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July 12, 2006
Brain Fodder
Since I seem to be suffering from a bad case of nothing much to say here, I thought I'd sift through the fodder sitting in the file folder of my brain.
While out of town the last couple of weeks, I didn't have much time for blogging but did manage to catch snippets here and there of others' musings. During my stroll through cyberspace, I couldn't help but notice that the big news was about Rocketboom and all the hoo-hah surrounding it. Well I'll be dipped. And here I thought the big news was North Korea testing its missiles. That's a projectile with a potential boom you'd think more people would be concerned about. I guess it was something they may have pondered but didn't feel newsworthy enough.
Meanwhile back at the funny farm, this week seems to be exploding all over the place. To date:
On Monday morning in New York City, an explosion ripped through a building, causing it to collapse and catch fire. It was later discovered that the building's explosion had been fueled by a divorce and eviction proceeding.
Also on Monday night but in Boston, 12 tons of concrete ceiling panels from a section of a highway tunnel collapsed on a newlywed couple's car, killing the woman.
On Tuesday evening in Mumbai, India, seven explosions hit packed commuter trains during rush hour, killing scores of people. Authorities said the bombs all appeared to have been planted on trains that left the Churchgate station in Mumbai, formerly named Bombay. The blasts hit trains at Khar, Mahim, Matunga, Jogeshwari, Borivili and Bhayander stations, in that order. The seventh explosion hit a train between the Khar and Santacruz stations.
Also on Tuesday night but in Chicago, an eight-car train derailed and sparked a tunnel fire that injured more than 150 people in one of the city's few underground stretches of subway line. As many as 1,000 people were aboard when the train heading to O'Hare Airport derailed shortly after 5 p.m. and material under the train caught fire.
Today: Tornado hits north of Manhattan -- A truck was thrown onto gasoline pumps, a commercial building partially collapsed and the roof was ripped off a hotel when a tornado struck in Westchester County Wednesday afternoon.
And, if that's not enough, I also came across these two pieces of riveting fodder for you:
Joey Buttafuoco gets a year in jail AND Christie Brinkley separates from 4th husband.
Needless to say, it's only Wednesday and it's not been a good week.
Cindy
Comments
I just love the expression "Well, I'll be dipped." It's so mid-western, which you aren't. My dad says the rest of that line is "...in goose shit." I'm not sure if that's true, but I'm sure the answer is available in cyberspace. And Christy Brinkley is a sn--ch. Cheers! Ken
Brain matter deposited by: KensterJ on July 13, 2006 1:35 AM
Yes, that line is a dad-ism and I do know the rest of his version, though it wasn't necessary to include it here.
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on July 13, 2006 7:28 AM
uh... Tornado in Westchester County? Are they trying to be, the new Oklahoma? I know that east coast tornados occur as being from the Berkshires we've actually had fatalities up there, but don't they curtail action like that near those nice houses? Sigh... things is really crazy right now.
Brain matter deposited by: Aron M. on July 13, 2006 6:13 PM
Hi Aron! Yes it's true, there was indeed a tornado. Things IS indeed truly crazy.
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on July 14, 2006 7:34 AM
brain-dead ? i blame the weather. i've resorted to posting words such as 'bumfluff'.
you can't get lower than that.
Brain matter deposited by: zed on July 14, 2006 1:35 PM
move to berlin, babe. this manhattan thing seems to be over. sounds like simcity when i turn on the random desasters.
Brain matter deposited by: Holger on July 18, 2006 4:59 PM