Nay, today we play as though it’s the last day of May, I say! The gray of May will give way to the tune of June at high noon. Well, not high noon TODAY, but I’m saying like any “high noon” in June. Do you people see to what lengths I will go to rhyme like a loon tycoon living in a goon commune?
Roads today are dry, clear, warm, and free of wind and rocks. There’s no fog… until the very bottom of the hill. It’s an odd thing, running into a little moderate fog right around Lower Waterman Canyon Road’s outlet. The whole valley seems to be sort of socked in and overcast with this very low, very thin layer of hazy mist. It won’t really cause you any problems, and my guess is that it’ll all burn off very soon, but in the effort of full disclosure, there you have it.
Today: National Speak in Sentences day. Whatever. The point? Avoiding sentence fragments. Not me. I’ll just keep on doing it the way that feels
Today is also National Autonomous Vehicle day. Now, this means vehicles of all types, including airplanes. I read recently about a pilot program for autonomous planes… but wouldn’t that really be a pilotless program?
I almost became a pilot a few years ago… I saw an ad in the paper that offered a crash course to get your pilot’s license. That didn’t really sound like all that great of a plan.
Sort of like the ad I saw the other day for tires… the tire place was having a blowout sale. Thanks, but… just not interested.
So, you may have noticed that there are a lot fewer people around here these days. I read that about three-fourths of the world population is now stuck in a pedestrian traffic jam on top of Mount Everest. It’s gotten super-trendy to do that climb, and now there are so many people ON the mountain that it’s some sort of gridlock. I guess the dead bodies are probably contributing to the problem, too, since they simply WON’T move out of the way.
I’ve never done Everest… the biggest pile of rocks I have climbed is Mount San Antonio, aka: Mount Baldy. It’s a little over 10,000 feet in elevation and often has snow at the top throughout the year.
When hiking there a few years ago with Mrs. Kdog and one of the pups, we rounded a bend in the trail and discovered a mountain lion sitting on a rock above our planned route. We spent some time trying to figure out a trail of safe passage but there were few options given the heavy brush and steep cliffsides. We had little choice but to walk right past the thing. Now, I don’t hike without some sort of firepower, so I kept that .357 trained on the cat as we passed. Thankfully, he seemed to want nothing from us and we wanted nothing from him. We passed in peace.
So, the new Star Wars thing at Disneyland is open. Only, see, in order to keep the throngs from ballooning terribly, they’ve restricted the eligibility to visit, by imposing certain requirements: this section of the park is ONLY open to current Disneyland Hotel guests; ONLY guests who were actually IN one of the Star Wars movies (there have been so many movies now, that this may not actually truncate the guest list at all); ONLY guests who are willing to give up their cell phones while there (I am not making that part up); ONLY those who can abide by a time limit as enforced by color-coded wristbands; and ONLY those with enough money that it seems like a good idea to pay over $100 for admission—plus parking—to go on ONE ride (that is how many attractions you will be able to ride in the time allotted… really). Oh, and it’s limited to people who are okay with standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line and standing in line to have the opportunity to briefly ride said attraction. Of course, now IS the time to go… since most of the world’s population is still stuck on Everest, so only about one billion people per day will be at Disneyland.
I took one of my pups to Disneyland a few years ago… on a Tuesday, in order to “avoid the crowds.” On our ten-hour visit, we got to ride five attractions… but that was because we settled for some of the lousier rides with fewer people in line. It only cost us $250 for tickets and parking then, because this was a long, long time ago (but in this very galaxy)… so, $50 per ride.
Finally, I’ll admit… I got a little choked up when I saw that over the weekend, National Heimlich Maneuver day will occur. This is not a gag… however, it seems to me that this day should coincide with maybe, National Hot Dog day, or National Stuff As Many Marshmallows Into Your Face As You Can day. Whatever… maybe you’ll see somebody choking, and will successfully Heimlich ‘em back to respiration. Did you know, by the way, that you can even Heimlich yourself? Really… throw yourself over the back of a chair (you don’t need to do this now… only if and when you are choking). Make sure you do this before you lose consciousness, though, because if you try to throw yourself over a chair AFTER you pass out, well… that won’t work so well. Whatever… review your Heimlich maneuvers, always be ready to jump into action, and we will see you soon… and don’t be a strangler!