Random Reflections

Watched the Stand Up to Cancer 1-hour telethon on the big three networks tonight. Well... actually we just watched in on one of the networks. I gotta say, more good stuff was said, more "big names" willingly took a back seat, and undoubtedly more good was accomplished in that one hour than during the 8 full nights of prime time viewing at the two recent political conventions.

Speaking of political conventions, how about that $3000 dress and $240,000 ear rings Cindy McCain was wearing on opening night. It looked really nice, but I wonder how that'll play in middle America. Hmmm...

At 9:00 tonight there was a 4.2 magnitude earthquake not far from us that appears to have been felt north, south, and west of the epicenter. We're sort of northeast, and we didn't feel a thing. How about you?

I'll close with a couple of quotes I noticed today:

• When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it's time for others to laugh at him. - Thomas Szasz

• You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. - Sacha Guitry