Hump, Hump, Hump!  What's that sound?  OH!  It's HUMPDAY - WEDNESDAY!  Is this a GREAT country, or what?   Worldwide there is only one day every week you not only get over the "hump," but you also get to....ah...er...you know - well, let's hope you know!  Look, Wednesday is a bonus situation for all of you - whether you're toiling away in some sweatshop painting toys with lead and your boss smells like day old pastrami (you're over the "hump" today), or if you've been outta work for two years because of a felony child porn conviction and your welfare checks are frozen because of some purported fraud (then you can stay on the sofa-sleeper and ....).  It's all good!

Speaking of sofa-sleepers, we rolled off of ours around noon today and decided we'd better start planning the route for our around-the-world trip in June.  Most of you "loyal" readers (and we know who you unloyal ones are and where your kids go to school!), know that we're taking the Riding 4 Beer show on the road in June and will be literally attempting to circle the entire world in 80 days (or less).  Now we never make advance reservations (because then they know we're coming!), but we do realize that when crossing places like Mongolia and Siberia a map or two may come in handy.  Hmmmm, where can we get maps?  AAA of course! 

YEAH BABY!  We're talking Triple A!  We raced to our local office, stood in line for 20 minutes and then totally confused the clerk by asking for a highway map of Uzbekistan.  Trust us when we tell ya that it would be easier to teach a Panda how to do long division than to explain to AAA employees where the Russian republics are located.  As it turns out, they don't have any maps of the Baltic states (or anywhere in Asia, Africa, Eastern or Western Europe), but we did sign up for free towing and locksmith service - just wait until we call from Morocco!  But folks it gets better!  We sneaked into their back room and stole a couple of International Driving Permits, so now we're good to drive anywhere in the world! (except the United States of course, where our licenses have been revoked for years due to...whatever!).  Look, when it comes to AAA we're members, but that just because it has one more letter than AA...

      
For 100 years they've been NOT giving maps to people!                                Look how busy they are behind Stacy!

      
Employee Area Only?  HA!  That's just a guideline!                THE MOTHERLODE!  We're driving, BABY, we're driving!