Happy New Year!

Well, the ball has almost dropped, for those of us in the Eastern Time Zone.....Emma and Michelle are very excited, and will probably make it to see in the new year, but I am fading fast. Although I was just shocked awake when Michelle pointed out how much my hairline has receded. There is something to start the new year on. So I got up, and went to go examine the offending folicles.

Holy Rogaine, when did this happen! For three year I used hair clippers, and kept my hair short. Then a few months ago I started growing it out and it seems that I am too late. I guess I will be shaving my head again. I always maintained that is what I would do if I started balding!

There is a old folktale that I am reminded of, I think I heard it in a movie or something. Maybe someone else will be able to remind me where, but there is an old turtle sunning on the banks of a river when a scorpion approaches. The scorpion introduces himself to the turtle who has retreated to the safety of the water. The scorpion begs the turtle for a ride to the far shore of the river. The turtle thinks and thinks, then decided to help the scorpion to the otherside, because the scorpion can not swim, so he wouldn't try anything in the middle of the river, because then neither one would make it to the other side. So the scorpion climbs on to the back of the turtle and they start across. But halfway across the river the scorpion does sting the turtle, and just before they both slip under the water forever the turtle asks the scorpion: "why?" The scorpion answers with a simple phrase, "It is my nature."

Happy New Year to everyone.

Oh, and I heard a little political comedy today, "The Capitol Steps". They were spoofing Bush, and it was wildly funny: "In uncertain times, we need uncertain leadership."