I take a field trip to Zotland, the capital of Upper Volta

[zakzakzakzakzakzakzakzakzak]

So like Dude... I learned that the capitol of Texas is Cuba. That means that the capitol of Arizona is like, Brazil. WHOA DUDE! IT MUST BE! Uh Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh...

[sionnsar]

Good morning, all!

[King Prout]

just helped a patient through a seizure.

whoa.

I won't lie: seizures scare the ever-lovin' CRAP outta me.

[Monkey Face]

I second that emotion. I had a childhood friend who was epileptic. She had a seizure one night, fell into a lawn sprinkler, had a heart attack and died. She was 14.

Seizures are nothing to ignore, and when you witness one, you're forever changed.

[Monkey Face]

Hey, sion! Are you rested? And how is LOM?

[sionnsar]

Rested? No, not yet. But LoM is getting better and better. Made several trips up and down the stairs yesterday, and went grocery shopping with a friend.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Third base!!!!

[Monkey Face]

:o])

Now that LoM is recovering, your stress will ease, and you will become less anxious. Most people don't realize how stress affects you. I do. You'll both feel much better soon!

[Monkey Face]

Hello!

Happy Hump Day! (And I mean that in the nicest way!)
;o]

[stephenjohnbanker]

Good choice!

[stephenjohnbanker]

"seizures scare the ever-lovin' CRAP outta me."

seizures scare the ever-lovin crap outta EVERYBODY!

[stephenjohnbanker]

I dunno........I guess one great Hump deserves another.

[HKMk23]

Ya like that, do ya?

There are things you think up when you're a kid and you You know, think, "Wouldn't that be cool?!" But somehow, life and growing up has a way of trampling that out of most people. Then, you see somthing like this and you realize that here is a guy who never bailed on his childhood dreams. Yeah, he spent a boatload of money to build a very impractical car, but nobody ELSE has one and, if we're REALLY honest with the man in the mirror, deep down, we're envious. We're envious that he had the fortitude to stick to it and see it either done or discovered impossible. And we're envious that, having found it possible, and having done it, he's undoubtedly having more fun and living a more satisfying life for all of the money and effort.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Good points. I think everyone should try something that may be next to impossible, or very difficult to achieve.
It has to be something the person has a real passion for though.

[Monkey Face]

;o])

[nicmarlo]

noooooooooo not that again! : )

[stephenjohnbanker]

I missed out yesterday : )

[HKMk23]

I think everyone should try something that may be next to impossible, or very difficult to achieve.

Many of our forebears had these kinds of things foisted upon them by circumstance. Some chose them out of a raw expression of human liberty. The Strait of Magellan. The Oregon Trail. The California Gold Rush. Bull run. The Great Depression. Iwo Jima. All of these events were undertaken by ordinary men who endured -- perhaps even welcomed -- the fire of adversity to overcome the extraordinarily difficult, and thereby redefine themselves as extraordinary; worthy of being called "men".

[nicmarlo]

Well, we really don't need to go there today...again. I got too lost as it was. :0)

[stephenjohnbanker]

We have it easy compared to our ancestors.

[stephenjohnbanker]

OK, 500