Midterms

The mangy yellow stray lifted his leg and peed on a fire hydrant, covering the mark of the dog that peed there before him. He looked up at the median strip of grass that ran down the middle of the road and watched a man hammer a shiny red sign in the dirt that read "Sparky for governor." Directly in front of that sign was another shiny colorful sign, blue this time, that read "Max for governor." In front of that sign was another "Sparky" sign, and in front of that another "Max" sign. And then another "Sparky" and another "Max." On and on they went, one shiny colorful sign and then the other, for as far as the mangy yellow stray could see. He couldn't read, of course, because he was a dog. Nor did he know anything about the two party system in politics. But being a dog, he had a bladder that just wouldn't quit and a strong desire to participate.

Up, up and away

Grab a ruler. The plastic kind with a round hole directly in the middle. Now, grip a ballpoint pen in the palm of your hand, pointy side up. With your other hand, balance the ruler by resting it on the pen through the center hole. With a free finger give the ruler a flick. Watch it twirl. Do it again, a little faster. And again, this time slowly raising and lowering the hand with the pen while the ruler spins. Did you think to make a helicopter noise? Whop whop whop whop whop. Okay, well, I guess I'm blogging again. Write what you know, they say. That's what I know today. Tomorrow I may know something else.