Additional left over randomness....specificially random to today.

Sorry for the two straight posts of randomness, but I have some things to talk about. Tomorrow I’m going to hit on the interesting week I’ve had, and some valuable lessons the Major taught me yesterday – but tomorrow is for tomorrow. Back to today.

· Today is the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. I would argue that this is one of the top 5, if not THE, most important event in modern history. Before heading right to the comment section before reading the rest of this post to say, “But John, what about _____, that’s wayyyyyy more important, dummy!” I just want you to think about something. While many American soldiers have died in the resulting 64 years, there has not been a war between super-powers, or even major powers for that matter, since the conclusion of WWII. What do you think the war would have looked like between the US and Russia (and the subsequent allies that would have been pulled in) had both nations not been terrified of mutual assured destruction at the hand of the Bomb? Better yet, when that war would have entered the terribly long and drawn out stage (like both world wars before it), do you think for a second that one of the two countries wouldn’t have eventually started slinging nukes to try and end it? Just a thought.

· Now a lighter note. Today driving across Rt. 80 (I know, another driving story), I saw a flatbed truck carrying a carwash. Like, one of the ones you drive into, stop, and it auto-washes your car. Some of the equipment was in it, and the outside of the carwash was a nice brick façade. I can’t even begin to explain how awesome this was, and I’m immensely disappointed I didn’t have my camera with me. My camera phone just would not have done it justice. Now here’s the question – how much money would you pay to drive up the back ramp of a flatbed, get a carwash (while still progressing towards your destination), roll off the back all Knight Rider style, and then continue on your day? We’re not even putting a price on the story value of this, and the pictures that could be had. I’m not a rich man, but I’d probably pay $200, easy. I mean, not $200 over and over again, but definitely once for the experience. And it’d have to come with the full wax and buff treatment and all that for the money. But whatever…I just may be on to something here!

· I’m going on a 5 day hiking trip next week (sorry, no blogs), and I decided to invest in a sweet hammock. This hammock has a little bit of everything. It’s got a built on bug net, it comes with a great rain cover, and all things considering it’s pretty comfy. I think I overpaid a bit for what amounts to a large sheet of plastic, but for 5 days of not sleeping on the ground it was well worth it. Last night I decided to give it a test-run…ya know, make sure I could set it up properly, make sure it wouldn’t fall out of the tree, etc etc…before I was tired and frustrated after hiking 12 miles on the first day with a bunch of whiny kids. The bag said “Assembly time: 2.5 minutes”. HA! Maybe 2.5 minutes per suggested knot. But I digress. 25 good minutes later I finally have the siesta swing to a standard where I think I could probably survive the night, and I’m thinking – OK, it’s now or never. Let’s give this a go. I get in, and am actually asleep pretty quickly. Victory is mine! Not so fast, Lombardi….Moral of the story? Before thinking this is a good idea, check the goddamn weather report. It got down to about 42 degrees last night. I was unprepared. I was also back inside at about 3AM. Yeah…better luck next week, champ.

Now get back to work, crazy.