Not to know is bad. Not to want to know is worse.

There has to be a more gracious and dignified way to get a KO'd fighter out of the ring.

Steve wins last night's caption contest. This pic needs one, too. Suggestions?

This pigeon expresses a sentiment we've all felt at one time or another - often in connection with our employer.
This morning I ran. Just before noon I did 24 miles on the bike. This afternoon I went to the gym and then to the pool. I am not getting the hang of this! Each day I try something new in the hopes that it will magically all come together, and each day I end up with water headed for my lungs. Today I tried looking up to the sky to take my breath, thinking that would get my mouth out of the water enough to keep the water out of my mouth.
Nope.
Which leads me to think that I'm either opening my mouth too soon or not closing it soon enough. Should swimming be this tricky?

In the lane next to me was a tiny woman who looked to be all of 75, going up and down the lane like a machine. She must have done 40 or more laps. We got out at the same time so I asked her some questions about her technique, like whether she exhales out her mouth or her nose (she didn't know; she just does it).
In the course of our conversation I mentioned that I was doing a tri with my sons and their spouses. She got this look of amazement on her face and said, "You're old enough to have married kids??" I told her that I had grandkids! She said I looked like I was in my 30's.
She also told me she's having cataract surgery in two weeks.

This will put a smile on your face!
Carnegie Hall Concert

I'd watched about 30 seconds of this one and figured I didn't need to see more. But it gets more amazing the longer it goes.
Upside Down Fountain

If you ask a woman what she wants for Christmas and she responds with, "If you loved me you'd know what I want," she gets an Xbox. End of story.

Tomorrow is EMANCIPATION DAY! Tomorrow marks the end of my 2-year contract with my cell phone provider. Cingular, now AT&T may be a dandy provider in the middle of a major metropolis but I'm sick and tired of going out to the backyard in order to have a phone conversation. And that happens in too many other locations where I've been. However, I'm also too cheap to pay the $200 early termination fee. So Friday I'll drive up the street to the Verizon store and change providers. Everybody I've talked to, including some in our neighborhood, says they have the best coverage. It's going to be soooo nice to have a cell phone that works.

I don't think there's anything sadder than children suffering, whether physically or emotionally.

The last two mornings I've worked on the curriculum. But in true ADD fashion I've had the CD player going and the U.S. Open on the TV (muted sound).
Many years ago an adult S.S. class I taught gave me a boxed set of CD's titled "Classical Masters." Ten CD's, each featuring the work of one composer. Yesterday I listened to Verdi and Schubert, and today Tchaikovsky. Often these sets are done by poor orchestras and poor sound engineers, but this one is pretty good on both counts.
I like this way of listening to classical music. It provides a feel for that composer's style, and sometimes I'm surprised at what I hear. For example, I liked all of the Schubert. And I'd forgotten that he wrote perhaps the best-known Ave Maria (you'd recognize it immediately).
If you haven't listened to classical music, give it a try. Go get a CD (classical CD's are almost always the cheapest in the store because dead guys don't get royalties). You'll find titles that will guide you toward good entry-level stuff. I have one titled "Music for a Sunday Morning" that is familiar and easy classical music. And "Romantic Classics."
Classical music is rich and varied. Some is grandiose (Wagner), some is powerful (Beethoven), some is intricate (Mozart, Bach) and some is fun (Copeland).
Try this next time you're listening to tunes on the radio: listen for variations in volume or tempo within any given song. Hey, listen for variations in volume between any set of songs. Now tune to the classical music station where you live.
Classical music expresses all the emotions of life, using all the shades and colors music has to offer.
"Try it. You'll like it!"