Out and About

I ran over to the store yesterday. Well, FIRST I went to the library and checked out some reading material. The second book of the Gregor The Overlander series, and a Harlan Corben book, as I heard him on the radio the other day. There were a lot of books in the freebie bins, and I picked out a Theodore Sturgeon title I don't remember reading, and I'm too lazy to go see what it is right now.

Then I went to the store.

Got my stuff. Hauled it out to the vehicle in a shopping cart.

Now, you know me, I have two store "habits":

• I park as far away from the store as possible.
• I take a cart from near where I parked when I go INTO the store, and that balances the cart I leave there. At the cart corral, I mean!

But I digress...

I saw a lady with a full arm cast having some trouble with her cart, but I didn't offer to help her. But I DID think about it! I followed her as she left the parking lot in her Jeep Cherokee. She was having trouble turning the steering wheel, what with the cast.

And her cigarette.

Yes, I said cigarette.

The lady with the giant cast on her arm was trying to drive while smoking!

Idiot.

Sunday Morning

Junk science? Sounds like it to me!

"If the mother is eating Cheetos and white bread, the fetus will be born with those taste buds. If the mother is eating carrots and oatmeal, the child will be born with those taste buds," said Robert Trevino at the Social and Health Research Center in San Antonio, Texas.

from Children hear carrots, but buy Cheetos

I checked out their website (that is, the Social and Health Research Center), they seem to be doing good work, but that quote sure seems weird!

Of course, you will want to read the Fark! comments thread on this article.

Sad Note

I watched a show about the Grand Canyon last night. It's been a fantasy of mine to hike it. I looked up the depth, it's about FOUR ascents (is that up and back?) of Cowles Mountain, near as I can figure.

Anyway, I looked up Colin Fletcher, to see what he was up to, and found out he died last month, that would be June, 2007.

I read Mr. Fletcher's book The Complete Walker about a zillion times. It was very inspiring, although I never actually WENT camping, for various reasons. I loved to read his opinions on equipment and philosophy of hiking. I also read The Thousand Mile Summer (hiking the length of California) and The Man Who Walked Through Time (hiking the length of the Grand Canyon).

(Gee, I just killed this post by closing the tab accidentally, thank goodness for Blogspot autosave!!)

TPS Reports

Turned the boss boss on to the movie "Office Space".

I wonder how that will turn out...

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Initialism Of The Day -- TLP (transient lunar phenomena)

Learn more in the article "Ghostly Moon events continue to mystify"

Wierd Drivers

On Lake Murray Blvd. I saw a white truck follow this bizarre course.



Notice he is proceeding through the wrong turn lane, waits for traffic to pass, then drives OVER THE CURBS to get to the side street.

Wierd, just weird.

Larn Sumtin Evary Day!

I just learned (in a Fark.com thread, of all places!), that "facetious" has all the vowels, in order.

Isn't that interesting?

TV Or Not TV

I'm listening to the theme song from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television series "Seachange" right now. I didn't like this series when it started, but it totally grew on me. And the song was totally earworming!!

If you want to read about the series visit this page.

The theme song (what I'm listening to) can be listened to, or downloaded, on the Episodes page. The opening theme can be played or downloaded on the Cast page.