In memory of....

MY EARRINGS!!!!

You experience the world with me
tis very very true
and when my ear is naked
I am very very blue

Please find your way back to me
as soon as you can
my ears are very lonely
and I am very sad.



Death: November 24, 2006. Cause: Eaten by very potent contact solution.

Brother Willow

Weeping willow,
Can I join thee?
Weeping ever so silently.
Let me lay myself beneath thee,
Let me let they tears engulf me.
I don’t desire any other company.
Just thy tears,
And my melancholy.

In Honor of November...Please see the Beehive for a further explanation

Stationary Technology


You have reached Retailing, Inc!
A proud tradition of retailing!

We now have an automatic voice
recognizing machine! Please say your...

Don't you mean "we can't understand a
thing you say" machine?

...request from the following options.
Marketing!
Sales!
Support!

Peppy. Way too peppy.
Mar-kuh-ting.

I'm sorry. I did not
understand...

You. It doesn't
understand you.

...your request.
Please select

Hmm...perhaps...
Mar-kit-ing

I'm sorry. I did not
understand...

Cheese-bur-ger.
Milk-shake.
Anything - please send me to
the operator.
Pound key.
Star key.

I'm sorry!
It seems you are having
trouble!

Don't apologize. Put me
through to a pers-

Please hold while we
transfer your call!

Yes, finally. Okay, I need
some brochures.

Sure! That will be no
problem...

A new record! That only
took 15 minutes!

...Please hold while I
transfer you to that
department!

Still no brochures.
And Peppy. Still peppy.
And background music that starts
at the exact same spot every time.

I'm sorry! This department
has closed for the day!
Please say or press 0 for...

Thought

Sometimes my efforts seem futile.

Are you kidding me?

While taking lunch at work, I'll occasionally look at the news headlines for the day at msn.com. This one definitely caught my eye:

IT'S SNOW JOKE: SAN DIEGAN TRAINS IN FREEZER FOR ANTARCTIC ULTRA MARATHON

These days, I can maybe, maybe run a mile. Much less a half marathon. But, I do have a lot of respect for people that are blessed to run. And for this guy, Mike Pierce, well, maybe intrigued is the best word. Because he's going to Antarctica to run more than a marathon. To be precise, he's running 62.1 miles. In Antarctica.

Now to prepare, and this also caught my eye, he's running in a 60 x 40 freezer, with most of his gear on. (Kinda sounds like an advertisement for L.L. Bean or Land's End as you read about his different layers of clothing.) The freezer stays at about -5 degrees. I always enjoyed running in cooler weather. Something about the way the wind hits you right in the lungs, and you can feel the crisp air. But, I am in no hurry to try out -5 conditions.

Pierce said that last year there was a total of 9 runners. And that simply to finish was like winning a medal because you had not only finished the run, but you had survived. Now that sounds like a competition.