Happy Halloween!

Guess who? Bill W. didn't sit at his regular table because he

didn't recognize this gorgeous creature this morning.

Operation Welcome Home

Subject: http://www.operationwelcomehomemd.org/

Please take a minute to look at the above web site. If you have never gone to see the troops return home at BWI, it is worth the trip. Glenn

Also, check out the pictures/slide show, the 10th one is Max helping hold the US Postal Service banner. Later on toward the end, Zack and friend Gabe can be seen (OCT 27 pics).

Public Service Announcement from Pat R.

You might want to post this as a public service announcement. Ron Smith has a column on his website called "Will We Heed the Warning?" David Walker, head of Government Accounting Office for 9 years will speak at UMBC on Mon. Oct. 29 in the Engineering Building, Lecture Hall #5 at 5:00 p.m. He will address the financial crisis he sees looming. He is concerned enough to travel around the country to get people's attention on this. THANK YOU......Pat

Anyone else wishing to post birthday greetings, announcements, favorite photos, etc. can email me at shockaglow@gmail.com. That's my Google account for blog information.

Thanks, Pat,
Sue

Get Well Wishes for Charlie

Charlie has been in St. Agnes Hospital over the past week. He has been feeling very weak and has been losing weight. He is also undergoing dialysis three times per week. The hospital team has been looking for the source of a possible infection, but has not found one yet. Charlie will be transferred to Hopkins as soon as they find a bed for him. Keep Patty in your prayers too, she has been working and running to the hospital and needs to keep herself healthy. Get well wishes can be mailed to his home at:

Mr. Charles Lanham

112 Delrey Avenue

Catonsville, MD 21228

More Halloween Hauntings

Bill is also famous in his neighborhood for creating a Haunted House for Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween night. He sent me these photos from previous Halloweens at his home at 116 Sanford Avenue. I think I will be driving by to see what new horrors he will come up with this year on All Hallow's Eve!

Halloween Haunting

Bill Tucker as Leatherface

Bill will be helping out at tonight through Sunday, Oct. 28th, at The Haunted Pool. The haunting is a fund-raiser for the Crosby Crossing Swim Club. (located in the neighborhood behind the Double TT Diner). You can be scared for only $5 per person between 6:30 to 9:30 pm. For directions and more information, check out the pool's website at http://www.crosbycrossingswimclub.com/.

Happy Birthday to Jean

Sarah and Jean in Washington DC viewing the cherry blossoms

Jean celebrated her birthday on October 25th by watching some Hollywood folks film a horror movie on the corner of her street at Bishops Lane and Frederick Road. They spent the day filming a Jeep drive past the (fake) disemboweled carcass of a dog, and filming the Jeep driving into the car bays at Ridgeway Auto. Sarah reported that the film business was boring, that the day consisted of "Action", followed minutes later by "Cut", followed by hours of waiting in the rain. That's life, kid......it's what happens in the small moments while you think you are waiting for something more.

Anyway, Happy Birthday to a wonderful Mom and Grandmom!

Halloween is Coming....

These Sam's regulars were celebrating Halloween early this weekend at a party. Can you believe they worked for NSA before retirement?

Guess who brought in this sign to Sam's to express his political views? Did you guess Glenn?

Halloween Pumpkin Masterpieces

Can't take credit for carving this one personally, and it is probably a bad image for a bagel shop blog, but it made me laugh. Must have been inspired by Doug's Taylor Pork Roll sandwich.

The Men's Club

Rumor has it that some of the guys decided that it was time to meet beyond the breakfast hours. The First Annual (?) Meeting of the Sam's Bagels Men's Club was held this week at Shipp's Cafe. I can't report any more as I wasn't there of course......perhaps one of the attendees can share their eye witness account. Given the attendees, I feel it would be a safe bet that something humorous or noteworthy happened!

Happy Birthday to Paul!

I am blessed with one of the best Dads in the world! He has always taught by example to be kind to everyone, helpful, generous, calm, hard-working and fair. While we don't always live up to his high standards, they give us a mark to strive for. He also has one of the best laughs, the kind that makes other people laugh without even knowing what is funny. We celebrated his birthday tonight with a family party and had a great time. Here he is pictured with two of his grandchildren, Paul and Sarah.

Here's to many more happy birthday celebrations!

This puzzle is called Lateral Thinking . .

Pat Richardson emailed me this puzzle to post. She obviously thinks we need to improve our brain power, based on the level of conversation she has observed at Sam's. (The answers are under the comments for this post)


Think like a wizard . .



man

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board




Ans. = man overboard



Okay, let's see if you've got the hang of it.



stand

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I




ans: I understand



OK . .

Got the drift ?


Let's try a few now and see

how you fare ?



/r/e/a/d/i/n/g/


r
road
a
d



Not having a good day now, are you ?


Redeem yourself.



cycle
cycle
cycle



Easy to figure out, ha!



0

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M.D.
Ph.D.



C'mon give it a little thought ! !


knee

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light


I'm sure you'll have not problem getting this one.


ground
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feet feet feet feet feet feet


Good One, try this!!



he's X himself



Here's an easy one!!



ecnalg



Not even close ?!!?



death ..... life



Okay last chance ................



