Sunday, October 2nd, 2005: A few weekends ago, Jammie and I were buying kool-aid from a couple of kids at a kool-aid stand in a driveway. And these shifty little salesmen-in-training give us this catalog of stuff to buy along with a sheet that lists the name, address and phone number of everyone else that’s bought things from them. We look it over while they’re slowly getting the kool-aid. To amuse Jammie, I went down the list and pointed out everyone I know. ‘I went to school with this girl, oh and there’s the mayor of East Alton - look what he bought!’ etc.

As we’re driving towards home, eating donuts and drinking kool-aid, I tell her the story about the time I tried to use the mayor of East Alton’s credit card number to illegally purchase a laptop computer. This was a little over a decade ago. Then we pass an insurance place and I see the mayor’s name, Fred Bright, as an insurance salesman. I suddenly realize I must be wrong about using the mayor’s credit card number. My story loses all credibility and I feel like such a liar. But today, while looking at wunderground.com for the local weather report, I see Fred Bright’s name again in an advertisement. I do a few Google searches and I find out that Fred actually is both the mayor and an insurance guy. So see, Jammie? I wasn’t making it all up after all!