Today I learned...

There are numerous manufacturers who sell hearing aids. Part of their job is to make people with a hearing loss want to buy their product, e.g. fun hearing aid colors, intriguing names, etc. Well, today I realized that one company stands out as far as creative name giving goes. First of all, their company name is Siemens. Okay, fine. I'll give them some credit; maybe it's the founder's last name or something. They probably didn't have any control over it. BUT! Second of all, out of all the other titles they could have given to one of their programs, they decided that the "Wiener filter" was the best fit! Yep, both pronounced like the male anatomy parts! I don't even want to know what the marketing crew was smoking when they came up with that one!

A funny joke.

After eating downtown, the following conversation took place between two good friends:

Friend 1: The homeless shelter is right there.

Friend 2: I really need to do service.

Friend 1: Not there.

Friend 2: Maybe there…

(Driving past a brick fire pit on the sidewalk…silence)

Friend 2: You know, why don’t homeless people just go get some hot dogs and roast them right there?

Friend 1: They don’t have the money to buy hot dogs…

Friend 2: Well, maybe they should save up a couple bucks to go buy some hot dogs at the grocery store instead of buying a pack of cigarettes!

You know, maybe that’s what I should do: gather up hotdogs and give them to the homeless. We can call it “Hotdogs for Homeless!”

(Outbursts of laughter filled the car. At that moment, nothing was more funny to those two friends.)

Spring.

According to the Weather Channel dot com, today's temperature reached a high of 47 degrees in SLC. I don't think you can understand how happy that makes me. My spirits were lifted as I walked around the Garden without the protection of a heavy jacket. Life is so much better when the sun can actually keep you warm! Winter, I beg you to leave.