World Turtle Day and Other Obscurity

How's this for an obscure holiday? Today is World Turtle Day. I even found a web page about it. Give your pet turtle extra attention today. :p

Maybe today should be "Close Call Day." My daughter just called and told me about a large chemical spill/truck accident at an intersection she had driven through. (It happened moments after she passed that spot and dangerous chemicals did hurt people.)

I was driving through the bank parking lot when a car started pulling out -- without even looking behind them. Not only that, but someone in the grocery store isle backed into me. This seems all too common. Do people not know how to look behind them before backing up? Is there some gene certain people are born with that constantly makes them forget to look behind them?!! Gr-r-r-r.

Earlier, a national morning show was featuring the DaVinci Code. I could hardly stomach the whole thing. People actually believe this junk? Some aspects could be true. I can easily believe that Jesus was married to Mary, but all of it? Oh brother. To their credit, the morning show debunked parts of it. I did not watch the whole thing, though.

Angelfire Blogs Offline

For anyone who is checking Muddy's blog at BloggingCat.com, apparently Angelfire is having problems with its blogging program and many, if not all, of their blogs are offline right now. I don't know how long this will continue -- hopefully, it will be fixed by tomorrow.

Accidents like this make me glad that I am not using a blogging program here.

Star Wars Episode III

Great movie. Roger Ebert was right -- Lucas can not write love scenes well. The music was fantastic. The special effects and visuals blew me away. It had lots of action. Obi-Wan, ah! Sexy and wonderful. But it was sad ... so tragic ... so very depressing. I cried at the last scene. This does not end happily ever after (but you knew that already, right?).

I liked how the audience clapped at the ending. There may be nobody in the theater to accept the applause but we all enjoyed being there. It's fun to see a movie with fans. I am glad I did not wait.

It's My Birthday Today

My husband took the day off work, got us Star Wars tickets, found a nice restaurant and off we go. I am 49 today (thanks for having me, Mom). An 80 year old friend told me to enjoy my "youth" while I still have it. She is right. I feel young today - maybe that's because I am not yet 50.

I have thought about aging and my stand on it. First, comes to mind the joke about "aging is better than the alternative (death)." Then comes to mind all the people who are proud of their older age and speak up for how their lives are better now than ever before.

As for myself, well, yes, I am glad for the knowledge, relationships and life I am living right now, but I would be very glad to be this way in a 20-year-old body. I like Woody Allen's approach. On a TV interview I saw him say that aging stinks. Saggy skin stinks. Extra wrinkles stink. Physical aging is not fun.

I have to agree. I want my life the way it is now. I want my knowledge and experience but I want it in a 20-year-old body. If I had the money, I'd have plastic surgery in many places. Ha! But I am too busy enjoying life to pine away for youth, too poor for numerous surgeries -- so off we go to contemplate the deep philosophies in Star Wars Episode III.  :p Okay, maybe there aren't any. Loaded with special effects, accompanied by chocolate and popcorn, who cares?

Your Stars Wars Name and Title

From the same site is this option:

Your Star Wars Name and Title

Your Star Wars Name: Termo Yamou Your Star Wars Title: Nagcho of Drahcir

What Planet are You From?

Take the quiz and see if women are really from Venus. (Apparently we are -- and we Venusians need to spend more time in English spelling class.)

You Are From Venus

You love all forms of beauty. You love dressing up and anything luxurious. A social butterfly, you're incredibly popular and a great host. You're known for your fairness and affection. And as a frind to all. Careful though! You're desire to please may make you too willing to conform. Be yourself. Focus on what matters to you. You'll be all the more popular for it.

The World In Only 7 Pictures

These amazing pictures are going around the Internet and just came to my mailbox, thanks to Lil S. (when you go to the link, click on the tiny image to see it full-sized). I was amazed at the Chinese swimming pool (are those people really having fun?), but that was just the beginning. I am not sure I even believe all of these.

Photo of the Day (National Geographic & More)

Just learned about this site. I like the photos here, especially today's. (Click on Previous at the top left of the page to see other photos.)

That got me to wondering how many other sites offer a daily photo (besides my own photo blog, ahem). Here's a list of  the better ones I found:

DVD -R or +R?

I was able to assemble a slide show movie and make copies for a large group. We decided to go with the -R format because they are reputably the most compatible with the most DVD players (inspite of +R claims to be otherwise).

As expected, some players could not handle it, even a member of our group with a new one. For those folks, we are making some +R DVDs. And I didn't even mention DVD-RAM and RW -- whew! Too many formats and not enough compatibility.