Animals? Or Just Meaning Lots.

A menagerie of thoughts.

1. There is a giant Tortoise that is the rarest creature alive. As in, he is the only one. His name is lonesome George. Researchers found him in 1972 and immediately put him in captivity. He has had two ladies of another type of tortoise as company but he has shown no interest in them. Apparently, scientists have found a possible cousin of lonesome George only it's a male. So they are hoping they'll find a female and be able to breed George.

As fascinating as all this is, the only thought I have is that George has been in captivity for 35 years and it breaks my heart (they can live up to 200 years). I know that we need to have access to animals to bring them back from the brink of extinction but after 35 years, you've had enough time. It's time to let George go back to his own life. Sure, he might die the next day but one day of freedom may be all that George longs for.

2. Kathryn Falk is a complete nutter and would be better off not having access to the internet. Ever. She may also want to consider becoming a recluse. It's always better to have people wonder about your sanity than to hand them actual proof of it's lack of existence. I know of which I speak.

3. Thanks for letting me blow off some steam yesterday. I didn't hear from her today and I'm worried but Bob thinks that she is now in the bargaining stage. 'Just let me come for a bit and you'll see how good things will be'.

4. LOST - I'm not buying that they are dead. And hot damn I love Sawyer and Locke. Sawyer may be getting higher up on the scale. My dad (we talk about the show and then we'll talk about the preview for the following week) told me last week that he thought it would be Locke's father in the hatch and he was right. I figured out at exactly the 33 minute mark who Locke's father would be to Sawyer (DVR tells me the time when I fast forward the commercials). I hope the new chick doesn't get killed off. I can't believe that Kate went to Jack. Kate's really starting to piss me off but I'm guessing she'll be pregnant after all the Sawyer action. So yeah, I'm looking forward to the next three weeks.

5. I read 3 pages of the new Chase book (Bob was getting gas) and I'm already charmed. There is a threat of a kid showing up somewhere in the book so that has me a little antsy but maybe I'll get lucky. I so have a feeling about this one!

6. I discovered that motivation is really a state of mind. Nike has it right when they say 'Just Do It'. Bob got the lawn tractor out and stalled it in a nanosecond then promptly flooded it. I went out to get it back in the garage, started it and then decided 'what the hell' and cut the back yard. I think Bob's ego is a bit bruised and I think he would love to tool around on the tractor but it only likes me.

7. I just finished vacuuming the den and Lord have mercy. I pulled out the couch and scared myself stupid. Hardwood floors are a bitch to keep clean anyways but the debris under there was scary. Now I just want to wash the walls in here which is a weird thing as I rarely if ever do stuff like that.

There you be. More weird thoughts from me.

I know. You're not surprised.

Edited: And I love Bruce Willis.