Google Maps will soon change Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Google’s policy regarding geographic features is to list them as they are recognized by official federal sources. Mount McKinley was renamed Denali during Obama’s second term and Google relabeled it as such. The label will now change again to reflect current federal policy. On US versions of Google Maps, the label Gulf of America will appear. On international versions of Maps both names will appear since, outside of the United States, the name is in dispute.
Note: There is a major news item that has been covered extensively for the past two days. I’m not ignoring the mid-air collision that happened next to Reagan International Airport. There is just no way anyone missed that. It has been on the 24 hour news cycle night and day. I’m not writing an article on recent executive orders either; you are probably aware. The Google Maps story makes for a quirky sort of headline that you might have missed this week amid everything else going on in the world. I want you to enjoy your weekend and maybe learn something but this is not a news outlet. Satur-deja Vu is sort of like the John Tesh radio program but replace the adult contemporary music with references to the church in America. It’s informative, mildly entertaining, somewhat eclectic but not ground breaking nor hard hitting. Just in case anyone wondered.
Cici’s has re-invented the wheel. The only problem is that wheels have been around forever and work pretty well the way they are. I like taco pizza and buffalo chicken pizza; loaded baked potato and Mac & cheese pizza are kinda weird (but I will eat the Mac & cheese when it’s on a buffet). I think I’m gonna pass on the spaghetti and meatball pizza. What next, Taco Bell serving chicken nuggets. Wait… really?
This can’t be real. I have not tried to research the source of this image but surely it’s satire, designed to poke fun at some of the people asking for tips these days. Surely this is satire… I hope.
Florence Y’all! The Florence Yall water tower is a one million gallon tower that has stood in Florence, KY, since 1974. The Florence Mall was under construction at the time and they donated the land to the city of Florence to built the water tower, with one stipulation. They wanted “Florence Mall” printed on the tower to advertise the mall. After the tower was built, lettered and put into service, the state highway department objected to the signage. The tower was built in 1974 but the mall did not open until 1976. The highway department told them they could not advertise something that wasn’t actually there. The mayor of Florence made the economic decision to change the M to a Y rather than cover up or remove the whole thing. Florence Yall has become something of a motto for the city; the local baseball team is called the Florence Y’alls. It worked out in the long run, that’s what I’m trying to say.

Father-in-law, FIL stands for father-in-law. This person, whose name I have obscured, witnessed their father-in-law make fresh toast, put that away, then eat the toast made yesterday that has been perfectly aged for 24 hours. I think sometimes refrigerator pizza is sometimes better the next day than when it was served hot the night before. I don’t know about room temperature toast that spent the night in a drawer. But this world is filled with individuals that often do things differently than I would personally, and that’s what makes life interesting.
He does not have an ounce of regret, which is part of the problem and he doesn’t even realize. (There is nothing to indicate this is a man but ladies, come on, do you really want this one?)




