Forgotten History.....Hmmm, I Wonder!

History will never let us forget King Arthur, Camelot, the Round Table, or the 12 Knights who resided around it. We see references to him almost on a daily basis. Bakers may be familiar with King Arthur Flour. Not quite sure why it is called King Arthur flour. Their website doesn't mention it. I don't think the jolly olde king was in the milling business. I don't really think he spent his time making popovers for the all of the bashes at Camelot either. I suppose the name is intended to make us harken back to the luxury of baked goods as only a king could enjoy them. Yumm...1500 year old bread and cookies; makes my mouth fairly water as I type.

Fast forward to the early 1960's and America was ushered into a new era of Camelot. This is when John F. Kennedy was elected 35th President of the United States. Only we didn't know it at the time. Only after President Kennedy's funeral was his 1000 day presidency associated with Camelot. This being in the December 6, 1963 issue of Life in an essay written by Theodore White.

We all know about King Arthur and his famous Round Table where upon he and his legendary knights sat to do what knights do when sitting at a round table; eat, drink, and be.....chivalrous. Bet you thought I'd say "Merry"! I am certain that many of you can name several of the knights; such as Lancelot, Galahad, Gawain, and Gareth.

But, history little notes those knights that were never selected to sit at the Round Table. There are still traces of them to this day however, in science, medicine, math, and many other areas of daily life. For example:

• Sir Cadian - The knight with rhythm
• Sir Cumference - The largest of the prospective knights
• Sir Culate - The knight that got "around"
• Sir Cumcise - Ahem, I'll leave this one alone!
• Sir Loin - The butcher
• Sir Rhosis of Liver - The town drunk

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Wham-O, Just Because I Like the Way It Sounds

Slept late. Tested my blood sugar and it was 160. YIKES!!! It happens most of the time after a birthday party. I didn't really party, I just stayed up late and ate later than normal.

Yesterday afternoon Julie got a brilliant idea. "Let's go to Toys-R-Us and buy a Slip-N-Slide for Jace." So we packed up and went to Toys-R-Us in Waco. Pitiful. Pitiful. Now understand, for whatever reasons, I just don't like going to Toys-R-Us. Maybe it's the prices. But the store in Waco seemed half stocked. Maybe they did a bang-up business the day before we came! I don't think so. It just seemed that they weren't doing very well; but I digress. No Slip-N-Slides. Nada, nothing. We looked at shoes for Jace. Nothing worth a toot!

My Mother never could say "Toys-R-Us" the right way. She always called it "Toys-For-Us". Oh well!

After Toys-R-Us we headed to Target. BINGO. A shelf full of Slip-N-Slides. And cheaper too. Julie bought the Slip-N-Slide. Chris and I bought shoes for Jace, supplies for my classroom, and a host of other things.

We brought the loot home and Julie got to work on the Slip-N-Slide. And waited. And waited. And waited. Finally, Scott, Jess, and Jace came over. Jace and Julie slipped and they slid. They got wet and they made a mess. It got dark, I went inside. I watched the "Music Man" and sang along. Fortunately no one else was inside to listen.

Did you know that Meredith Wilson wrote the "Chicken Fat" song? Yeah, and Robert Preston sang it. It's interesting, the song was commissioned by President Kennedy for his big push on physical fitness.

After the movie I stepped out on the back patio to watch fireworks. After a few minutes I came in and watched them on TV. After the fireworks I watched an Alfred Hitchcock interview on the Dick Cavett Show. It was recorded, not live. Very good though.

It was a good 4th of July!
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