Moose tackles helicopter; both lose

Okay, how often is it that you hear a story like this?

Yes, a moose did charge and damage a helicopter:

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A helicopter is not necessarily a match for an angry moose.

Instead of slowing down after being shot with a tranquilizer dart, a moose charged a hovering helicopter used by a wildlife biologist, damaging the aircraft's tail rotor and forcing it to the ground.

Alas, the moose ultimately lost. It was badly injured and needed to be euthanized.

Moose tackles helicopter; both lose

Okay, how often is it that you hear a story like this?

Yes, a moose did charge and damage a helicopter:

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A helicopter is not necessarily a match for an angry moose.

Instead of slowing down after being shot with a tranquilizer dart, a moose charged a hovering helicopter used by a wildlife biologist, damaging the aircraft's tail rotor and forcing it to the ground.

Alas, the moose ultimately lost. It was badly injured and needed to be euthanized.

How to get a baby named after you

(1) Get elected as part of the Bosnian presidential triumverate.
(2) See pregnant woman in distress.
(3) Give pregnant woman motorcade escort to hospital.

Seriously...that's what the BBC says happened:

One of Bosnia's three-member presidency has helped a woman in labour by escorting her car to hospital at high speed with his motorcade.

Zeljko Komsic noticed a distressed couple driving fast near the town of Maglaj late on Saturday.

Suad Ibrahimovic said he and his wife, Jasminka, were so grateful that they would name the baby after him.

Kosmic's efforts were a bit more heroic than this offhanded note makes them seem. Said Ibrahimovic:

"I have no words to thank Mr Komsic, he saved my wife and my son," Mr Ibrahimovic said.

"Komsic even helped carry my wife into the hospital."

How to get a baby named after you

(1) Get elected as part of the Bosnian presidential triumverate.
(2) See pregnant woman in distress.
(3) Give pregnant woman motorcade escort to hospital.

Seriously...that's what the BBC says happened:

One of Bosnia's three-member presidency has helped a woman in labour by escorting her car to hospital at high speed with his motorcade.

Zeljko Komsic noticed a distressed couple driving fast near the town of Maglaj late on Saturday.

Suad Ibrahimovic said he and his wife, Jasminka, were so grateful that they would name the baby after him.

Kosmic's efforts were a bit more heroic than this offhanded note makes them seem. Said Ibrahimovic:

"I have no words to thank Mr Komsic, he saved my wife and my son," Mr Ibrahimovic said.

"Komsic even helped carry my wife into the hospital."

First impressions

gerisullivan and I just finished a good natter. As is usual for us, the conversation ranged around and up and down and hither and thither. About the time we got to "yon," I mentioned that an SF community member of our mutual acquaintance was someone to whom I'd never warmed.

This is pretty much my fault. ( Some first impressions should be forgotten... )

First impressions

gerisullivan and I just finished a good natter. As is usual for us, the conversation ranged around and up and down and hither and thither. About the time we got to "yon," I mentioned that an SF community member of our mutual acquaintance was someone to whom I'd never warmed.

This is pretty much my fault. ( Some first impressions should be forgotten... )

Got carded today

*beaming*

"I'd like a pack of cigarettes."

I'll need to see your license, please.

"You're carding me for buying cigarettes?"

I'm supposed to check anybody who looks under 30.

"May I rent you to say that loudly?"

(It would have all been much more exciting, had the clerk been over 20...)

Got carded today

*beaming*

"I'd like a pack of cigarettes."

I'll need to see your license, please.

"You're carding me for buying cigarettes?"

I'm supposed to check anybody who looks under 30.

"May I rent you to say that loudly?"

(It would have all been much more exciting, had the clerk been over 20...)

So, when I win the MegaMillions tomorrow...

...well, besides shortly thereafter being able to check out still another new emergency room (because, clearly, if winning $340 $370 million doesn't send my heart into overdrive, nothing will), I plan to make several expenditures:

Finally, my Ferrari P3. Yes, I know it's not street legal. I will keep it in the garage and just fire it up to hear the engine make that sound. Then I will get behind the wheel of the back-up Ferrari (Dino) to go driving.

( There is, of course, more shopping... )

See, it's really not the winning that's fun...it's the anticipation of winning...and how to spend the winnings...that is the real joy. (BTW, I'm willing to be only one of two or three winners. Generosity is my middle name.)

So, when I win the MegaMillions tomorrow...

...well, besides shortly thereafter being able to check out still another new emergency room (because, clearly, if winning $340 $370 million doesn't send my heart into overdrive, nothing will), I plan to make several expenditures:

Finally, my Ferrari P3. Yes, I know it's not street legal. I will keep it in the garage and just fire it up to hear the engine make that sound. Then I will get behind the wheel of the back-up Ferrari (Dino) to go driving.

( There is, of course, more shopping... )

See, it's really not the winning that's fun...it's the anticipation of winning...and how to spend the winnings...that is the real joy. (BTW, I'm willing to be only one of two or three winners. Generosity is my middle name.)