Weekend Update

So, I didn't post this weekend. That's to be expected, since I don't like to get online over the weekend, it seems extra slow. Here are the things that would have been in the blog if I had written.

PBS sometimes makes me angry. There. I said it. Like Saturday, I saw an ad--which they claim that they don't have every March, filthy liars--for a new special. It was investigating the claim that a group of Chinese explorers "discovered" America in 1421. One of the things the announcer said was "will we have to rewrite the history books?" The first thing I thought was "Why?! They're still four centuries too late!" For those that don't know what I'm talking about, the Vikings landed in Canada--Newfoundland, to be exact--in the 11th century, over 400 years before that lost Italian sailing under Spanish colors. If we haven't "rewritten the history books" for them, why worry about a group that got there only 71 years before him? And then there's the group that had been there for over 10,000 years. The nomads that crossed the land bridge between Russia and Alaska. Anyway, I ranted about that for a couple hours--over a 30-second commercial. Sad, really.

I realized Saturday (before that big rant) that the scars from the piercing on the left spell out NOT--the nipple is the O, of course. I remember thinking that the scar on one side was kind of a zigzag, and I thought it was a backwards N, and the other side was a little harder to make out. So, since I was thinking about the odd scars, I decided to take a look. I realized that the N wasn't backwards, and the scar on the other side looked like a T that was falling over--away from the O. The N was also leaning slightly in the same direction, so not only do the scars spell NOT, but it's in italics!

The third major thing is that I've started reading again. The problem is, I'm reading a little too fast--I've got a long time before school again, and not enough books to fill it. I've read two books in the past two days, with the shortest being the 536-page thriller, The Green Mile, by Stephen King. I read that yesterday. On Sunday, I read the longer of the two books--by about 90 pages--State of Fear, by Michael Crichton. State of Fear is based around global warming, and there's a good story to go with it. I think it should be read by anyone that wants to know more about global warming. I know some of you are thinking "It's a fiction book. What can I learn from fiction?" Well, when the fiction novel has over one page of bibliography for every 20 pages of story, it shows the author did his research. I've changed how I think about it because of this book. One of my favorite parts of the book is at the end, where he actually gives his views on global warming--and science in general--including the phrase "I am certain there is too much certainty in the world." I'm going to miss being able to read new books by Crichton. I guess I may have to read them all over again. The Green Mile was a good book too--not King's usual style of horror, but still a good book. I had trouble putting either of these books down for long--even staying up an extra two and a half hours to finish State of Fear.

Anyway, busy day ahead of me. I better start getting to it.