Ear Hair

One of the proofs I ponder as evidence that God has a sense of humor is ear hair. "The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away." No kidding. He takes away from the head and gives to the ear, nose and shoulders. Ha ha.

I was just about ready to feel really sorry for myself when I found this article about the longest ear hair in the world. After regaining control over my rapidly bobbing uvula, I was able to actually marvel at the man's accomplishment.

But I'd rather be dead than look like that.

The Value of Pone

Don't you just hate it when you wind up with a bunch of corn pone, yet have no idea how to use it? Well, here's a great corn pone recipe. Also, now that I think about it, "corn pone" might make a great conditioned response expletive to, say, stubbing your toe. Let's all teach our children to reflexively cry "corn pone!" upon some startling, painful injury.

It was a cold one this morning. About 6" of snow, too. I'm recalling a delicious lament of Homer Simpson as he wondered just how he had ended up at the bottom of society. Then he recalled that it must have been during the last cold snap that "killed off the hobos."

I think I just took a deep dip myself in the social strata.

I just went outside and wiped out in the snow. I take all the nice stuff that I said about it back.

It snowed today. I love the way that frozen insulation muffles the world. For all of our collective achievements, we can't make anything quite like snow.