Thoughts

I just listened to another edition of NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. I love that radio show. I learn so much from it. For instance, today I learned that Fema has been advertising "911 Coloring Books for Kids" on their website. Pictures of large planes crashing into skyscrapers!

I also learned that Rock music is being used to scare away crickets in Utah.

In addition, I learned that the same parts of men's brains fire up when they see scantily-clad women as when they look at tools in catalogs.

Tinker Bell (a chiuahaua) blew away in a 70 mph wind gust and was found in a tree after the owners consulted a psychic.

Another source of education is of course, The Week magazine, where I learned that Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg was misspelled on some road signs in Massachusetts.

I hear that a Florida man is trying to open a "nude dude" ranch. (Wouldn't that be a bit painful?)

BTW: At a nudist wedding, who is considered the "best man"?

Also, at a nudist wedding, where does the best man keep the ring?

It is sad to hear that CEO's are currently feeling the pinch of the recession ... (and are opting for pay raises.)

Pirate impersonators are having a bad image problem these days because of the Somali guys. They would like to see those guys called something other than "pirates".

In the "Who can you trust?" category: It has been determined that the Four Corners State marker is in the wrong place and that people who stood at one location and thought that they were at the corners of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, were misinformed.

Segue to cetology:

Whale's brains are larger and more convoluted than human's brains.

The tongue of a grown blue whale weighs as much as an African elephant.

Scientists just learned that dolphins can rest one half of their brains at a time. (Wouldn't that be great for some of us? Of course, we all know many folks who rest all of their brains all of the time.)

BTW again: Pete Seeger just turned 90 years old. Does anyone remember the 60's and 70's?

Some thieves stole an ice cream truck but abandoned it when the music drove them crazy. The police found the truck easily because of the music.

The Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 that it is ok to fine TV stations for allowing cussing.

A woman called in to CSPAN yesterday when the discussion was on who should replace the retiring Justice. She suggested that a black woman would be the best pick for "the Supremes."
I think that would be a good idea too.

Did you ever realize that Beetle Bailey has lived through several wars and "police actions" and has never been shot at.

"Think on these things and be enlightened."