Eat Up! It's 'National Doughnut Day'

It comes but once a year, June 1.  Or as some people know it, National Doughnut Day.

That means free doughnuts from various establishments.

Here's where you can go:

Krispy Kreme, which created a National Doughnut Day event page their Facebook page, says people can stop into a store and get one free doughnut of any kind, no purchase necessary. LaMar’s Donuts, a chain with a decent-sized presence in Colorado and the Midwest, is also offering one freebie per customer, how cool is that?

Dunkin’ Donuts' offering is good, but it’s not totally free: Buy any beverage — including the prepackaged ones in the fridge — and they’ll throw in a complimentary doughnut, while supplies last.(at participating stores) caveat.

Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Horton’s is offering a coupon on its Facebook page for a free doughnut with any purchase at its U.S. locations. Customers have to “like” the brand, print the coupon and bring it into a store to claim their treat.  Everything is good at Tim Horton's.

National Doughnut Day was started by the Salvation Army in 1938 to commemorate the volunteers who passed out doughnuts to soldiers on the front lines in World War I. Like many other holidays with patriotic roots, National Doughnut Day has evolved into a chance to eat something fattening and save a couple of bucks.  Eat up!

Golfers Behaving Badly...Apparently

Bushwood C.C. does exist...right here in Atlanta.

I know this story has been on a bunch of sites, but if you haven't seen it, it's worth a look.

Here's the link:

http://imgur.com/a/5Ucxf

The Piedmont Driving Club is a very exclusive club in Atlanta.  It looks like some of the golfers at a recent member/member tournament went a little wild. (Note: after reading the letter there may be a new meaning to the "member/member" tournament)

Naked golf, mooning a rehearsal dinner, trying to hit other golfers on the green and more...

A member who heard of the shenanigans, wrote a letter to the President of the Piedmont Driving Club, outraged.

Like I said, click on the link and read it if you want a good laugh.

Remember, as my friend Courtney Capps pointed out, the member who wrote the letter didn't "see" the alleged acts, he just heard about them.

Courtney also points out that "you can't find a golf course where things like that have never happened."  I'm also drawn to the fact that the guy who wrote the letter is also researching Georgia laws.  What about the unwritten rules of golf?

If so, why is this the first we are hearing about this outside of Bushwood?

Atlanta Exhibit Gives You Info on Poop

Kids are always fascinated at parades by the guys following the horses with the scoopers picking up all the poop droppings.  They will be just as entertained by this new exhibit in Atlanta.

“The Scoop on Poop: The Science of What Animals Leave Behind,” is a new exhibit at Fernbank Natural History Museum, and you might learn some interesting about the important about waste material.

“Kids will think it’s cool and funny, and adults will like the scientific aspect, like how poop can be used to track animals rather than just being something gross on the trail,” said Lynn Anders, an education programs manager specializing in animal programs at Fernbank.

Most of the exhibit is based on the book of the same name by Dr. Wayne Lynch, contains factual nuggets-- to make a joke about excrement.

But curiosity-seekers can touch and see replicas of elephant poop (plastic mounds mixed with straw for authenticity), take a close look at the 22 live giant hissing cockroaches in their glass-enclosed habitat, and study a trio of scurrying house mice in a segment that explains how droppings can cause disease.

The exhibit also identifies some possible uses of excrement.

For animals such as a male crane, feces are part of an oh-so-romantic mating ritual. To demonstrate his prowess and impress the ladies, a male buffalo will throw dung in the air during courtship.

The exhibit is slated to run until early September at Fernbank.

Pictures from the 2012 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships - Floor

In theory, the floor exercise should be the easiest of all four events.  It's just a gymnast, some music and a padded floor.

But it's not that simple and sometimes gymnasts put too much pressure on themselves to score high on the floor that things can go wrong.

Floor exercise warm up

Pictures from the 2012 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships - Uneven Bars

They make this event look so easy, but one mistake and your whole routine gets screwed up.

Strength and timing are key here as well as the landing of your dismount.