I set my alarm for 7am
this morning, and woke only two minutes before it was due to go off.
That was good. I watched Family Guy over toast. It turns out that
Brian the dog has a gay cousin, and he married his boyfriend in
today's episode,which was nice for all concerned.
As I walked to my car
this morning I had a wry smile at a large black and white cat which
was walking up the middle of the street, seemingly oblivious of the
traffic going up and down past it. I wonder whose cat it wasl and
whether the cat survived the day.
The morning's radio was
entertaining; as ever. There was an article on ear worms; that
annoying thing when you get a song or tune stuck in your head.
Apparently advertising firms are looking at the possibility of
pushing their messages more actively via earworms. I would have
thought that they would have done that years ago.
Also on a musical theme
Pete
Seeger (who?) died today. He was the chap who wrote a lot
of the archetypal hippie songs of the 1960s and 1970s. Whilst I can't
say I'm a fan of his music I did chuckle when the pundits played a
snippet of what they called "the unmistakeable voice of Pete
Seeger" only to apologise five minutes later that they'd
actually played something by Peter Paul and Mary.
I popped into the
cheapo-bargains shop on my way to work, and as I did I had something
of a shock. A good friend was walking out out the place. I looked
again; what was Tracey doing fifty-odd miles from home? I was about
to ask her when I realised it wasn't her; it was a look-alike. But a
very close look-alike. It was only her not recognising me that really
gave it away.
I've heard tell that
everyone has a double somewhere; I wonder if there is another me...?
And so to work. I did my
bit, and we heard mention of our old friend science. It would seem
that there is a new scientific unit in regular use; the
banana equivalent dose
which is a measure of
radiation. Specifically that amount of radiation equivalent to the
exposure one would get from eating a banana. Apparently bananas are
more radioactive that you might think.
That is unless you think
they are extremely radioactive...
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