Well done

by Duf Anything and Everything

So last night the task at hand was to mow the grass to eliminate that from the list of weekend time consumers. As I stepped into the back yard, almost on cue, I started feeling some rain drops.  Luckily they stopped after a few minutes but the skies were definitely threatening to cancel my plans.

As I mowed along, the storms were getting progressively closer and more ominous.  Towards the end of it there were multiple lightning strikes in the nearby vicinity.  Despite the now black skies and thunderclaps I went into the shed and grabbed the weed whacker, a potential 5 feet long lightning rod.

I have a bit of a weird attitude when it comes to being outside in lightning.  Of course there is a part of me that thinks about the danger of being outside in the middle of a storm.  Each time I approached one of the tall trees I was quite aware I was standing by a potential lightning target.  I have seen first hand a cabbage palm behind our property get hit and glow red afterward.

The weird part is in a way, death by lightning probably wouldn’t be so bad, a flash and you are done.  I have never had any desire to fade away into old age and all of the various horrors that accompany it anyway.

If you had some sort of magical powers and could give me the choice of being taken out by lightning tomorrow or “living” deep into old age with a brain of mush or the body of a cripple, I would take a lightning ride every single time.  Plus it would save a boat load of money in cremation costs.

I was happy to see Misty and Kerri close out their Olympic careers with another gold medal win last night.  Their track record of success on the court is something that is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon.  It was touching afterward to see Kerri so happy for the victory but also choked up because she knew it was the last time she would be on that world stage with Misty.

So I am now in day 9 of August and have already made over 17 bucks in ad revenue, if this rate continues I am on track to almost double my revenue from the month before, which already was almost a double of the month prior.  I added to my advertising juggernaut by installing an AdSense plug in for the blog that throws a small banner ad at the bottom of a post.  Can’t hurt.

The Eagles preseason starts tonight.  I don’t have a practical avenue to watch the game but to be honest I don’t really care that much.  Preseason games interest me very little.  It is exciting though that the season is coming.

I am curious what is going on with the Sunday Ticket.  I heard that Directv is now INCLUDING it in their subscriptions for FREE.  Now since I JUST have the Sunday Ticket and no other DirecTV programming I will still be paying my $399 or so for it unfortunately.  However if you are a new subscriber you can get the Sunday Ticket included if you buy a package that is as low as $35 a month, not bad.