I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not too sure.
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not too sure.
All opinions in the Digest are expressed solely by the Digester and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Why Not Travel Store, its owners, or its wonderful staff
January 16
Established 2015. Celebrating Our Tenth Year of Publication
Redneck Ray strolls into an ice cream parlor and looks up at the menu over the counter. He tells the clerk, "I'd like a gallon of your old chocolate ice cream, please."
The clerk replies, "Sorry, sir. We're all out of chocolate. I'd be happy to get you another flavor, though."
Ray says, "Oh, all right. I'll just have a pint of chocolate." then.
The clerk, frustration starting to show, says, "Sir, as I just explained to you, we're all out of chocolate." He then points to a sign that reads, "Sorry, we're out of chocolate today."
Ray thinks for a moment, then says, "Oh, I get it. I'll just have a scoop of chocolate then."
The clerk, trying to hold back his rage, says, "Sir, as I've already told you, we are completely out of chocolate." At this point, the clerk is beginning to wonder if the customer even knows how to read. So, he asks him, "Sir, where is the V in vanilla?"
Ray, taken aback by the question, answers, "At the beginning."
The clerk says, "Very good. Now, where is the Y in strawberry?"
Ray replies, "Uh, at the end."
The clerk says, "Right again. Maybe I underestimated you." Now, where is the F in chocolate?"
Ray ponders this question for a while with a look of concentration on his face, then finally says, "There ain't no F in chocolate."
"Exactly," replies the clerk.
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27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate.
1547 - Ivan the Terrible, aged 17, crowns himself the 1st tsar of Moscow.
1605 - The first edition of "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid.
1793 - French King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the National Convention during the French Revolution.
1913 - British House of Commons accepts Home Rule for Ireland (but the Great War gets in the way of it happening).
1919 - The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, authorizing the prohibition of alcohol, is ratified by a majority of US states.
1920 - First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Paris.
1963 - Los Angeles night club and music venue The Whiskey A-Go-Go opens (inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2006).
1980: Singer, composer and rapper Lin-Manuel Miranda has a birthday today
National Fig Newton Day - Have you ever made Prosciutto Wrapped Figs?? Google it. They are to die for!!

I started writing The Digest in the third quarter of 2015. I was filling in as temporary General Manager until we could find a permanent one to take over the leadership of the store. I had some time on my hands and was kicking around how to fill it when I remembered an idea I saw in a hotel in Winslow, Az. called La Posada. (Wonderful hotel BTW) In the lobby, they had a chalk board and on it was some simple trivia that happened on that day as well as the weather forecast of sunny, hot, cold rainy or whatever the day was going to bring. I stole some of those ideas and came up with the WNTS Digest. As I was temporarily living at the time in Why, I would spend some time each morning putting together those trivia facts, weather, a cute Pet Picture of the Day from Freekibble.com and an ad hoc picture of something I talked about in the Digest. I would then print the two pages out and tack it to our Bulletin Board in front of the store. The two pictures to the left are from a copy of the Digest that was published in or around February 2016. Eventually we found a permanent GM and I went back to my home in Northern California. A few months later, I was asked to stand up a website for the store and because I didnโt need to be at the site, I was able to do my work in California. When designing the site, I wanted to incorporate the concepts of The Digest. It had paused publication when I moved and here was an opportunity to bring it back in electronic form.

So, over the years, I made a few changes to the format, but it still has the basic constructs I started out with. The โWeatherโ report is now the 'Current Weather' and is displayed as a widget on both the Home Page and The Digest. We kept Today in History, Born on this Day, Today is (national quirky holidays), moved Pet Picture of the Day to itsโ own page, which later became a contest for Pet of the Month. The static graphic that referenced something in The Digest became โWhy Nutts!!โ and transitioned into a YouTube related video to something I referenced in The Digest. We added a โQuote of the Dayโ but transitioned that into โJoke of the Dayโ after I felt that the quotes were getting to bizarre, even for me.
And that is how we got here and looking for the next ten years!!
- Digester