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My guess is you’re like Matt and I, you’re wanting something new and different to eat for dinner.  How would you like it easy and fast too?  We looked through Matt’s mother’s recipes and found the “Impossibly Easy Cheeseburger Pie” which Matt has made plenty of times before and it’s great. We saw a twist to that recipe on the Betty Crocker website,  the “Impossibly Easy Taco Pie.”  

Basically, you brown some ground beef and onions, add taco seasoning mix, spread into a pie plate, top with diced green chiles and pour Bisquick mixed with milk and eggs over the top and bake. 

It was easy to prepare and clean up was a snap. You can find more details on this recipe and many other tasty dinner ideas at Bettycrocker.com.

We all like a good, hearty breakfast.  But this is no way to start the day.  First, it’s more than 1,000 calories, of which nearly 600 calories come from fat.  The cholesterol in this one meal is 231% of what you’re supposed to take in for an entire day!  No wonder they call it the “All Day Breakfast.”

Before you run to the freezer section at your nearest grocery store, read this hilarious review of the “Worst Breakfast Ever.”

A New Jersey Township committee proposed to put a limit on how many times a dog can bark before it becomes a crime. The proposed ordinance would make it a noise violation if a dog barked, four times a minute for over ten minutes, or two barks per minute for at least a half an hour.  “The Star Ledger” reports after an outcry from local residents, who question how this ordinance would be enforced and feared it would pit neighbor against neighbor,  the committee has dropped this proposal to work on a compromise.  Montgomery Township is not alone in dealing with the issue of barking dogs. Over 170 municipalities in New Jersey alone have dog barking regulations.

- You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on you.

- No one may stand on the sidewalk on the 500 block of Illinois Ave in Carbondale.

- You may not pee in your neighbor’s mouth.

- Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.

- It is illegal to give a dog whiskey.

- It is considered an offense to attempt to have sex with one’s dog.

- In the Pullman area, it is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting on the curb.

1928 - MGM released their first talking picture, “White Shadows on the South Seas.”

1955 - Marilyn Bell, only 17 years old, became the youngest person to swim across the English Channel.

1971 -  Apollo 15 astronauts James Irwin and David Scott spent two hours traveling five miles in their dune buggy on the surface of the moon. They became the first men to ride in a vehicle on the lunar surface. 

1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley announced they had been married eleven weeks prior.

2000 - Intel Corp. introduced the fastest computer chip on the market, at the time, the Pentium III.

1898 - Corn Flakes were invented by Will Kellog.

1956 - The U.S. national motto, “In God We Trust” was adopted.

1975 - Former union president Jimmy Hoffa went missing, he was declared dead in 1982.

1999 - The horror film “The Blair Witch Project” opened in theaters.  The low budget film cost only $60 thousand to make but grossed over $80 million in two weeks.

- Riding a merry-go-round on Sundays is considered a crime.

- You may not fish on a camel’s back.

- It is illegal for a man to give someone a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.

- Residents may not fish from a giraffe’s back.

- Bicycles are not allowed in the tennis courts.

- A person may not be seen in public without a smile on their face.

- You may not camp out on sidewalks in the city.

One really cool thing the hotels offer is to have your wedding available to view on the internet.  Cashman Professional Webcasting is one of the major videographers in Vegas.  They are used by the Flamingo, Stratosphere,  Imperial Palace, Rio, The Venetian,  Luxor, MGM Grand, and Mandalay Bay, just to name a few.  I have watched a lot of the videos they have done,  and I am impressed enough that I will be using them for my wedding.  The weddings are available to view by your family and friends live, or up to 3 months afterwards.   The bride and groom will also receive a DVD of their special day. To check out some of the weddings they have done go to http://webcasting.cashmanpro.com. 

- Billboards are outlawed.

- All residents may be fined for not owning a boat.

- Coins are not allowed to be placed in someone’s ear’s.

1907 - The Boy Scouts were formed in England by Sir Robert Baden-Powell.

1914 - The first transcontinental phone call was made between San Francisco and New York.

1954 - “Tonight” premiered on NBC, orginially hosted by Jack Parr. When Parr left the show, it was renamed, ” The Tonight Show.”

1974 - “Mama” Cass Elliott, of The Mamas and the Papas, died of a heart attack at the age of 32.

2000 - Actor Brad Pitt and actress Jennifer Aniston married.

2006 -  Bloggers Matt and Marnie tied the knot.

1868 - The United States Department of Education was formed.

1933 - The first singing telegram was delivered.

1951 - RKO released Disney’s film “Alice in Wonderland.”

1973 - Lee Majors of T.V’s “Six Million Dollar Man” married T.V bombshell Farah Fawcett of “Charlie’s Angels.”

1998 - Monica Lewinski was granted full immunity in exchange for her Grand Jury testimony in the investigation of President Bill Clinton.

- All sex toys are banned.

- It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body that is inside a funeral home or in a coroners office.

- Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.

- Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.

- Signs are required to be written in English.

- All citizens must own a rake.

- Goldfish may not be given away to entice someone to enter a game of bingo.

- Unmarried couples may not commit “lewd acts” and live together in the same residence.

- Doors of all public buildings must open outwards.

- Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.

- A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine,  and/or jailing.

- If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.

- Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless dress.

- It is illegal to sing in a public place while wearing a swimsuit.

- Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.

- You may not fart in a public place after 6 PM.

- Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.