vikings-cheerleader-squad

https://hotair.com/