Thursday Thoughts

Thoughts lately:

1) I keep my house at 70 degrees, either through heating or cooling. So why, during wintertime do I wear pants and sweatshirts inside, but during summer I have shorts and tank tops on? It's the same temperature inside... but my body feels that heat or cold outside.... 

2) Who was the first person to think, "Hey, I wonder what the white stuff coming out of a cow tastes like?" And why cows? Why not horses, or - cats! There's tons of cats in the world, with tons of nipples on them - why don't we milk cats?

3) The universal sign when we want someone to roll their car window down is a fist and a circular motion, like we're turning an invisible handle. But there aren't handles to roll down windows anymore - will this little dash of ASL hang on, or will we soon be making little REDRUM finger motions at each other when we want to talk to someone in a car?

Thursday Thoughts

Thoughts lately:

This is Mo. She’s okay, despite having licked her own intestine.

1) If you follow my Twitter feed you know there was a kitty emergency last week. I took a kitty (Mo) to be spayed, then the next day she burst her stitches and suddenly some of her inside parts were on the outside. I found a vet who would see me at 8 o'clock at night and fix her up for me. I've never seen a cat go under, but when Mo took the shot in the muscle her eyes dilated to the size of a quarter. Turns out what they give them is part hallucinogen. Which left me wondering - what do cats hallucinate about?

2) Who decided which plants are weeds and which are flowers? I have some fairly attractive weeds that grow in my area, why can't I call them flowers and let them do as they please?

3) I can't claim this wonderful thought as my own, this gem comes from an old college buddy. Why do our hair and nails suddenly become repulsive when they're no longer attached to our bodies? While we've got 'em we style them, brush them, dye them, paint them, use them as flirtation devices. Once off we're all "No! No! Get it away from me! Burn it! Compost it! Make it die!"

Thursday Thoughts

Thoughts lately:

1) Aren't our bodies amazing? When we crave something it's not because we have promiscuous taste buds. Our bodies are telling us we are missing something we need. How does that work? How does my body know for example, that I need protein and so I crave peanut butter? Or I need potassium, so I want a banana? 

2) Plants are smart. They know when to start growing and when to store their food, to turn towards the sunlight and curl up their leaves to preserve water in the heat. So why do some plants grow so high they can't support themselves anymore, and fall over? Are these the dunce individuals in the plant world?

3) How did windmills work a long time ago? Today they make energy and electricity, but a long time ago I'm pretty sure they were used for moving water. How though? Most old farmsteads had one, and I kinda doubt people who had to spend every second scratching a living took the time to build a massive lawn ornament.