Brown Motion

Recent news about private sector investments (SpaceX et al) and expeditions in the exploration or visitation of space - that beyond earthly matter - got me thinking.  Uh Oh! I know.  It is far out - the thinking I mean.  I was chatting (postprandial) with a friend of mine who is from an Asian gene pool with a spouse who arose out of the Caucasian branch of the sapiens tree.  He is atheist and the wife Catholic. The subject started out about what makes an animal a pet - why I did not see as many people walking their rooster as say people walking dogs - for that matter I had also not seen a cat on a leash.  Strange I tell you.  This conversation somehow morphed into what one (pet owner) does after the said entity (pet) is deceased.  As in its remains.  He opined that said remains usually are cremated.  Some bury them in special cemeteries.  From there we moved on to our species and on inquiring I learned that his side of the family ha...

Okay so on this allergy inducing Sunday I thought to myself of all the things that drive me nuts.  Here is a sampling - Allergies - Any kind, but mostly those that cause me physical or mental discomfort.  Pollen, pet dander, stupid people etc. are main culprits in no particular order.  Pointless having them in the atmosphere but I guess unless we find a way to pollinate for the survival of the species the tree huggers are gonna want it. Adults who organize surprise parties for other adults - I am not sure if this is a bay area disease but I am often informed of ridiculous events like a spouse organizing a surprise birthday party for their other half.  I mean what sort of mental defective does not know a party is being planned under their own nose?  Got to be some allergy that chokes the nose to not know that?  And they don't just organize it but 'throw it'.  The attending sycophants yam about this event by describing how so and so threw this surp...