Today I Learned The Following....

1. Mini Cooper drivers of the world have a secret club, into which you cannot be inducted until you, too, drive one of "their" cars.
Today I am driving around town, minding my own business, when I start to realize that there are people on both sides of me, inside their cars, waving hysterically.I just smiled. I don't deal in "strangers".
They drive off and it occurs to me that they are in a Mini Cooper, too, and apparently when you see another Mini, you wave. Hysterically.
So, I come home tonight, after this having occured once again on the ride home, and out of nowhere, the Mr. asks me if I am aware of this phenomenon. I was stunned, for it had happened to him, too. More than once, and as always, hysterically. He likes it. He's just that kind of guy. Not I. My hands are firmly planted at "10" and "2".

2. Bernie Madoff, my favorite little Ponzi schemer, attended my alma mater during his freshman year of college. I'm probably the last to know this, but I am totally intrigued by this fact. Other notable alums: Timothy Leary of 1960's counterculture fame, me, and Joseph Warrington.
Don't know him? Why he's none other than the President of Waterville, USA in lovely Gulf Shores, Alabama. And while his name does appear on Wikipedia in the notable alumni section, I feel certain he added it himself.
Screamin'Demon, here I come!! (http://www.watervilleusa.com)