I should spend my time more productively than messing around with the Photoshop. I had fortune cookies on the brain because my good online friend Carrie wrote me about the possibilty of getting the winning lottery numbers through a fortune cookie. What would you do if you won the Powerball or your state lottery? Would you quit your job with the Postal Service.? Personally, I know I would in 5 seconds!! But, I don't think I would quit working altogether. I would work in a field where I truly LOVED my job even at lower pay or I would spend more time volunteering for the less fortunate. 

I haven't been online as much because it is summer and, well, because I am a postal clerk. I spend way too much time indoors. When the weather is nice, I would rather be outside and enjoying life. (There really is a life outside of the P.O.) Occasionally, I have been guilty of rarely visiting the postal-related websites because when I was reading the material I would think to myself "I've heard this stuff before - this is boring." Even after reading some of my own recent blogs on here, I have thought the same thing. But in the strangest places, you meet some interesting people.

Last night, I went on this site to check my inbox and then I was going to quietly slither away. But I received a message from a new member of our Postal Profile group who actually served in Iraq. We eventually sent several messages back and forth to each other. I cannot imagine what our veterans are going through in Iraq. From her point of view, most of her squadron was actually proud and happy to serve in Iraq even with danger of roadside bombs. Also, from her point of view, they want to FINISH the job that they began in Operation Iraqi Freedom. If you have recently visited this site, I am sure you have seen her pics on here. I believe that under those huge biceps lies a sweetheart.

I hope she is a blogger because she has some interesting stories to tell. I do not see her working as a Rural Carrier Associate for long as she seems to possess an intelligent mind and can speak four languages - Spanish, Arabic, Korean and Chinese. The Marine Corp trained her in that knowledge. She is looking for a job elsewhere while she is an RCA in Iowa. John Wayne grew up in Winterset, Iowa. Who knows? I hope you find that job you're looking for Jamie.

Before I go, I must show you the working script of that famous Chinese comedian, Yu Stin Ki Pu, who has four side-splitting jokes.

I know Joke number 2 referred to us as "stupid Americans", but joke number 4 had me rolling on the floor in laughter.

The midnight sky was dark and it so quiet that one could hear the quietness of the New Mexico desert and the wind playing with the cactuses. You could hear the sounds of nature playing in the darkness and the baby bats crying out to their mothers. Suddenly, there was a streak of light in the dark sky like a crashing comet followed by a loud explosion. It was then that these aliens descended upon Earth.

It makes one stop and think. If there really are aliens did God create them? If this is true, then what were these alien's original sin? One possibilty is that these aliens figured out which leaves to lift on the Forbidden Venus Vulva Plant in the Garden of Fred and these aliens had their way with it. God chose to smite these sinners by cursing them with the inability to figure out simple math, make true decisions and destroying their moral thinking.

Here's an interesting sci-fi movie plot: Humans find a planet inhabited by aliens that never ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Then we show up and corrupt them. (I must call my agent.)

Before this blog goes any further over the top, I was going to write about a message I received in my inbox. There is a new member of the Postal Profiles clan who wrote to me, "I have a knack of living in boring states. I grew up in New Mexico and now I live in Cheyenne Wyoming." First I would like to say that every state in the U.S. has its boring parts mixed with fun and exciting areas. I love Colorado but we have our boring areas as well. For me, it is the eastern plains of my state. Driving east from Denver along I-70 towards Kansas is a long and boring drive. We have these signs here that read "Welcome to Colorful Colorado." This is a very accurate road sign. It is just like being in the Wizard of Oz movie. You are driving through "Colorful Colorado" and once you cross the Kansas state line - everything turns to black and white. Toto, were not in Colorado anymore and it so boring that the scarecrows are talking and dancing. (Apologies to my online friend John.)

Secondly, because this person told me she was from Wyoming, I have an obligation to make Wyoming jokes. There is an unwritten rule in Colorado that I must tell Wyoming jokes. I am working on some material as I am typing this :)  This practice goes on all over the U.S. Buckeyes can't resist telling Michigan Wolverine jokes. People from North Carolina throw riffs at South Carolinans. (A person staying at a South Carolina motel calls the front desk and says "I've gotta leak in my sink." The front desk guy tells him "Go right ahead.") Cajuns from my home state of Louisiana seem to tell Alabama jokes instead of on our neighbors in Mississippi. Perhaps it is because of the LSU vs. Alabama rivalry.

I believe that every state has its interesting places and amazing people to visit and to write about. Sometimes it just takes a little more exploring outside of where you live.

Fun Fact: Did you know the toothbrush was invented in Wyoming? This is a proven fact because if it were invented elsewhere it would have been called the teethbrush. :)