The Moon and the Spoon

Is this related to the nursery rhyme, Hey Diddle Diddle?

Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon,
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Or does it suggest that moonlight is perfect for spooning?

Motel Roma

Monterrey, Mexico has average high temperatures near 100 degrees Fahrenheit for six months out of the year. It's hard to imagine that the window air conditioners could compete with the reflective heat from the surrounding sea of concrete. At least there's a nice little shade tree by the pool. If you wanted to book a room here though, you're probably out of luck; the Roma Motel doesn't appear to be open anymore.

Flood in Middletown, Ohio

1913 was not a good year for Middletown, Ohio. This picture doesn't show the half of it; it was really much worse than this. All of the water, sewer and gas mains were washed away to a depth of 8-10 feet. People and livestock perished, and buildings were destroyed.

There were people who actually traveled to Middletown to gawk at the destruction after the flood as a form of amusement. They got amusement all right; they were arrested and put to work at street cleaning. I think we couldn't do that today, which is a shame.

The Middletown Public Library has lots of pictures of this terrible flood, including gawkers being put to work (see picture #148), on their website.

American Rolling Mills was a steel company, founded in 1900 in Middletown.  Today it is known as Armco.  Tom T. Hall wrote a song entitled The Rolling Mills of Middletown. Click here to see the lyrics.