Random Thoughts 12-21-2008
If you saw part of this post earlier than Dec 21st, my mistake. I accidently hit the publish button while working on it and didn't notice.
I heard on the news that there is a noticable shortage of acorns this year. After I heard that, I realized it's true in my area. Both the oak tree in my yard and the two near the trail where I walk my dogs have dropped few acorns on the ground this year. I also noticed that my holly tree has almost no berries this year. I wonder if the two are connected. Some other trees seem to be producing plenty of seeds though.
We were taught as kids to color within the lines, and that is often best. Usually, coloring outside the lines makes a mess, but occasionally it makes something beautiful and unexpected.
I was informed this week that one of my Kiva loans has been fully paid off so I loaned it out to someone else.
It looks like my plan to buy an electric car next year has been foiled. The economic downturn is hurting the companies that specialize in electric cars and causing the big auto makers to delay plans to add electric cars to their fleet. I can get a Tesla for over $100,000, but I'm not a millionaire.
More Wild Whirled of Torts (crazy law suits):
In 1997, a bored young man decided to entertain himself by getting his name legally changed to Jack Ass. Now he is sueing MTV for creating the Jackass series claiming they damaged his reputation.
A woman sued a supermarket when she dropped a six-pack of beer on her foot. She was not injured, but said it hurt.
A guy in Florida got drunk, passed out on the railroad tracks, and lost an arm and got a broken back when a train hit him. He sued CSX. The engineer said he blew the horn for 54 seconds but the court still awarded the guy $600,000.
A college student fell out the dorm window when he was mooning a friend. He sued the college claiming it did not provide adequate information about the dangers of upper-floor windows. I guess he expected a sign near each window that warned:
"Caution, do not moon from this window, especially if your butt is big enough to pull the rest of you out with it".
I heard on the news that there is a noticable shortage of acorns this year. After I heard that, I realized it's true in my area. Both the oak tree in my yard and the two near the trail where I walk my dogs have dropped few acorns on the ground this year. I also noticed that my holly tree has almost no berries this year. I wonder if the two are connected. Some other trees seem to be producing plenty of seeds though.
We were taught as kids to color within the lines, and that is often best. Usually, coloring outside the lines makes a mess, but occasionally it makes something beautiful and unexpected.
I was informed this week that one of my Kiva loans has been fully paid off so I loaned it out to someone else.
It looks like my plan to buy an electric car next year has been foiled. The economic downturn is hurting the companies that specialize in electric cars and causing the big auto makers to delay plans to add electric cars to their fleet. I can get a Tesla for over $100,000, but I'm not a millionaire.
More Wild Whirled of Torts (crazy law suits):
In 1997, a bored young man decided to entertain himself by getting his name legally changed to Jack Ass. Now he is sueing MTV for creating the Jackass series claiming they damaged his reputation.
A woman sued a supermarket when she dropped a six-pack of beer on her foot. She was not injured, but said it hurt.
A guy in Florida got drunk, passed out on the railroad tracks, and lost an arm and got a broken back when a train hit him. He sued CSX. The engineer said he blew the horn for 54 seconds but the court still awarded the guy $600,000.
A college student fell out the dorm window when he was mooning a friend. He sued the college claiming it did not provide adequate information about the dangers of upper-floor windows. I guess he expected a sign near each window that warned:
"Caution, do not moon from this window, especially if your butt is big enough to pull the rest of you out with it".
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