In the Shallow End of the Pool

You Are Skinny Dipping

You are a fairly conservative, down to earth person. You aren't known for making trouble. That being said, you can be a little mischievous at times. You have a bit of a wild streak! You have probably been accused of being a flirt or a tease - and you're guilty as charged. You are naturally quite playful and coy. You're mostly sugar, but you're also a little spice.

Are You Skinny Dipping or Streaking?

Blogthings: Learn Something Surprising About Yourself

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Wonder if anyone has ever done both at the same time?

When I went to college back in the early 70's, streaking became the rage. For several weeks, students gathered outside at night to view those among us who dared to bare it all. There were several incidents I remember very well; one was a guy who stood naked atop his dorm building and exhorted the waiting crowd to "Gather 'round my children!" We all rushed over to cheer him, but as we got closer we found he was indeed topless, but was wearing flesh-colored pants. Instead of cheers, he received boos and a few rocks thrown his way. (mine came close)

Another was a young lady riding a horse, ala Lady Godiva. She too was wearing some flesh-colored tights and had her hair strategically taped around her breasts. She didn't get any rocks thrown at her, but her horse panicked at the crowd around her and nearly bucked her off. The horse's gyrations caused the tape to loosen, which was most likely the reason she didn't suffer the same fate as the guy atop the dorm.

Not all the streakers came out at night; there was a guy who decided to streak through the cafeteria at noon. He went running through the crowd, but when he jumped over a railing, he fell and broke his ankle. I'm not sure which hurt him worse, the accident or the loss of his pride.

A few years later I went skinny dipping in a stock pond with my best friend. That was also the day I found out for certain that he was gay. It was also the day I found out for certain that I wasn't.

fractious

fractious \FRAK-shuhs\ , adjective;
1. Tending to cause trouble; unruly.
2. Irritable; snappish; cranky.

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Fractious should be my middle name.

Endeavour Comes Home

From: NASA



With landing gear down, space shuttle Endeavour approaches the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after 14 days in space, completing the 5.7-million-mile STS-130 mission. Endeavour landed at 10:20 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 21, after delivering the new Tranquility node and its seven-window cupola to the International Space Station. Returning to Earth aboard Endeavour are Commander George Zamka; Pilot Terry Virts; and Mission Specialists Robert Behnken, Nicholas Patrick, Kathryn Hire and Stephen Robinson.

Credit: NASA

bombast

bombast \BOM-bast\ , noun;
1. Pompous or pretentious speech or writing.

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I should have named this blog "The Daily Bombast".

Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton

This song brings back memories of living in my home town when the song was first out and playing all the time on the radio. I was living in a garage apartment and since the TV went off at midnight, there was nothing else to do but listen to the radio. This was one of the better songs that remind me of that time. (another is Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the Light", but I prefer to associate ANY other song but that one with that fun time in my life)

egregious

egregious \ih-GREE-juhs\ , adjective;
1. Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.

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This is one of my favorite words, but I use it far too often.

One might say I am egregious in my overuse of the word egregious.