Off the scales

In another odd instance of synchronicity, right about the same time Mr. Beagles mentions Pontius Pilate, Israeli archaeologists find a ring that may have belonged to the Roman governor.  I've lost track of the Beaglesonian coincidences but this was a good one.


A short time before the recent Alaska earthquake there was a subtle seismic ripple that traversed the globe and only one geologist caught it.  It may mean nothing but scientists are speculating that a pool of magma collapsed in the waters near Madagascar; I hope this isn't the beginning of a trend that began with the recent Hawaii volcano activity. 

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My fond memories of being a barefoot lad with a fishing pole ignored a significant fact that Uncle Ken reminds me of: cleaning the damn fish is required, a task that came with the territory.  There wasn't any easy method to scale the fish except, scrape, scrape, scrape with an old knife.  The scales flew everywhere and there was no way to avoid them.  Cleaning smelt was a lot easier and a bit of fun.  Just chop off the heads, slit them up the middle, and slide the guts out with your finger; very quick and easy.

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The death of Bush 41 will probably dominate the news for a few more days, much to annoyance of Trump.  Comparisons between the two are being made and the Orange One looks like the bum that he is in comparison. And I'd forgotten how young Bush was when he crashed his bomber, only twenty years old.  It's a little startling to think that Bush and Eisenhower were fighting in the same war; their presidencies were decades apart.

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I just can't think of anything to say about our current subjects of discussion that I haven't already said.

I'm with you on that one, Mr. Beagles.  Sometimes I think I'm beginning to repeat myself, and then I read that cattle are back in the news.  There are a couple of steer vying for the title of World's Largest Cow.  Maybe tomorrow there will be something new in the news.