just yesterday a SW Bell telephone rep called to offer me an upgrade from the 1.5mb dsl i have to 3.5mb XTREME dsl for only five bucks extra. i was only able to get the ultra 1.5mb about six months ago (previously sad-sack dialup only) and had been amazed by the 1.5s speed...so i said "sure"...and was promptly even MORE amazed at the blazing 3.5s super speed. wow!
but at the same time, i realized that they're having fist fights in congress in Mexico... over a presidente that has announced himself president by winning the vote by less than a percent (but hey, a win is a win, right? if it had only been ONE vote, wouldn't that STILL be a win? doh!)
the Terminator was there... "It's good action," quipped California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as he arrived.
the former American president, Bush was there... Bush looked down at the near-empty chambers littered with protest banners from a balcony. A Mexican reporter yelled from below in English: "Be careful while you're in Mexico!"
The elder Bush laughed and said "thank you."
(and i'm thinking...to myself, if he's smart (bush that is) he'll ALWAYS be careful in Mexico!)
later that evening, a huge snowstorm moved through the mid-west...heck, about 1:00 this morning, i went out and even saw huge flakes (though they didn't stick) swirling about through the air at my old farm house here in Tennessee!
an Ancient Indian skull was found on Long Island...and Richards...aka Krammer from Seinfield...is STILL in the news about his club comments.
and i'm thinking...did my getting the XTREME DSL connection somehow cause all of this ruckus in the world?
i dunno'...but it seem suspicious to me. i'll have to ask my pet grey squirrel... he's the brainy sort and keeps up with such things far better than i. he lives in this bodaciously big hickory tree right outside of my computer/library room's window, and at least once a day climbs down to cavort around on my window sill, chunk hickory nuts explosively at my dirty, cig-smoke stained glass window and jabber at me in his odd, highpitched German accent. (German accent? ---you ask! well, yeah, i only recently found out that "most" squirrels converse in German and have German accents.)
by the way, i'm thinking of naming my pet, Pedro... (cause occasionally he also speaks in Spanish---evidently squirrels can speak several tongues---and as i don't really like most Germanic names as they seem so...you know, Kurt.) and of course he's not really my pet, and i think he resents me calling him that, but hey, i have to have SOME explaination to give to the wife (and the house cats and dogs) about why he hangs around outside my computer room window all the time and the "pet" thingy was the best i could come up with in a lurch.
i'm wondering...if i call SW BELL back and have them cancel my 3.5mb dsl...will that cause the NEW presidente of Mexico to resign and turn into a Mexican prizefighter or maybe a hired bounty killer, or maybe cause the snowstorm in the midwest to turn into a heatwave and melt all of the kid's snowmen, cause Schwarzenegger to do another Conan, the barbarian/Terminator movie... cause Bush to NOT be careful in Mexico, cause that ancient Indian skull to turn out to be Jimmy Hoffa's skull, cause Krammer to insult Schwarzenegger and end up also being a skull in california (Death Valley, maybe) somewhere?
it "could" work like that, you know... odd things happen.
check back next week for issue 2 vol 1 where i discuss quantum physics and invisible quarks with Pedro (the grey pet squirrel with the Germanic---sometimes Spanish---accent.)
it'll be informative, i promise.
Beowolff
If your DSL is giving you so much of THAT info I think dial up sounds much saner. 
I'm surrounded by grumpy old men!
