Ephemera

I replaced the radiator on my car today. I can't decide if the person that invented the the hose clamp was a genius or a masochist. More happened, but I'm too tired to write about it now.

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I was thinking today. I've never seen a woman using one of the artificial voice box things that people have to use after having their larynx removed. You've seen the things I'm talking about, with the little wand that they press against their throat that sounds like a robot when they speak. I wonder if there is a female version with I higher more feminine pitch to the robot voice.

Yes, I was very bored today.

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What about a yo-yo appeals to me? I guess it's contemplating the forces at work on a well thrown yo-yo. There's that crucial slipperiness as the string slides against the axle for as long or longer than seems possible. Then being able to introduce just enough friction at the last possible moment to bring the trick to a satisfying climax....

*ehem* -- well, perhaps it's best left unexplained

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I've noticed a trend getting out of hand. In a bookstore yesterday I noticed they had 1999 calendars for sale, and in the paper this morning I saw an ad for this year's Hallmark Star Wars keepsake Christmas ornaments. Come on! It's only July! And early in July at that. There was a time, not too long ago, that they waited until Thanksgiving to start in with the Christmas and New Years stuff. Then they crept it back to Halloween. I though it was unforgivable when they started encroaching on Labor Day. Now it's the middle of summer. If this keeps up it won't be long before we start seeing Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny in stores at the same time. -- Probably year round.

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I bought another yo-yo today. (I know, I'm just a yo-yo buying fool.) This ones not quite the high tech marvel that the last one I talked about is. It's just the basic model made by the same company, but it works pretty good. It's about the sleepingest yo-yo I've ever used. You just have to know how to work a yo-yo do do tricks with this one. I'm actually getting halfway decent at it. Too bad Tommy Smothers is the only person who can make money off being able to work a yo-yo. ;-)

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Just about everything that could go wrong at work today, did. But somehow I muddled through and it turned out not to be so bad. At least it was an interesting challenge. Now I have the probably not-so interesting challenge of getting through one more day and the weekend will be here. Then in just two short days -- I get to start all over again. What fun!

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I've noticed a trend toward laziness in this country. Not the sort of physical laziness you normally hear about, but mental laziness. People just don't want to think anymore. They're totally indifferent to the fact that they just don't understand what's going on around them. They seem to lack any sort of curiosity. They may ask "Why?" a lot, but they don't really want to pay attention to the answer and learn something. They seem to think the question "Why?" is going to end any discussion. They certainly have no answer when someone asks them, so they seem to assume that there is never an answer to that question. It doesn't bother them that they don't know anything. They wear their ignorance like a suit of armor. They feel that if they don't know what they're doing they can't be held responsible for anything. I reject this hypothesis. Failure to observe their surroundings should not absolve them of responsibilities for their negligence. The world should not be expected to "dumb down" to their level. They need a good swift kick in their reality.

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It's been one of those days. My breakfast didn't stick with me. I was about to fall over from hunger by the time my (too late) lunch rolled around. So, of course, I ate too much. Then I felt awful all afternoon. Also, it's in the nature of my job that not only did I not get any extra time off for the holiday, I had extra work backed up waiting for me when I got back after the weekend. I know -- "Somebody call the 'waaaaambulance.'"

Well I got home and a friend had sent me this:

So, my evening is looking up.

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I haven't really been blocked, or busy, or anything else that might explain why I haven't written anything here for a couple days. Just haven't taken the time to write.

A friend sent me a collection of bad puns via E-mail yesterday. My favorite:

A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt, and they name him "Amal." The other goes to a family in Spain, and they name him "Juan."

Years later, Juan searches for and finds out the identity of his birth mother. He writes her a letter, enclosing a picture of himself. The woman gazes long and hard at the photo and tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Amal. Her husband observes, "But they're identical twins -- if you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal."

Also, in the news today they announced the figures for gun licenses being turned down because of "Brady Bill" background checks. The rejection rate in Georgia was 3 times higher than the national average. Theories on why this is range from better computerized records in Georgia making the background checks more thorough, to the (in my opinion) more believable, more stupid people putting in applications.

Life, work, cars, and all the rest go on as usual.

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