We have come to southern Ohio to spend the weekend with Sarah and Joseph’s pen friends here. We set tents up in the back yard, and around a fire last night the kids sat rapt as I told them the story of a 20 ft. tall polar bear that has only been spotted once (by none other than me, of course) in Antarctica… I also spent the weekend drafting a postion paper on Social Security, and had a cup of coffee at Peebles, Ohio’s Village Inn Restaurant — home of the “Liar’s Table.” With that polar bear story, I fit right in. Anyway, one of the breakfast items there is: “Noah’s Special.” I couldn’t help but think, like: four eggs, bacon, a large stack of pancakes, toast, oat meal… and anything else you’d eat just before a ratther long ark ride. The waitress told me it actually was: one egg, a sausage, a couple strips of bacon and white toast. I asked why “Noah’s Special?” She said a regular has been coming in for years ordering that exact same breakfast every morning. His name: Noah. Well, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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