Performance Enhancement Drugs

I'm not against performance enhancement drugs.
I think it's wrong fro professional athletes to use them, but what about politicians?
I think the Bush administration could really benifit from them.
With a double dose for the big Dubya himself.

Christmas

Christmas Icons

Wierd Critters

I am fascinated by the strange and weird critters of the world. That is one reason why I took up SCUBA diving.Here are a few of the strange animals that I find interesting:

Sea Urchins, especially the type commonly found in the Caribbean. These little animals, about the size of a golf ball, are covered on top with spines that often reach five or six inches long! Not something you would want to mess with. Yet they are afraid to sleep alone in the open. Urchins hunt at night and if they can't find a rock to crawl under when the sun comes up, they will cluster together in groups for protection while they sleep.

Salmon. If you put a salt water fish in fresh water it will die. Likewise, if you put a fresh water fish in salt water it will die. Salmon are born in fresh water as fresh water fish. But when it reaches a certain age, it starts to swim toward the sea. As it gets closer to the ocean, it starts changing. By the time it reaches the sea, it will be a salt water fish and spend the next three or four years in the ocean. It thens return inland to the place it was born, changing again into a fresh water fish, where it spawns, then dies.

Cicadas, the Peter Pan bugs. Depending on the particular variety, cicadas spend from one to seventeen years underground living as immature larvae. Once they surface and become adults, they mate then die within a few days.

Arrowhead crab. A crab that looks like a Hershey's kiss with legs! How weird is that?

Repuplican Candidates

I don't get it. Why are so many republicans trying so hard to be the republican candidate for president. Does it really matter who comes in second in next years election?

About Congress

I think one of the biggest problems with the U. S. Congress is that there isn't one!
Everyone in congress represents a state or a region of a state. Many of them try to do anything to benefit those they represent, often with total disregard for what is good for the country as a whole. It would be nice if they realized that once they are in the U. S. Congress, they represent the country and not just Northwest Alaska, Southeast Florida or some other region in between.

Gays on ESPN!

When I was at the gym this morning, I looked up at one of the TVs, which was on an ESPN channel of course, and was surprised to see what I thought was a gay sports program with several college-age jocks hugging each other. Than I saw that it was the Heisman award ceremony and the straight jocks were congratulating the winner with hugs so tight their cheeks were getting squished together.
I think it's great that young men are now comfortable with hugging in public. Soon maybe gays will get to do it also.
I hope someone is sending copies of that tape to the grade schools in various states that have recently made news by banning hugging as a form of sexual harassment.

I'm a Winner!

According to my email, I won the grand prize in the Interplanetary Lottery of Mars! Even though I've never been to Mars and never bought a lottery ticket! How lucky is that? Now all I have to do is go to the web site at www.scams-is-us/duped and register my SSN, bank account number and credit cards to prove that I'm as dumb as a root vegetable and in a few days my check for $10.5 Billion (approximate exchange rate for 6 glokzibs) will be on it's way!

Crazy Gifts

While I'm not fond of all the junk mail that I have to dispose of, some of it is entertaining. This time of year I like to check the descriptions of some of the strange, expensive, and just plain wacko gifts being offered in some catalogs. Neiman Marcus is famous for it's over-the-top gift offerings, but sometimes you find some in unexpected places. This weeks Linens-n-Things sale catalog is offering on the front page a Margarita Frozen Concoction Maker for a mere $379.
You have to be a margarita fanatic or a very serious party boy/girl to want that.
I don't think a bar pays that much for the industrial strength blenders they use.

Great NOVAM Concert

I attended the NOVAM Concert in Arlington yesterday. Performances were by:

Unity Fellowship Church of DC Drum Ministry

Howard Gospel Choir of Howard University

Jason & deMarco.

The music was great, especially Jason & deMarco. They we're definitely in top form last night.

Some panels from the Aids quilt were on display. Above is a photo of one of them.