"From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me."
Walt Whitman (1819-92)
"When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break."
Akhenaton (d. c.1354 BC)
And now, the current weather, from some random person we pulled off the street:
Friday, April 09, 2004
Don your socks and set your clocks its time for this Blog's Blogger Idol Week 12 Top Picks!
As the feathers flew there were particular poultry pundits who procured this blog's regard. They were, in no particular order:
GreenMan - The mystery of birds.Proof positive that birds are the same the world over. I used to hunt some of these same birds. Don't tell my wife though.
connexions - Hoot. A joke this good deserves a place in the top five!
And there ya have them. Check out the rest of the entries by clicking on the icon on the top. Until next week....!
Hair Raising Paul Duval Hicks, 42, and his unnamed brother were apparently trying to steal copper wire from an electrical substation in Salem, Ala. While climbing on the active transformer, Hicks fell into the wires and was instantly fried; it was pumping out 44,000 volts. Power company employees arrived to find him still hanging from the wires, 8 feet from the ground, and had to shut down the power to safely remove him. The newspaper noted the 30-year-old brother was not injured, and “has not been charged.” (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer) ...Which two facts sound strangely redundant. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11
