Soda Springs GeyserThe link is supposed to be to a video clip that I recorded earlier today when we were in Soda Springs, Idaho. I’m using the “add video” feature on the upgraded blogging software so I can see how this all works. In theory, you should be able to click on the link and somehow get to the video clip. If it doesn’t work, I’ll modify the blog entry. Update: It does work, however, the way I set up the movie you have to click on the movie title twice to actually see it.

Today is Saturday, my favorite brother‘s birthday, and the day before Mother’s Day. My FB (favorite brother) was born on Mother’s Day when we were living in Soda Springs many, many years ago. He’s older than dirt and I’m eight years older than him, so that makes me like really old. However, he’s not acting his age and has embarked on this new massive construction project that will probably take up the rest of the time he has available so that he’ll never put up another blog post … wait, he doesn’t put up blog posts now. I guess it won’t make much difference. If it wasn’t for twitter….

Today had another special significance. The Bannock County Landfill was free today. Free Trash Day == More Room In The Garage. That’s a big deal and I was quite happy to load up the backend of my Tracker and wait in line (both going to the landfill and coming back) to make my contribution to the archaeologists of the 25th Century.

This afternoon we made a quick trip to Soda Springs to take over a Mother’s Day present for my delightful mother and to set up dad’s new headsets for watching his new TV. Just in case anyone needs to know, there are instructions underneath his TV about how to turn the speakers on and off. Since he generally watches the TV with headsets on, the speakers are turned off so he can turn the sound up as loud as he wishes in his headset. When we left he was happily sitting in the chair watching the National Basketball Association news on ESPN. His beloved Jazz are down two games to one in the playoffs against the Lakers.

Isn’t it odd that the Jazz are in Salt Lake and the Lakers are in California, both teams a very long way from their original homes? The Jazz were originally the New Orleans Jazz and the Lakers were originally in Minneapolis (having moved there from Detroit). Neither the Jazz nor the Lakers changed their names when they moved across the country abandoning the few faithful fans back home. Money is king in this (and most other) sports. Except maybe Lacross … where the Pocatello team made the playoffs for the first time this year and promptly lost. It’s a building year…

Happy Mother’s Day!