That is not what they told me at the Red Cross yesterday.
Now, the dryad who was in line behind me? SHE had the forest in her blood.
(Graphic via the Wolf Conservation Center on Facebook)
Spring sunshine
Spring sunshine can fool you, but think of it this way: we’re two months and a week away from the first day of summer.
Two months and a week from then is the end of August. So today’s sun is as strong as late August sun. It fools us because the air is cooler, but the sun is just as direct. AND, without much of a tan at this time of year, so we’re even more vulnerable.
The illusion of permanence
“I like the stars. It’s the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they’re always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend…I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don’t last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend…”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
Talent, genius, and guile
Talent hits a target no one else can hit.
Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Guile finds the arrows and paints a bullseye behind them.
Why the R?
I’m watching Batman on MeTV, and I just thought of something. Robin wears a green outfit with a red vest, a yellow cape, a black mask – and a white R in a black circle on his chest.
My question: why the R? Is that to distinguish him from all the OTHER superheroes running around wearing green outfits with a red vest, a yellow cape, and a black mask?
“Hey, who WAS that masked man?”
“Was he wearing a green outfit with a red vest, a yellow cape, and a black mask?”
“He sure was!”
“You didn’t happen to notice a letter on his chest…?”
“No, sorry, I didn’t.”
“Then it could be any one of a number of superheroes. I guess we’ll never know.”
He has a point
My dog is skeptical about 2015. “What was wrong with 2014?”, he said.
Zen GPS
I want to invent a Zen GPS unit. Periodically it would say things like “The road you are on does not take you to where you need to go.”
Does Frosty have a soul?
So, does Frosty – frozen water, animated by strange forces – possess a soul, or is he kinda like a golem?
Running out of time in the year
Three weeks is not enough to get everything done that I’d hoped to do in 2014. Where do I go to file for an extension?
I would settle for a time machine. Someone would have to send me one, though. I don’t think three weeks is enough time to invent a time machine by myself. Also, inventing a time machine was not on my 2014 to do list.
Early morning fog
Ever hear the lyrics to The Theme from MAS*H?
“Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize, and then I see…”
THIS is why I avoid early morning fog. And early mornings in general. You never know when there’s going to be fog. I don’t want to take any chances.