It's a dreary morning as we lie in the fringe of tropical storm Ida. Good day to catch up on things like the piles of paperwork that cover my desk and dining room table (some of the floor and guest room bed). I really don't know where to start the organization (I hate filing) so think the best thing to do is write a blog message - my favorite form of procrastination.
Sometimes I just chuckle at the news without even turning to the comic section. (Yes, I'm old fashioned enough to read newspapers.) In amongst the usual depressing columns I sometimes find something that lifts my slightly wacky mind.
This morning I read the announcement that Walmart is selling caskets. Yes, I said caskets. They won't display them in the stores but sell over the internet. And my previously mentioned wacky mind pictured them coming as a kit that "needs some assembly". The way my husband and I tackle a DIY project, God will need to give us at least a week's notice. The prices certainly seem fair but do not include handling and shipping to the funeral home. That certainly won't fit in a flat rate box.
Also seen this morning over the internet (yes, I'm a news junkie) is the couple in Oklahoma that hit an elephant. They were driving home from church and said they couldn't see it because it was the same color as the road. How can you not see an elephant? I suppose it being there was possible for is this not the way they measure the corn crop by being as high as an elephant's eye? Well, seems that the poor animal had escaped from a family circus. I can relate to the family circus but we never had an elephant. I would have loved to be in on that Oklahoma 911 call - what is your emergency? - I just hit an elephant.
Darn, during this mini-vacation - no elf swooped in and started to sort through all this ephemera. Guess I better dig in but first I'll procrastinate a bit more by making lunch. My husband would like that.
Post Script - The elephant is well. One tusk was broken when it gashed the side of the SUV. All is OK in OK.
Well, elephants are giant gray wrinkly ninjas... stealthier than most give them credit for.
Posted by: nizkateth | November 13, 2009 at 04:32 PM
Hitting an elephant is more evidence that driving while distracted has become epidemic. The AP has reported (see link below), a guy in Texas was distracted by a low flying pelican and dropped his cellphone which "caused" him to drive his Bugatti Veyron into a salt marsh! Personally, if I was driving a sports car that cost more than a million dollars, I would not let anything distract me.
http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1163/man-distracted-by-bird-drives-bugatti-into-marsh/
Posted by: Rob in Sanford | November 13, 2009 at 08:32 PM
Betty, I love the elephant story. Made me laugh:~)
Posted by: Barb | November 15, 2009 at 06:57 AM