Paddy’s St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef and Cabbage

St. Patrick’s Day is Monday March 17th 2008. St. Patrick is the Patron saint of Green beer and Chicago River Coloring. With an editor who goes by the name Paddy Wallbouncer, you’d expect that theFutonPoncho would probably be one of the best places in the world for a recipe of Corned Beef and Cabbage. Use [...]

Yosemite Camping Reservations

If you want to stay in Yosemite National Park (pronounced yo!-sim-it-tea) this summer you better get on your PC right now and make reservations or you might end up just driving through. The National Park service reports that over 3.63 million people visit Yosemite with one million of them coming in July and August. Because [...]

Punxsutawney Phil Groundhog Day Rant

Chuck the Woodchuck, Punxsutawney Phil’s Chicago cousin, He might even been called Joliet Jake, but the name was taken.

Tragic Christmas Accident Kills Elderly Woman

Grandma Adams was killed walking home early Christmas morning. Contrary to initial reports, Grandma -a recovering Alcoholic, had no eggnog prior to the incident The Driver of the sled vehicle; The Great Santini Clausson, blamed the accident on out-of-control reindeer. “When we left the house, addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefutonponcho.com%2F2007%2F12%2F25%2Ftragic-christmas-accident-kills-elderly-woman%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Tragic+Christmas+Accident+Kills+Elderly+Woman’; addthis_pub = ‘Wallbouncer’;