Random Thoughts on a Monday

Marcel Marceau:
I saw where Marcel Marceau, the famous mime, died over the weekend. It dawned on me that, in his case, it might be more appropriate to have “a moment of noise” in memory of him. 🙂

Horrible Death:
In Redwood City, CA, a young man who was working at a place that manufactured circuit boards was overcome by fumes and fell into a vat of sulfuric acid. In the news story, it stated that he “drowned.” I’m thinking that having his flesh eaten off down to the bone and beyond might have had a part in it as well. Yeesh! What a horrendous way to go!

Weird Weekend Moment:
During the game on Saturday night, my cat Milo got up on the coffee table and laid down. My coffee table has glass panels on it, and it reminded me of a photo I’d seen on CuteOverload.com where someone had take a photo of their cat from underneath. So we got down on our hands and knees and looked at the underside of my bewildered cat, and laughed like crazy. I commented, “Fun on a Saturday night.” And it really was! 🙂

As Dianne and I said, it’s moments of silliness like that and like the ones we had at the fair, that not only stick in our memory as good times, but perhaps they are also the strands that knit us together as we create our collective friendships.

Employment:
Today begins my third week of no job. I’m not panicky yet, but I wish there were more job listings out there. This is the longest I’ve gone without working since I began working at 22… a looooong time ago. I’ve never had more than 10 days off at one time, so this feels very weird and unsettling to me.

Free Speech:
What do you think? Should Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have been given an opportunity to speak at Columbia University? I have my own thoughts about it, but will wait until y’all say what you want.