GOP Debate

A response I heard: "Some did better than others, but I'd vote for any one on that stage over Obama. Including the sound tech."

Departure set

Josh plans to leave for Australia on Oct 13. Taking some combination of motorcycle and hang glider to get to Los Angeles, and jetskiing from there across the Pacific (pausing in Kiribati for a bacon, lettuce and bacon sandwich).

Indians

We were at the beach tonight, waiting for fireworks (scheduled for 10pm, we arrived at 9pm and left at 10:45, no fireworks to be seen). Josh walked a few blocks farther down the boardwalk and said he'd seen a bunch of Indian ladies, sitting the beach, waiting for the fireworks.

Me: "So, they were a sari lot?"

Josh punched me.

Me: "I suppose that was a pun-jab?"

Raiding Borders

Now that Borders' "Going out of Business Sale" is actually giving significant discounts, I picked up Hard Magic, Downbelow Station, Thomas the Rhymer, and Grunts, plus spare copies of Mote in God's Eye and The Sharing Knife

Kangatarian

Josh vows to be a kangatarian. Kangaroo steak, kangaroo sausages (KangaBangas). Hasn't found out whether there are kanga-ribs yet.

Kangaroo

Kangaroo

Delicious and

it's good for you

International Bacon Day

Happy International Bacon Day! (The September one. There's another one in February, because bacon is too good for just one holiday).

A Trip to the Moon

In 1902 Le Voyage dans le lune (A Trip to the Moon)--the first science fiction film--was released in France.