Refreshed and happy after seeing my sweetie… going to go to bed and read when I get home… comfy in a cocoon of blankets and Newt. 🙂

I think tonight is a good night for some Robert Frost.

Even though I don’t see myself buying one, there are at least three potential benefits to all, if the Segway takes off and gains full acceptance in this country:

• Whether or not it gets allowed on sidewalks, towns will be pressured to build more bike lanes. Getting more bike lanes isn’t easy so if we can gain some lanes due to the Kamen PR machine and funding, at least it will benefit others besides just segway owners.
• If it gets popular, it will reduce the number of cars in downtown areas and the all the associated parking hassles, exhaust, and danger that comes from mixing lots of cars in a small space with lots of people. Downtown areas could be safer to pedestrians and bicyclists.
• I didn’t see a demo of it climbing stairs, so if successful, the company behind it might also help and/or pressure urban areas to become friendlier to people with different mobility needs. If you couldn’t ride a wheelchair from one end of the city to the other in the year 2000, you might be able to in the year 2005.

So if you walk, ride a bike, or are disabled, you have a lot to gain if this new mode of transportation takes off.

I’m thinking of her scent, her smile, and laughter. The ripples of her voice.

The thought of them brings me warmth, and a smile of my own.

This Christmas, what do you get for the guy who has everything?

The really freaky thing about that page is that the guy in the picture is reading The Urantia Book. When you’re communicating with the Ministering Omniaphim of the Superuniverse, the last thing you want to worry about is embarassing flatulence.

bowdlerize (BODE-luh-rise; BOWD-), transitive verb:
1. To remove or modify the parts (of a book, for example) considered offensive.
2. To modify, as by shortening, simplifying, or distorting in style or content.

Bowdlerize derives from the name Thomas Bowdler, an editor in Victorian times who rewrote Shakespeare, removing all profanity and sexual references so as not to offend the sensibilities of the audiences of his day.

Charlie Brown finds himself depressed at Christmas time,searching for the true meaning of the holiday amidst the glitz and commercialism of the modern age. He finds his answer in the passage below:

“And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them! And they were sore afraid… And the angel said unto them, “Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all my people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”

“That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.”
–Linus Van Pelt (and Charles M Schultz….)

thanks guys. 🙂