April 29, 2007
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The Daily News
1 Pretty amazing story about the freeway that melted. One guy injured. Traffic. A freeway bent like a cheese.2 Just like that.
3 That just could have been so much worse. I'll tellya one thing: I wouldn't want to be one of those guys walking around on top of that rubble.
4 The place is well-named: The Maze.
5 Moving on: Yesterday's Merc News had a few fun items worthy of mention. Page 2A had the fun things, not the least of which was that they shot some of the ashes of James "Scotty" Doohan into space. Doohan was best known for his role of Scotty on
TV's Star Trek.6 Some enterprising rocket company called Spaceport America has just gotten into the business of orbital cremation, and Scotty was on their first flight. So it orbited, and then fell back to Earth with parachutes, landing gently in the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico.
7 Now we know what happens to people who walk into a bar, at least on this side.
8 Speaking of which, Friday night in Indianapolis, Mark Vonnegut, son of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. delivered his father's last speech, which was originally intended to be delivered at Butler University. The event was the McFadden Memorial Lecture, and was to have been the culmination of what Indianapolis dubbed the Year of Vonnegut.
9 We'll give Kelly Wilkinson of the Associated Press full credit for this report, which also had Mark quoted as saying, "He was really, really serious about being funny."
10 The speech proper had the usual desultory meanderings that marked much of Vonnegut's style. Jumping from one topic to the other, Vonnegut had some fun things to say. He let everyone know that he had reached the same exact military rank as Napoleon and Hitler, for example.
11 He also said that he wanted to sue a cigarette manufacturer for
breach of promise because "Their product did not kill me."12 Here is the last part of the article by Wilkinson:
...and that the final words of a condemned man lying on an execution gurney
ought to be "This will certainly teach me a lesson."13 So there you have it.14 His very last words of his lecture notes stated, "I thank you for your attention, and I'm outta here."
15 Pretty fun.16 I sometimes wonder what my last words will be.
17 I have days when I think they ought really to be, "I don't care if I ever get back."
18 Most times though, I pretty much love life.
19 Moving on: I think I spent around $600 on gas this weekend. $500 was spent trying to find a station that is under $3.49 a gallon. I imagine the reason prices are so high is that the oil industry is going broke, poor fellas.20 Ya gotta love it.
21 Monday again. Radar day. Fly low; get home.
22 Throw a smile out there for someone today. Everyone deserves an easy Monday, so make it happen for everyone. Listen to a bird chirping. Go outside and enjoy the stillness for around a minute or two.23 Tell someone a good joke.
24 And be sure you smile and enjoy the morning.
25 Peace y'all.
~H~
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