Thursday, March 12, 2009
QUESTIONS TO PONDER
Mason Williams once asked: Where does all the rubber go from all of the tires that wear down on the roads of this country?
Which gets me wondering:
How does a dog explain the concept of glass to himself?
When Matthew Brady wanted his picture taken, who did HE go to?
What, do you imagine, is the oldest piece of top secret information still being held by the government? (For example, is there a photograph of Chester Arthur having sex with a kangaroo, that we're just never going to see?)
If there IS an island with Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and others of their ilk on it, who's taking care of these old farts?
If Mark Chapman is EVER let out of prison, how many seconds will it be before some deranged Beatle fan shoots him?
If there's ever a gay pope, will the world explode?
Does Jesus REALLY give a good goddamn about who wins the football game?
Is it just me, or have the early days of the Obama administration pointed to a day, four years from now, when we look back, good or bad, and say, damn...all that guy does is work!
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My friend and sometimes musical accomplice Nancy Freeman went on vacation yesterday. To Nepal.
No she's not climbing Everest, though I don't doubt that she could.
Nancy is one of those people who has grasped middle age by the throat and is shaking it vigorously. She has a very high-paying and well-deserved job at a company here in town. At night, she goes to an ungodly amount of exercise sessions, so she has the stamina of a 20-year-old. She hikes. She scuba dives. She has season tickets to highbrow things like the opera, the ballet and god knows what all.
She's been at the same job a long time, which means she has a lot of vacation time. And most of all, Nancy is a confirmed female version of Henry Higgins. Some people are just happier being on their own and I think she fits that mold very well.
She's also a bit eccentric, so when Nancy goes on vacation, she doesn't go where you and I would go. She picks far off destinations like Fiji, New Zealand, Iceland (there really is blue ice. I've seen her pictures), Mongolia (she is the only person I know who can say she's played cards with Mongolian shepherds), and places like that.
Oh, and she's not a "Get on the bus, and look out the window" type tourist. She takes "advenure vacations." These are vacations for people who really want to get in there and DO something; like play cards with the Mongols. I believe this trip to Nepal includes doing something like teaching English at a school for a few hours. While standing on one foot. Or something.
Anyway, I'm glad she's my friend because sometimes you just gotta live vicariously through someone who's actually crazy enough to do these things and not revert to doing "normal" touristy things, like this video:
(By the way, Nancy was in England last month -- lots of vacation time this year, I guess -- and the unforeseen snowstorm that rocked the island put the kibosh on her intended plans -- bicycling around the stonehenges of England. See? Not normal. But in a good way.)
Love you, Nan. Bring back lots of cool pictures!
TT
Mason Williams once asked: Where does all the rubber go from all of the tires that wear down on the roads of this country?
Which gets me wondering:
How does a dog explain the concept of glass to himself?
When Matthew Brady wanted his picture taken, who did HE go to?
What, do you imagine, is the oldest piece of top secret information still being held by the government? (For example, is there a photograph of Chester Arthur having sex with a kangaroo, that we're just never going to see?)
If there IS an island with Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and others of their ilk on it, who's taking care of these old farts?
If Mark Chapman is EVER let out of prison, how many seconds will it be before some deranged Beatle fan shoots him?
If there's ever a gay pope, will the world explode?
Does Jesus REALLY give a good goddamn about who wins the football game?
Is it just me, or have the early days of the Obama administration pointed to a day, four years from now, when we look back, good or bad, and say, damn...all that guy does is work!
------
My friend and sometimes musical accomplice Nancy Freeman went on vacation yesterday. To Nepal.
No she's not climbing Everest, though I don't doubt that she could.
Nancy is one of those people who has grasped middle age by the throat and is shaking it vigorously. She has a very high-paying and well-deserved job at a company here in town. At night, she goes to an ungodly amount of exercise sessions, so she has the stamina of a 20-year-old. She hikes. She scuba dives. She has season tickets to highbrow things like the opera, the ballet and god knows what all.
She's been at the same job a long time, which means she has a lot of vacation time. And most of all, Nancy is a confirmed female version of Henry Higgins. Some people are just happier being on their own and I think she fits that mold very well.
She's also a bit eccentric, so when Nancy goes on vacation, she doesn't go where you and I would go. She picks far off destinations like Fiji, New Zealand, Iceland (there really is blue ice. I've seen her pictures), Mongolia (she is the only person I know who can say she's played cards with Mongolian shepherds), and places like that.
Oh, and she's not a "Get on the bus, and look out the window" type tourist. She takes "advenure vacations." These are vacations for people who really want to get in there and DO something; like play cards with the Mongols. I believe this trip to Nepal includes doing something like teaching English at a school for a few hours. While standing on one foot. Or something.
Anyway, I'm glad she's my friend because sometimes you just gotta live vicariously through someone who's actually crazy enough to do these things and not revert to doing "normal" touristy things, like this video:
(By the way, Nancy was in England last month -- lots of vacation time this year, I guess -- and the unforeseen snowstorm that rocked the island put the kibosh on her intended plans -- bicycling around the stonehenges of England. See? Not normal. But in a good way.)
Love you, Nan. Bring back lots of cool pictures!
TT
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Is it just me, or have the early days of the Obama administration pointed to a day, four years from now, when we look back, good or bad, and say, damn...all that guy does is work!
Well, when you consider the horrible mess that King George dumped on him, that he now has to untangle and sort out, no wonder he's doing nothing but working. I wouldn't be in his shoes for anything!
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Well, when you consider the horrible mess that King George dumped on him, that he now has to untangle and sort out, no wonder he's doing nothing but working. I wouldn't be in his shoes for anything!
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