Misc Utterings

This morning, I forgot my watch on the nightstand at home. Now I don't know what time it is down to the millisecond.

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For the second night in a row, I spent the entire night in my own bed. 2008 is turning out to be a banner year.

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Yesterday afternoon, I picked up kent4str at the Metro station. (I keep telling him he could make more money working more popular street corners, but he's there twice a day regardless.) Anyway, I was amused by the vanity tag on the SUV in front of me:

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Zipping southbond along I95 home from square dancing in Baltimore last night, we were passed by a huge tanker truck with markings indicating it was carrying molasses.

kent4str: "Considering the month, shouldn't it be going a lot slower?"
bjarvis: "Yeah, probably. But it's a sweeeeeeeet ride!"

Fortunately, he couldn't hit me 'cause I was driving and we would have both died.

Misc Utterings

This morning, I forgot my watch on the nightstand at home. Now I don't know what time it is down to the millisecond.

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For the second night in a row, I spent the entire night in my own bed. 2008 is turning out to be a banner year.

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Yesterday afternoon, I picked up kent4str at the Metro station. (I keep telling him he could make more money working more popular street corners, but he's there twice a day regardless.) Anyway, I was amused by the vanity tag on the SUV in front of me:

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Zipping southbond along I95 home from square dancing in Baltimore last night, we were passed by a huge tanker truck with markings indicating it was carrying molasses.

kent4str: "Considering the month, shouldn't it be going a lot slower?"
bjarvis: "Yeah, probably. But it's a sweeeeeeeet ride!"

Fortunately, he couldn't hit me 'cause I was driving and we would have both died.

Rant on Celebrity

I just don't understand the mournful hand-wringing over the recent death of Heath Ledger. More fundamentally, I don't get the whole cult of celebrity thing.

Why is Ledger's death so newsworthy? Because he was wealthy, good-looking and well-known because of his career? Is that all? I'm at a loss to figure out what else it might be. Thousands of other people make their contributions to the world and pass away quietly and with dignity but because they aren't millionaires or graced the big screen, they die anonymously and uncelebrated.

People are dying here & abroad who have contributed more to the world than the likes of, say, Anna Nicole Smith but get not one inch of newsprint. People are dying of preventable diseases, of natural calamities, of accident & misadventure but are all overlooked because of the overdose of an actor.

I'm sorry for his family but I think there are better uses for our time and energy than public displays of angst over his passing. His death is sad and unfortunate but it is not front-page news.

Rant on Celebrity

I just don't understand the mournful hand-wringing over the recent death of Heath Ledger. More fundamentally, I don't get the whole cult of celebrity thing.

Why is Ledger's death so newsworthy? Because he was wealthy, good-looking and well-known because of his career? Is that all? I'm at a loss to figure out what else it might be. Thousands of other people make their contributions to the world and pass away quietly and with dignity but because they aren't millionaires or graced the big screen, they die anonymously and uncelebrated.

People are dying here & abroad who have contributed more to the world than the likes of, say, Anna Nicole Smith but get not one inch of newsprint. People are dying of preventable diseases, of natural calamities, of accident & misadventure but are all overlooked because of the overdose of an actor.

I'm sorry for his family but I think there are better uses for our time and energy than public displays of angst over his passing. His death is sad and unfortunate but it is not front-page news.