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Five Things for Thursday, October 1st
1. I’ve wanted a Saturn Sky for a long time. I fell in love with the design, which made it look like a smaller version of the Mach V. I saw it for the first time on Project Runway, after Jay won the first season and received it as a prize. I wanted one right after that, but never bought one for 2 reasons: one, my car is paid off and will probably last another 4 years minimum, making the idea of having to make a car payment slightly sickening, and two, after owning a Toyota, I was afraid of getting something that could be a mechanical nightmare. So I never bought one, and now I never will. Goodbye, Saturn Sky and all the other Saturn models I never would have bought. I was pulling for you.
What the Hell?
Where did all this dust come from? Why didn’t anyone bother emptying the bins – wait, what is that? Is that cheese? Who the hell left a brick of cheese sitting on the floor for a month? You know how long this is going to take me to clean up? I knew I should have hired a maid.
OK, enough joking, enough procrastination. Time to begin writing again. Say, tomorrow.
Work Annoyance
Hello, wife and Peruvian farmer! I apologize for the lack of updates – work has been alternating between a grind and flurry in an attempt to close the second quarter, and so my missives have been non-existent. I am still working on the story, in my head, so hopefully when I get a chance I will be able to get some of it down on paper, digital or otherwise. Friday and this weekend I am committed to carving out time to write. I will also be parsing out more meager portions to spread the dissemination over more time. Maybe.
The Most Gripping Drama of 2009
Somehow, this blog about a homeless family in a game I don’t play is absolutely fascinating and gripping. I think both of my readers (my wife, and a very confused Peruvian farmer who thinks this site is for gardening tips) will find it highly enjoyable.
An Ode to Diet Mountain Dew
Oh shining can
Holding life’s sweet nectar
From first crackling crinkle
To last farewell slurps
You live merely to please
And that you do so well
So That’s Why the Sun is Always Smiling at Me
An interesting article from Scientific American about the reason why God, ghosts, and conspiracy theories exist.
“The problem is that we did not evolve a baloney-detection device in our brains to discriminate between true and false patterns.”
And thus we are saddled with religion, making the sane world under the control of idiotic crackpots who actually seem to believe the bullshit they spew. The sane people of course realize that you can’t reason with the insane, but instead of drowning them in the tub, we allow them to run things in the vain hope that they will leave us alone.
Winter in Derenemyn 