Here's Duke jumping up in the air with unleashed enthusiasm right after Ron said, "Let's go." I love Micki's expression -- she seems to be thinking, "How in the world does he do that?" Of course, Sophie has seen it all before -- "There he goes again."
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 - I needed to see something funny this morning and the above picture fits the bill. This was taken at Avis and Bergy's house a couple years ago at our Berg Christmas party. That was the FOGGY Christmas party. Very strange (and scary) driving from here to Rochelle - especially when we saw cars without their lights on! It was like driving inside of a marshmallow. I'm NOT kidding.

This information was on Yahoo this morning, and I think it is absolutely fascinating:

YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

The nine digits of your Social Security number are unique to you, right? Not exactly, according to the Social Security Administration. In fact, many other people may share two groupings exactly. Here's what each section means:

123-45-6789

Area number (shown in blue): Prior to 1972, Social Security cards were issued from local offices. The numbers reflected the locations of those offices. Today, although cards are issued from one office in Baltimore, the area number still reflects geography since they are given out based on the ZIP code of the requestor's mailing address.

Group number (shown in black): This number is set based on the month and year you request your Social Security card. They are also based on location. Specific areas are issued specific group numbers.

Serial Numbers (shown in red): These numbers -- 0001 through 9999 -- have nothing to do with geography or date requested. They are assigned based on availability.

There are some cases where you HAVE TO give your SSN but others where you don't. And what of the worst case scenario -- when you absolutely can't get out of it, but you still don't feel comfortable? You can always make up a number, says Camp, but if you do, make sure you write it down and don't inadvertently steal someone else's identity. "If you go this route as a last resort, make sure you put zeros in for the two middle numbers," she says. "There are no Social Security numbers that have double zeros in that section."

Whenever I learn about something new, I always think to myself, "Hmmm, I didn't know that" -- I'll bet you didn't either. Have a GREAT day. see ya later, djb