Ok, firstly I haven't been sleeping that great lately. There isn't really
any cause for it, it's just that I'm waking up in the morning feeling very
unrested.
So yesterday I went and read
Dangerspouse and
I thought it was just so funny so I had to share it. When Hubby came home
I told the tale to him, the kids were listening in. All of them thought it
was one of the funniest things they'd heard in a long time. It had us
laughing. Of course we were laughing at Dangerspouses pain, or more
acturatly Casey's pain. Sorry pup.
This week I've been doing pretty good in the new diet and workout program of my life. My tummy is sore. My thighs are sore. My arm is sore. That's a good thing, right?
And then Hubby calls me up the other day and tells me he can get tickets
through his work for the circus that's in town for the weekend. Yup,
that's right, we're heading down to the Circus this weekend. Yes, there
shall be lots of pictures taken of my children enjoying themselves at their
first real circus. Sure, they've gone to the Shriners circus a couple of
times, but that's nothing in comparrison with the bigger real McCoy.
Which leads me to a little Black History, I know I'm a little late for Black
History Month but hey I've been busy. Well not really but I have
been lazy!
Elijah McCoy (1843�1929) The son of
former slaves who escaped via the Underground Railroad, at 15 years of age
Elijah McCoy traveled to Scotland where he trained in mechanical engineering.
McCoy returned to the United States, where he was denied engineering employment
because he was of African descent. He instead took a job as a railroad fireman
(the person who put wood into the furnace).
At that time, locomotives needed to be shut down periodically to be lubricated
to avoid overheating. McCoy developed the �lubricating cup� for steam engines.
This invention kept the locomotives constantly lubricated, preventing frequent
stops and overheating, and increasing the profitablity of railroads. He patented
the lubricating cup in 1872. It worked so well that Machinists and engineers who
wanted genuine McCoy lubricators began to use the expression "the real McCoy" to
request his specific product. This is obviously where the saying "The
Real McCoy" spawned from.
The "Lubricating Cup" represents the most profitable of his more than 58
patents, which included a folding ironing board and an automatic sprinkler.
10:52 a.m. - March 02, 2006
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