Things that go through my brain read a lot like news briefs from the radio these days. Wonder why? Ha, ha, ha. I have listened to a lot of NPR, it is true. I feel very informed, adequately alarmed, and cautiously hopeful for the future because of my news listening. And I like to pass on interesting things you may not hear other places.
Okay, this is why I love people. Since 1929, a giant red light has flashed on the Pittsburgh's skyline and spells out the name of the city. On July 4th, Tom Stepleton was watching fireworks with friends and realized there was a K in the morse code. It was not just an errant K...the spelling of Pittsburgh had become Pitetsbkrrh. On Monday, the name had become Tpebtsaurgh. They say the code still runs on 1930's technology. So, I'm thinking it is time for an upgrade.
NPR link: (there are You Tube videos of the blinking lights...and yes, I watched them) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106606968
I love this because a) Pittsburgh actually has a red light spelling out the city name, and b) someone actually knew what a K looked like in morse code.
[On the flip side...I don't love tourists and escalators. I thought maybe it was just a DC thing. Nope. It extends to all corners of the country.]
Other things I love this summer.
Convenience Stores. Yes, I love them. I am going to chalk it up to my drive across the country. But where else can you find only junk food, soda as far as the eye can see, snacks, and very interesting people? I find I feel compelled to stop at them now...even though my trips have not exceeded 2 hours one way thus far into my summer.
Almond Joys. This is linked to the above. When my dad shared an Almond Joy with me over the weekend, I forgot how tasty they were! AND he informed me they sell cookie versions of them. Though generally only at convenience stores. Thus, the conversation about c-stores. (And no, I have not found the cookie version yet, but I am actively looking).
21 Guns. The song (hence the italics), not actual guns. I ignore the blatant anti-war message [I will post about my views on our war(s) later...**]. I personalize the message to my own, personal, life. It speaks to me in a very bizarre way. A few songs have done so in the recent past...Viva la Vida, for example. 21 Guns is a bit depressing, so I won't quote any lines here. But, it is what it is.
Chex Mix. The kind you buy (I would never be ambitious enough to make it...). It is so good and has a much better zip than my old love, Goldfish. And I just realized a lot of my loves revolve around food. I promise I do not weigh 500 pounds yet...
**I am not pro-war (like I think war is an answer), but I am also not pro what Green Day is saying about war. I have other opinions I will share later, I am sure.
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"No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever."
-Francois Mauriac
"We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time."
-T.S. Eliot
"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important."
-Bertrand Russell
"The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them."
- Albert Einstein
"Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair."
-George Burns
"Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost."
-Martina Navratilova
"I feel like 'Cactus Gavvy' Cravath. Do you know who that is? Right. Nobody does. He's the guy who had the home run record before Babe Ruth came along."
-Tom Walsh, of Washington D.C. (He held the record for "Jeopardy" winnings until Ken Jennings of SLC broke it.)
-Francois Mauriac
"We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time."
-T.S. Eliot
"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important."
-Bertrand Russell
"The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them."
- Albert Einstein
"Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair."
-George Burns
"Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost."
-Martina Navratilova
"I feel like 'Cactus Gavvy' Cravath. Do you know who that is? Right. Nobody does. He's the guy who had the home run record before Babe Ruth came along."
-Tom Walsh, of Washington D.C. (He held the record for "Jeopardy" winnings until Ken Jennings of SLC broke it.)
4 comments:
Your stance on war reminded me of this bumper sticker. The other ones in the list are pretty good, too.
Ha, ha thad...this is more my stance.
http://www.zazzle.com/arrest_cheney_first_bumper_sticker-128576748886964601
(I am not sure how you got those links into your word! Ha. How's that for computer illiterate?)
I love chex mix too! But I only like the corn chex part, and don't bother making them because they don't taste nearly as good as the store bought ones.
I am inclined to come up with my own summer loves... I don't think any of your loves will show up on my list. Happy summer anyway.
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