Fire!

In Detroit, random fires have been starting and fire officials don't know why! Homes are being engulfed in flames and all fire officials can come up with is, "flames have swept through at least two dozen homes in Detroit, fanned by strong winds that are toppling power lines across the city."

Right now, I am quite happy I don't live in Detroit! I don't want to lose all I have to either a random fire or one a "prankster" that thinks he's funny is setting! Just look at the home above! If that was my house, I'd be crying for days!

The Tree-Kangaroo

You must watch this to get the post!

If you watched that amazing video up above, you have just seen the elusive tree-kangaroo that has never been caught on tape in the wild before this. If you don't know what a tree-kangaroo is, it's a macropod that has adapted for life in the trees. It's related to other marsupials like the kangaroo and the wallaby, thus the name tree-kangaroo. Tree-kangaroos are found in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea and nearby islands, they live usually in mountainous areas. My favorite part of the video is when the tree-kangaroo freefalls 200 feet from the top of a tree. Amazing to watch! I have no idea how he survived. And then later on in the video, he does it again! It seems like something they do frequently. Wow! I wonder if that's like an adrenaline rush for him... It seems like it's his version of a roller-coaster! I can almost hear him saying wheeeee!
Tree-kangaroos are considered an endangered species due to hunting and habitat loss. They're so cute! If only I could have one as a pet!

Labor Day!

Ahhh, how I love Labor Day! Labor Day is a United States holiday, this year it's taking place on the first Monday in September. The first Labor Day in the United States took place on September 5, 1882 in New York City. The whole country started celebrating it in 1894.

Labor Day means two things to me. The end of the summer ): and a day off school! :)

Labor Day came about as a national holiday for the working man as a result a law was signed by President Grover Cleveland. Although Cleveland wasn't really a labor union supporter himself, he said he found the holiday to be symbolic and said he found it appropriate and right. Thanks, Grover Cleveland, for giving me the day off school! ;)

Steven Slater - Back in the News

Hey, remember this guy? That's right, the one that became famous for doing something most adults apparently wish they could do. Ditched his job in the awesomest way possible! With the emergency evacuation chute on his plane, no less!

Well, he's back. And this time, he's definitely out of a job! But wait, JetBlue didn't fire him! He ended up resigning! Wha???

What exactly does it take to get fired from JetBlue? The guy cursed out the passengers over the P.A. system. Grabbed some alcohol from the plane's galley. Deployed the emergency chute (which can be dangerous for people on the ground). And made the most flamboyant exit from an uncrashed airplane ever! And JetBlue still had to consider whether they wanted him to work for them or not. Wow! These people need a crash course (heh heh) in customer relations.

Teen Disqualifies Himself

Ok, ok, I lied... in my last blog I said I wouldn't do any more golf stories... but I just HAD to write about this one! It's not really about golf anyway... it's about doing the right thing even if it hurts you!

A boy named Zach Nash won the boys' 13-14 division of the Wisconsin PGA, knocking off 31 other players. Afterward, Nash went to celebrate with one of his teachers, Chris Wood. That's where ttroubles began... Chris noticed an extra club in Zach's bag and showed it to him. Unfortunately for Zach, a friend of his had left the club at his house and Zach put it in his bag, not realizing it put him one over the limit of 14 clubs. Zach 'fessed up... and was then disqualified from the tournament.

Zach, who in my eyes is a role model, called the Wisconsin PGA, explained what had happened, and sent back the medal from the tournament! How brave of him! They gave the trophy to the second place winner but in my eyes, Zach is the real winner here!

SUV Age Ending!?

FINALLY!!! YAHOOOOOO! IS IT TRUE?!?
According to an SUV dealer the price to fill up gas is much more expensive now and SUVs are finally going out of style! I mean Americans have become used to higher gasoline prices, but it's just coming to be way too much now, so they are making less SUVs than they used too. Finally! I can't see anything behind those stupid, giant beasts. The SUV dealer stated, "Customers are hurrying to buy SUVs before they become extinct."

"With the exception of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee, no real SUVs are being introduced anymore," says Jeremy Anwyl, CEO of another SUV dealer.

I'm so happy that the SUV age is finally over! My mom is going to be so pleased!

Golfing Catastrophe

Ok, ok, I know I've been doing a lot of golf stories lately and I promise this is the last one, it's just this story definitely deserves to be in my blog! I always knew you could use a golf club for all kinds of non-golfy purposes like a walking stick, fishing rod, and a club, to name a few. But what we can add to that now is a firestarter.

Over the weekend, a golfer's golf ball struck a rock. Only this time, the impact caused a spark, and the spark set off a blaze that eventually covered 25 acres. They needed 150 firefighters to put it out!
What are the chances of that happening?!? The answer is 1 and one bagillion million fo fillian! So if your thinking this might be enough to stop you from golfing, I wouldn't worry about it. You have more of a chance of winning the lottery ten times over! Wow, I wish that would happen to me! The lottery thing - not starting a fire while golfing!