10/19/04’s illustrious band:

The International Grooving & Grinding Association

Brought to you by the actual International Grooving & Grinding Association.

There really is such a thing as the IGGA. It is not, as you might expect, a dance club frequented by Austin Powers. According to its website:

“The International Grooving & Grinding Association is a professional organization that promotes the use of grooving and diamond-grinding of highways, airports, municipal streets, rural roads, parking areas, sidewalks, industrial floors, and other surfaces constructed with Portland cement concrete or asphalt concrete.”

So there you go. You can get paid for grooving. Yeah, baby! I’m considering this as a side job.

Today around the world: October 19 marks the Constitution Celebrations in Niue -- which is a small South Pacific island in Oceania, east of Tonga, in case you’ve forgotten. Although it’s one of the world’s largest coral islands, about 1.5 times the size of Washington, D.C., Niue’s population was just 2,156 at last count (July 2004). This tiny nation is self-governing in free association with New Zealand. So the inhabitants wandering saying things like, “New Zealand . . . kiwi . . . fruit . . . banana . . . breakfast cereal . . . Frosted Flakes . . . Tony the Tiger . . . Grrrreat voice . . . Barry Carl.” Because that’s how free association works.

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