Today I thought I would bounce around a bit and touch on a few different things. In a post earlier in the week I questioned the NFL as to why the Lambeau Leap was not excessive celebration. In response to that post a Green Bay fan replied that the Lambeau Leap was grandfathered in when the NFL instituted the excessive celebration rule. Well, I guess that settles the issue – if the Lambeau Leap was not excessive celebration it would not have to be grandfathered in.

Another earlier post highlighted some of our common sayings and where they started. Jack brought another one to my attention this week; In the years when Scotland was ruled by England, windows were considered a luxury and the English imposed a tax on them. As a result, many people boarded up their windows. Hence, the phrase, “taxing the daylights out of us.”

A couple of my favorite historical people are Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain. With all of the brouhaha going on in DC quotes from these two seem appropriate.

“My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.” – Thomas Jefferson

“No man’s life, liberty or property is safe while Congress is in session.” – Mark Twain

It is interesting the high regard that others had for Jefferson. Here is just one example; “It has been said the greatest volume of sheer brainpower in one place occurred when Jefferson dined alone…” John Kennedy

Another reminder about the Adobe hack. If you have an Adobe login and password you may want to check to see if your information has been compromised. You can check to see if your email address was in the group by going to http://adobe.cynic.al/ and entering your email address in the “Search Box” in the upper left of the page. If the response is that your’s was compromised – it will be easy to tell as it will come up in red vs. green if the address is not found – log into Adobe and change your password. You can find a more complete discussion on this issue at http://bit.ly/HHh3BW. Also, if you have used that password elsewhere you will want to change that also.

That’s it for today.