Our calendar is flexible
RUNNING JOKE CALENDAR
Our refrigerator collects odd things. Photos of other people’s children. A detailed recycling/garbage schedule. And most importantly, a calendar that details future appointments, of sorts. We have a special sliding date sticker that shows when the border to the US might reopen for vehicle traffic. It’s been sliding, month after month, for more than a year and a half; the latest forecast is next October 21st. I feel secure in knowing that I don’t have any travel option involving four wheels on the ground any time soon.
I tend to find my (personal) moments of humour in the news feed. Today, I learned that an artist in Denmark convinced a financial institution to allow him access to more than 70,000 Euro to “reconstitute” one of his earlier masterpieces. Instead, he kept the cash and submitted a blank canvas, entitled (roughly) “Take the cash and take off”. Proof that modern art can be lucrative.
In keeping with the trend of offering shows without an audience, this year’s Nobel prizes will come without ceremony. I guess the covering letter is now all you really need to prove your unique position to others in your domain. Also, the next Olympics (Beijing, if you care) will be held without spectators in the stands. Cuts down on unwieldy queues.
In the UK, fuel trucks will be offering deliveries, soon. The catch is that the army will provide the drivers, since the nation has problems getting enough qualified truckers to keep things up. Probably a reasonable use for soldiers that haven’t had to fight any big wars in a long time.
