Rain; Exorcisms; Alien Invasion; Brain Input; Tatoos

Rain... blessed rain... after at least 20 days of no rain.. a 20 minute downpour.  The ground says "Thank You!"

I got an "eye poke" today to counter my macular degeneration.  No matter how many times I get a needle shoved into my eye.. I flinch, and it hurts.  But, it has to be done if I don't want to go blind.
However, right now, because of the needle hole, I keep seeing what my mind perceives as a  fly flittying about, and I keep trying to catch it.

Some news from 2013, as mentioned in The Week magazine;


Be gone, ye spirits!

The Reverand Isaac Kramer, head of the International Catholic Association of Exorcists was mad because  an Arizona pastor was performing Internet exorcisms via Skype.  Shame on him!

Another Alien Invasion

Roswell, New Mexico, famed landing place for space aliens, got another exotic distinction.  An invasion of  6 foot high drifts of tumbleweed.   They're here, folks!  Get into your shelters!

FIFO/LIFO

Elaine wanted me to read an essay by William Falk, in which he says that current folks have so much brain input, that sometimes new info can't nose it's way in.  He cites some of the things that we store in our memory banks... some of which would be better sloughed off to a garbage can, for instance: 

the name of an 8th grade girl that I had a crush on

Cleaon Jones' batting average in 1969

the life stories of old girlfriends and how they liked their coffee

mental maps of places I've lived

mental maps of places I've visited

how to drive a stick shift

the plots of thousands of novels

the lyrics of lots of television show themes

But German researchers reported: "The brains of older people do not get weak... on the contrary, they simply know more...many older people can be slower to recall facts or learn new information because their brains are so stuffed with accumulated knowledge..."

I Yam what I Yam and that's all What I Yam!

King of Ink I and King Body Art is the name of an Englishman who has covered 90% of his body with tattoos.  But, Britain's officials do not recognize his name, because they do not accept strings of words or phrases as a name .He's  having a bit of a problem getting permits and visas, and the like.

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