Time for some odd bits, and stuff I missed speaking about earlier. I’ll start with something for the religious readers. It seems that people in Russia don’t like barcodes, or more specifically the barcodes that are on their pension checks and passports. Why would a barcode cause such a reaction? Well when you live in a town that means God loving, anything that might hint of the satanic is just not going to fly, or so you might expect. And just as you would guess the barcodes on the passports and pension checks have the mark of the beast on them. So the good villagers won’t touch these items.
Now I have to wonder, did some bureaucrat guess that this town would reach like this, and figured there was some money to be had or saved by having the code read as it does? If not this is one heck of a coincidence, or providence if you prefer. It does make me think of one thing though. As slow and boring as it is where I am living now, I’m still more active than what it must be to have nothing better to do than read the barcode numbers on anything. But I’d guess that’s better than watching the grass grow. Don’t you feel better about where you live now?
Moving back across the ocean to home I am further impressed with this town because there hasn’t been a report of anyone getting arrested on the same charges as a man in Duluth, Minn. Now what could one guy do that would make me nervous? The guy was convicted of having sex with a dead deer. Yes a dead deer. I don’t know what part of that is worse, that he had sex with an animal or that it was dead. Either way this is not a neighbor I would want. At 20 years of age you would imagine that he could do better. But obviously he has a problem. A huge problem. I don’t think I need to say more than that.
Going back overseas, to Germany this time, I found something that may be one of the best solutions I’ve heard of for dividing assets in a divorce. A man seems to have felt that since is soon-to-be ex-wife wanted half of the house; he would give her just that. Exactly half. He went to the house, which was a one story building, and took a chainsaw to it. Cut down the middle he then picked up his half and moved it to where he was staying. Now his ex-missus may not be pleased but I doubt she could complain. He left her half right where it was. Perhaps the only divorce horror story I’ve ever heard that was better is that a guy paid his alimony, which was quite large, in pennies. Hey it’s legal tender. Still either option is pretty unique. It just reminds me why it’s cheaper to be single. Anyone know a better story than these?
For those with a bit more time, there is a site I noticed that you might want to visit, or maybe you already did. The site at livescience.com asks what the best time travel story is and allows you to rate several choices. It’s not the biggest selection of time-travel stories, but it does include Kurt Vonnegut, H. G. Wells [the book is best, the recent remake was so-so], the movies 12 Monkeys, Back to the Future, Planet of the Apes [the original was 1000x better than the remake], and Groundhog Day among others. My pick is Groundhog Day. You can choose whichever you prefer.
Of course the list misses a lot of stuff, like A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Timecop, Terminator, Star Trek 4, Time’s Arrow, Army of Darkness, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, The Butterfly Effect [I mean the story NOT the movie], and The Philadelphia Experiment to name a few I can think of off the top. My top 3 – Army of Darkness, Terminator, and Groundhog Day. And you?
This is what I think, what do you think?
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