Visitor Number 500,000
As the ten year anniversary of the tuchband.com website rolls around the corner, one can't help but feel a certain amount of pride in the relative obscurity in which the site operates. It's an awesome feeling of power to know that every hour of every day two people have stumbled on to your literary jewel in search of something else. The question then becomes – “what were they looking for?” Was it a Google search for M C Hammer and “Can't Tuch This”? Perhaps in a drunken stupor they mistyped the British group Ouchband and found themselves on a chicken ranch. Is it possible that someone has this as their homepage?
Where is this discussion heading – why of course a contest. Open only to non family members, answer the following question in 20 words or less “I went to tuchband.com because.......” and you will be eligible to win one of two $25 Starbucks cards. Mail your entries to webmaster@tuchband.com The closing date for this contest will be midnight on Yom Kippur. The decision of the judges will be final and no entries will be returned.
So what's going on since the last update – well how about another baby for the Myklusch's for starters? Cassandra Myklusch was born on October 28, 2007 and her pics can be viewed under the link for her Christening as well as with Beck. As if that isn't big enough news, how about a new horse for Matt & Samara? Halle was literally stolen in a mortgage crises sale from her previous owner. This 5 year old mare has some remarkable bloodlines (so I'm told) and is quite the show favorite. Then there are the annual events, Festivus and the Ski Trip, always visitor favorites – but alas due to a lost camera (Homer), a crashed hard drive (Matt) and a “I think the dog ate them” (Adam) – there are no photographic footprints of these events – so they probably didn't occur.
Chicken update – or Who's your Chicken. The massive chicken breeding project kicked off at the end of March to time the first hatchings with the Easter tradition of baby chicks. One of the three eggs hatched on Easter morning and was named Cluck Cluck Christ by the ecstatic foster family. Sadly, Cluck Cluck was born with only one functioning leg and after a valiant effort to cope with this handicap, he succumbed to leg cramps and passed away at 3 months of age. For you astute numerologist in the reading audience – you of course recognize the re occurrence of the number 3. Three eggs, three C's in the name, three months of age – coincidence or divine intervention – you decide. Continuing, feeling somewhat successful with the first batch of eggs, a second larger batch was incubated and the chicken coop tripled in size to accommodate the anticipated increase in the flock. None hatched. So, a new 1948 Montgomery Wards incubator was purchased from Craigslist and another bevy of eggs incubated – none hatched. Then a fourth group of eggs – none hatched. Finally, I just bought some more chicks on line – 6 Mille Fleur d”uccle Bantams and 9 Plymouth Rocks. Some disturbing news about the existing Rhode Island Reds, they began the disgusting habit of “ feather picking”. To you city folks – this is hardly a laughing matter and I encourage you to check out the problem at www.featherpicking.com/Basics_of_FP.htm. A chicken without feathers on their backs (any where for that matter) is not a handsome bird. I fear that the original magnificent 7 will become Halloween barbecue if things don't improve.
After numerous comments about the book review in the last addition, I've decided to make a negative book review part of the website. The winner in this round is “Stick to Drawing Monkey Brains” by Scott Adams which barely beat out “Storming Las Vegas”. Actually, nothing could beat out “Storming Las Vegas” because it was truly awful – but one would hope that the creator of Dilbert (always makes me laugh) would write a fairly interesting/funny book. Wrong – in a failing attempt to copy the style of Dave Barry – his written word is a terrible disappointment.
Finally, thanks to everyone for purchasing all of their Magnets from www.labelmagnets.com. Business is booming in spite of the world wide magnet shortage.