THINK



And the last one is very fun- - -




ababaaabbbbaaaabbbbababaabbaaabbbb...

Photo of the day

Well, this morning Bill W. told this story of the origin of the bagel. (Who knew such creativity lurked within?) Back in ancient Greece, there was an apothecary named Bagelus. A customer came to Bagelus' shop seeking treatment for gout of the big toe. Bagelus had the idea of wrapping the affected toe in soft dough, and then having his patient sit in the warm sun. The dough baked in the sunshine, and though a cure for gout was not found, a tasty breakfast food was discovered. As Bill would say, alas, the rest is history.

Photo of the Day

This photograph is from Dr. Mike's travels in the deep dark jungles of Belize. The woodcut depicts the ancient Mayan Bagel Goddess, highly revered for centuries throughout Pre-colonial Central America. Legend has it her crusts were always firm, her centers always soft, and her holes always symmetric.

In this image she lifts the top of the bagel, and its underside emits a splendor of holy light which bathes the congregation of her Temple (not shown here). Note the absence of cream cheese or other topping which might dilute the bagel’s purity.

Fall Photo

This is one of my favorite fall photos. It was taken at twilight last year in a stand of very tall trees in Patapsco Park. The moon was starting to appear, it was very quiet, just magical! Please send me some of your photos, or I will just continue to bore you with mine.........

Email your post to shockaglow@gmail.com

I am still having technical difficulties with having others post news and photos to the blog, even though the permissions seem set correctly. Since this makes the blog interactive and fun, let's try this; email your stories, photos (must be as attachments), poems and jokes to me at shockaglow@gmail.com. I welcome photos of vacations, family, scenery, etc. I will then be happy to post them. The title of your email will be the title of your posted story. Somebody out there, email me a story and an attached photo and let's see if this will work!

Where in the world is Dimitri?

If you were curious about where you were spending so many mornings, check out this image and see if you can identify Sam's. If you haven't played with Google Earth yet, I highly recommend it. It is a free download at http://earth.google.com/. You can type in an address or famous landmark anywhere in the world, as well as view fantastic images from space. Try it!

Viewing/ Funeral Information for Patty's Mom

Hi everyone,

Many of you have asked about Patty and Charlie. The viewing for Mary Walter, Patty's Mom, will be held tomorrow, October 3rd. The viewing will be at Loudon Park Funeral Home, 3620 Wilkens Avenue, from 4 to 8 pm. The Prayer Service will be Thursday, October 4th, at 11 am with interment following at Loudon Park Cemetary.

The Last Day of September

Don was back in town and the topics of conversation were, well, crazy! Don told a story of being the first person to jump off Five Oaks Pool high dive when it was replaced years ago. He said he jumped in the nude, heard two distinct splashes, and that his poor daughter had held his clothes for him. He also talked about swimming nude at the YMCA early one morning with his friends on a snow day. They thought it would be a good idea to go out in the foot deep snow and make snow angels. The pool door began to close and they narrowly missed being locked outside in the snow....at 5 am.....naked. Does anyone else see a theme here? (I wanted to poke out my mind's eye).

Has anyone else noticed that the Ravens ' bagels have gradually changed in color from lilac to deep purple? Rumor has it that the reason is that Laura can't tell how many times her bagel has been toasted when it is purple, and won't send it back!

Speaking of Laura, I dreamt that she had been kidnapped and some of the Sam's crew were at her condo helping with the investigation. Don said he always wanted to go through Laura's drawers. Laura said he could come over anytime provided she wasn't home and if he cleaned!

Laura told a story of waking up one morning only to discover that she had gone out to buy popcorn sometime during the night. She didn't recall driving, but woke up to find the popcorn next to the bed. She called this "sleep-eating". Later when she said that a worker with her condo key had apparently made off with her liquor supply, Don suggested that this might simply be a case of sleep-drinking!

Pat recalled that when she went to McNabb's to make arrangements for her husband, Carl, George McNabb said that he knew Carl from Five Oaks Pool . George said he had spent "many hours underwater with Carl" but did not elaborate. This was the cause of much speculation since there seem to be a limited number of underwater activities.

Welcome to Marty, Pat's good friend. Hopefully she will decide to come back and join us again, although I have my doubts after today's coversations.

There is some sad news to report this week.......

Doug's good friend, Frank, lost his battle with cancer this week. Doug and other friends had been helping with the house and yardwork and were faithful visitors. Frank will be laid to rest tomorrow. Our thoughts are with you, Doug.

I just spoke with Charlie and learned that Patty's mother, Mary Frances Walter, died early this morning. Charlie said she was a fighter until the very end. The arrangements will be made shortly. Patty and Charlie, please know that you are in our prayers.

Send Photos as ATTACHED FILES only

 

Hi everyone,

    DO NOT embed photos in the body of your emails, they did not publish on the blog due to formatting difficulties. You must send them as an attachment.  Try sending only one photo attachment per email. You can write the caption for your photo in  the email message.

 

Here is a photo of Sammy and Lucy bird-watching at my house

 

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