Virgi's Views

* Don’t go to the paint store to get thinner, it does not work. * It’s the little things that count! A former McDonald’s worker has admitted to putting an extra chicken nugget in the boxes for years! Way to go! * Unleaded gas was $2.94 at the end of July.

This summer, my sweet niece and goddaughter, Jenny, took her family of five on a road trip from California throughout the Midwest, and back again. The more than month-long trip was quite the adventure for them and it was planned out to a T!

* A word of advice….DO NOT watch “The Buddy Holly Story” and “LaBama” on the same weekend, let alone the same day! Just saying! * Why didn’t anyone style John Goodman’s hair for those Slotomania commercials?

STEVE MCQUEEN AND PAUL NEWMAN A few days ago I was talking with my daughter and a friend of ours and I happened to mention Steve McQueen in our conversation because the Nova Theatre will be showing his motorcycle documentary “On Any Sunday,” this Sunday afternoon.

THIS AND THAT * Read this quote after I wrote my Dog Days of Summer editorial…And God said, “I will send them without wings so no one suspects they are angels.” * What is your favorite Disney coaster? I love Big Thunder Railroad and Seven Dwarfs Mine.

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER * Every summer has a story! Hope yours is a fabulous one! * Did you know the term “Dog Days of Summer,” was coined by the ancient Greeks and Romans to describe the hottest days of summer that coincided with the rising of the Dog Star, Sirius?

* My sister and I attended the Firehouse concert at the Wild West Fest. During one of the songs everyone got out their phones and turned on their flashlights. It was quite an amazing sight!

* Thank you, and God bless USA Olympic first-and second-place hammer throwers Deanna Price and Brooke Anderson for standing on the podium with your hands over your hearts during the Star-Spangled Banner at the Olympic track and field tryouts.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! Oliver Wendell Holmes: "One Flag, One Land, One Heart, One Hand, One Nation evermore!" Gerald Stanley Lee: "America is a tune. It must be sung together." John Dickinson: "Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

THIS AND THAT * I can’t believe this happened—I met a person who doesn’t know who Davy Jones was, or for that matter who The Monkees were! How can that be?! * I read this about the legendary Kobe Bryant. His wife Vanessa asked him why he wouldn’t sit out a game when he was hurting.