Did you ever feel like Carl Sagan in an Oprah Winfrey world?
1. Did you ever feel like Carl Sagan in an Oprah Winfrey world?
I just mean that sometimes I feel out-of-step with what a lot of people feel is important. Sometimes my train just runs on a different track.
Please note: I certainly don't have anything against Oprah Winfrey. When I have seen her she has spoken intelligently and insightfully -- she's just not on my radar very often. I don't think I've ever read any title in her book club. Let me go check...hold on. Nope. We appear to have rather different interests. I tend toward non-fiction, mysteries, sci-fi or fantasy. I'm currently listening to a series on the history of the English language by Seth Lerer from Stanford. Did you know that old English had no silent letters? So night and knight would have sounded different 700 years ago -- intriguing. Also, English lost its grammatical gender around 1200. Oooo. Did you know that after the Norman conquest in the Middle Ages, England became tri-lingual culture with French used at court, English (many different dialects) used for popular expression and Latin spoken by the educated? For quite a while, it was up for grabs which language was going to end up in national use. Um...I appear to be digressing...
If I do get a chance to watch daytime TV, instead of watching Ophra I would opt for The Universe: The Edge of Space or Cities of the Underworld:The Maya Underground or even Monster Quest: Giant Snakes. Maybe I just opt for shows with a colon in the title. Oprah: Winfrey Hmmm. Maybe not.
2. I found a fun discussion the Nerdy Knitters Ravelry group ... (Knitters are an enjoyable and diverse lot. )
You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:
- one weapon.
- one song blasting on the speakers.
- one famous person to fight alongside you.
- Weapon can be real or fictional; you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.
So I'm thinking
1. samurai sword -- What else would you use on zombies?
2. We will rock you -- Queen
3. Angelina Jolie. Every movie I've ever seen her in, she is totally kicking butt.
or
1. My purse full of its usual miscellany -- from tissues to stitch markers to matchbox cars and everything in between
2. "I would walk 500 miles" by The Proclaimers because it has a good beat that you can dance to ...and slay zombies to.
3. MacGuyver to use the miscellany and well, I really enjoyed MacGuyver
or perhaps
1. a phaser
2. Fight music from the original Star Trek series
3. Not Worf -- for the head security guy, he spends a awful lot of time of the floor. Not a guy in a red shirt -- they always get killed in the first 5 minutes on a new planet. So, I would go with Data from Star Trek TNG.
or even...
1. light saber
2. Star Wars - the dark side theme, of course
3. Yoda. From Episode II - Attack of the Clones when he was all CGI and the little guy totally kicked the Dark Side's arse.
OK..I may have already put more thought into this than it warrants but .... now it's your turn. You know you want to. 
3. And some fiber ...
This is my first delivery from the Spunky Eclectic fiber club and it's called Twilight. It's organic merino and extremely soft. Soft enough that with my early-February dry hands, while I was spinning some of the fibers would actual catch on the ends of my not so satiny fingers. (Spring is coming, right? 
I think the fiber is too soft to make a durable pair of socks so maybe mitts or a cowl - it would be lovely up against skin.
It's interesting the the first and second halves of the roving differ so much in color. I broke the roving in half at the obvious point and spun both halves into these singles.
They should blend nicely when plied together. But that's for tomorrow......
4. And just for fun one last picture from Xmas 2008...can you spot the real animal?
Here's my zombie battle input:
Weapon: Long sword (don't you have to behead a zombie to "kill" them?)
Music: Queen -- Princes of the Universe
Famous Person: That actor from "Highlander" -- he really knew how to swing a sword and take off people's heads!
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My ZBK - Zombie Battle Kit:
Weapon: Hand held rocket launcher --- (creates zombie pieces of the least threatening size, making any possible re-animation less likely - and gives you some distance to keep Zombie Goo off your person.)
Music: Ride of the Valkyries - every attack is better with this playing!
Famous Person: Tough choice... Either:
Jack Nicholson - Probably would be useless but the snarky attitude would certainly keep everyone's spirits high. "Heeeeere's Jackie"
-- or --
(for what may be the least politically correct reason ever.)
Tom Cruise - because he is perhaps one of the most expendable celebrities I can imagine. Hand him a grenade, pull pin... push into zombie masses. (Sorry)
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Bwhahahahahaha! 'scuse me.
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