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At the end of Friday’s airing of Jeopardy!®, Ken Jennings has appeared thirty-eight consecutive times, accumulating $1,321,660. He broke the one day record Friday, earning $75,000 in one show. He will not appear for another six weeks, because the program is running some celebrity or bogus special.

Please join me in circling Monday, September 6 on your calendars. It’s Labor Day, so please check your local listings for air time. I really hope there’s not some stupid parade to cancel or postpone local airings.

People at work were trying to set up some sort of pool to estimate Ken’s [note that I decided to make his first name possessive in an attempt to dodge a potential possessive error] total winnings, but now since we won’t know until September 6 at the earliest, that is way past the pickle-picking season – half of the migrant staff will be gone. If you are interested in joining the Cult of Ken Jennings, please visit here.

This week was pretty busy with extra things going on. Wednesday was another Toledo Bar Association outing for summer clerks & new associates. We went to the Toledo Mudhens AAA baseball game. I guess it’s been ranked one of the best ballparks or teams, or something. According to the bag I received when I bought my cap, the Mudhens are “The Most Popular Team in Minor League Baseball”™. I know I am key-happy to recognize ® & ©, but the logo is really trademarked. Honest.

The game was great . . . except that the Mudhens played the Syracuse Chiefs or Skychiefs or something. Fortunately, there was no native mascot.

As you know, I e-mailed the Google Ads people that one Thursday night, and I e-mailed them again over that weekend in regards to the link that advertised shipping foreign labor. The last I heard, my e-mails were being forwarded to Google's "team of specailists for further investigation." Visiting other people’s blogs, however, I noticed that the advertisements are generated by the writing in the blog. A’s blog, for example, has coffee advertisements all the time, and what does A write about? – coffee. Of course my advertisements are going to be race-generated! Thus, in an attempt to ensure race-based wage slavery advertisements are never again shown on a website maintained by me, I have decided to avoid discussing all issues connected with race & ethnicity.

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Okay, enough of that.

Anyway, things at work are smooth. That same crew-leader who beat up a worker & his wife has struck again: this time he beat a worker up with a gun. Unfortunately, the worker has fled for fear of another strike, and all proof of the incident left with him. I am sure the crew-leader threatened an immigration call if the worker ever showed up again. Oh, justice.

S, a fellow law clerk, hosted a summer ice cream social Saturday afternoon, which continued into the night. All of the ice cream contained organic ingredients, and it was beyond delicious. What would an outing be without illegally gambling in Euchre & this new dice game I learned, I think called “Roll or Bust,” or something. It was a sure sign that the summer was coming to an end, and that classes will again be upon us soon enough.

Avid readers of my blog will recall my nomination for the song of the summer, Kevin Lyttle’s "Turn Me On". Well, it looks like Fremont, Ohio has finally caught on to the national trend, as I have heard it a few times in the car now. Of course, the local DJ’s are saying, “And brand new off his recent album . . . Kevin Lyttle . . . here FIRST on 92.5 FM, your hit station serving Ottawa, Seneca, and Sandusky Counties!” With such a grasp on national culture, I have recommended to the Fremont City Board Council that the city change its motto from “Fremont, Ohio: Where Great People Live” to “Fremont, Ohio: Only Three Weeks behind the Rest of the Nation.” Then again, “Fremont, Ohio: If you don’t have cable TV, God Have Mercy” also has a nice twist.

I headed over to Freddy’s Laundromat again, and I think it is turning into my favorite place in Ohio – the people are incredibly nice, and every time I go, I engage in the best conversations. This week, I met two men in their 60s, one originally from Kentucky, and one originally from Fremont, but lives in North Carolina. He is in Ohio to bury some family members. Of course, we talked about politics, and their discontent with the Bush Administration. Although they said they identify as Republicans, they are incredibly displeased with the handling of the War in Iraq, and they hope for Kerry to win. Some harsh words were said in regards to how the government treats veterans of the armed services. They vowed that serving in the armed forces is a great way to help alleviate modern racism and prejudice, claiming it worked for them. There still may be hope.

A brief clip from Johnny Dakota's house:

Random Girl: Your arms are so firm.

Screech: That's my elbow -- I work out.