The Lemmertorium

I found out something new at work today. Today is the official Tribal Native American Day. Why Tribal you ask? Well, there are 2 “Native American Days“. The first is on October 12th. The perceptive among you will note that in most parts of the country October 12th means Columbus Day. While he was a great explorer and navigator, his governing of new world colonies led to the enslavement and slaughter of natives. The state of South Dakota officially recognizes October 12th as Columbus Day. The second is the official tribal Native American Day. It is celebrated on June 25th.

The most interesting point of this day is the historical event that caused this day to be tribal Native American Day. What event is that? Make a guess. You’ve all heard of the incident but I’m sure you don’t know the date or any specific details.

The reason June 25th is celebrated as Native American Day is because it’s the anniversary of Custer’s defeat at Little Big Horn.

[tags]Little Big Horn, Custer, Native American Day[/tags]

I’m in a bit of a silly mood, so I thought I’d brag about my new credit card.  Everyone in Valentine knows that the cheapest gas is at the Sinclair station by the Rosebud Casino.  It’s on the highway between Valentine, where we live, and Mission, where we work.  It’s become our haven fuel during the work week.

Well, being the financial wizard that I am, I decided to take advantage of this by ordering a couple of credit cards since using them will cut 7% off the top of our gas purchases.  Now, the greatest thing about these cards is not their money saving potential, but the fact that they have a herd of brontosauruses in the picture.

As you might imagine, Lacey is not near as exctied by this as I am, but what does she know?  I’m more than happy to sport dinosaurs on  my credit card, and you should too.

(It’s the one on the left, but the green one is cool too!)

[tags]credit card, dinosaurs, brontosaurus[/tags]

Someone is obviously working at the Post Office, because they came up with a GREAT idea for a stamp collection.  Right now you can get an entire book of Star Wars themed stamps!

And, on top of that fun, you can go online and vote for your favoite.  I personally like the Han & Chewy stamp the best.  What’s your favorite?

Vote Here

[tags]star wars, stamps, usps[/tags]

All of you Lord of the Rings fans will be excited to know that a new Tolkien book will be released on the 17th of April.  It will be called the Children of Hurin. It’s set in Middle Earth, and the events happened sometime before the Lord of the Rings.

The book was taken from J.R.R. Tolkiens manuscripts and notes, and crafted together by his Son.   Read the full story here.

Watch this, it’s wonderful!

Charles Ross, who’s performing here, is brilliant. I wish he’d tour in the midwest.

[tags]star wars, one man star wars, charles ross[/tags]

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Valentine’s Day.

Lacey and I began celebrating on Sunday by attending Valentine’s ‘Coronation‘. It was…interesting (that’s a nice way to say boring). It’s a Valentine’s celebration that takes place in the High School. The highlight was when they gave a community award to the Valentine Fire Dept., who esentially saved the town from a forest fire this fall. Aside from that they voted couples from the freshman through senior classes as Kings and Queens. Lame.

But, on Valentine’s Day Lacey and I celebrated by seeing the Temptations at the Rosebud Casino! That was pretty fun. It was only one of the original members, but the rest of the members have been touring as a Temptation for a long time. We got to watch them sing “Aint to Proud to Beg“, “Get Ready“, and-of course-”My Girl“.

[tags]Tempations[/tags]