Carl Crossman Blog

I was coming out of my house last week when I ran into a neighbor of mine. His name is John and we got to talking. I have known him for years, but haven’t seen him in awhile. Anyway, he works at the hospital and always has some interesting stories to tell. I knew he was about to go to work as he was wearing one of the medical uniforms he always has on.

It was kind of funny as I was wearing my own uniform for work. He told me about how he had gotten his medical scrub pants caught on one of the rolling tables they use to hold medicines. He described how he was walking down the hall while the table was being dragged along behind him. I guess you had to be there, but the way he told it was gave me a pretty good laugh.

His old pair of pants was ruined as they had a hole where they had been caught. He said that from now on, he was only going to purchase discount medical scrubs as he couldn’t afford to buy new pants every time he ruined a pair. My neighbor John is a pretty funny guy! I can’t wait to see him again and hear some funny stories.

One of the greatest artists of all time is Picasso. The artist painted thousands of paintings and has had a lasting impact on the art world. His paintings are coveted by art lovers everywhere. That’s why drama occurred when a new trove of paintings were discovered when a French electrician came forward with the art.

The electrician says that he was given the art after installing a burglar alarm for the master artist. Picasso’s heirs are claiming that the art was stolen and want it back. The art has been confiscated by police until the case can be sorted out. The art has been looked at by experts and is believed to be genuine.

Over the years I’ve always just bough Hannukah gifts instead of make them because I’ve never really had the time to make any of them. But this year, I was determined to break that streak and make at least one gift this year.

I picked up quilting as a hobby over the summer and thought that I could try and make a Hannukah themed quilt for fun and give it to my daughter. So I went online with my CLEAR Wimax and found some patterns for what I was thinking about doing.

Out of all the quilts that I considered making, I settled on a dreidel quilt that I thought would be nice for my daughter to put on her couch in her apartment around Hannukah time to be fun and festive. IÕm actually almost through making it too, which will give me a little bit of breathing room before I have to start cleaning my house and getting every little thing ready for everyone to come home for Hannukah. I love having everyone home, but itÕs also so stressful until they finally come.

I can’t tell you how many hundreds of quarters I dropped into the video arcade while playing PacMan. Classic game – what did you play?

In 1849, the famous poet Edger Allen Poe died in a Baltimore tavern. He was known for such works as “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”. Poe was buried at the Westminster Hall and Buying Ground in Baltimore. That’s where the tradition comes in.

Every year since around 1949, a mysterious figure in black dress, white scarf, and wide brimmed hat would leave a half empty bottle of cognac and three roses on the stone that marks his grave. The problem is that this year, the person did not show and has left people who are interested in this mystery bewildered. Many believe the person responsible for this long time tradition was a man named David Franks who died last week.

While the tradition is in jeopardy, there is hope that someone new will pick up the torch and continue to honor the great poet far into the future.