Random Thoughts

Off for a few days. Finally starting to chill.

But what's with this crazy weather? Cool and wet spring. And it's rained almost every day since summer began. The weather is making everything totally green - grass, fields, trees, flowers, weeds.

Good movie - Slumdog Millionaire. Saw it last night. Totally deep message and fun.

Read Christopher Buckley's Supreme Courtship a few days ago. Hilarious book and great commentary on America. This guy has the wit of his father (William F. Buckley, Jr.). A fictitious U.S. president decides to appoint a TV celebrity-judge to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Some stuff I stumbled on last few days ...

- It's illegal to hunt whales in Oklahoma.

- The law requires people in Kentucky to take a bath at least once a year.

- A new sport I never heard of before - EXTREME IRONING. Basically, you go to some challenging outdoor place, like a steep mountainside or underwater or parachuting in the air ... and start ironing. No, I'm not making this up. Check the link.

- Another extreme sport - THE ANTARCTIC ICE MARATHON - an ultra-marathon run in Antarctica near the south pole. Amazing.

- The human foot has 52 bones, more than any other part of the body. There are about 206 bones in the entire body, although the exact number of bones varies from person to person.

- If you ever find yourself in a car that's hanging over the edge of a cliff, everyone needs to first climb into the back seat. Then, if you can open the back doors, you can get out ... veeeeery slowly. If the doors can't be opened, the only safe way out is to smash the rear window and climb out that way.

- 38 painters work continuously on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fran.

Anyway.

"Everything is a miracle. It's a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar." (Pablo Picasso)

Hoping to get some weeding and outdoor stuff done today. Maybe shoot some pictures. Looks like rain, though.

"Certain things catch your eye ... but pursue only those that capture your heart."  (Ancient Tribal Wisdom)