"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:
Thursday, August 19, 2004
Odd Search Term
According to my site logs, somebody found this site using the search term "movies with slap scenes."
MSN search served that one up. Ya might want to use Google from now on.
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
