I was buying some toys yesterday....

I love toys...FAO Schwarz is going out of business in my area, and my office is quite nearby, so...

...Let's just say that damage was done to Mr. Visa Card.

Aneey-how, that got me to thinking about the concept of money. We exchange our skills, time and hard labor for a piece of paper with a number on it. We then take it to another place where we store it and maybe get some green pieces of paper to go and give to other people to get actual stuff. Or we give them a piece of plastic and then they look at it and record the numbers and give it back with the stuff.

It's quite the strange ritual when you think about it...I was thinking how this would look to Aliens or something of the sort:

"Well Zorblak, these fleshy things with the small eyes and the fur on their heads seem to exchange worthless pieces of paper for stuff."

"Why do they do that Greeblix?"

"I have absolutely no idea, Zorblak."

It's gotta go something like that.

I actually read a book the other day...

Yes, kids! An actual honest to god book...Not a "graphic novel" or anything with pictures in it.

Actually, I do it more often than I joke about, but I digress.

The book was called American Gods, By Neil Gaiman (who used to write a comic book called Sandman, Go fig) anyhow, It had this idea that Gods walk the earth with us, and they gain their power from the belief of people. Now the thing is, when people from overseas came to America, they brought these gods with them, and as such, America is full of gods from Everywhere...Europe, Egypt, Russia, Etc...Plus We have all of our native gods. To top it off all these old gods are fighting with the new gods of America, which are Technology, Media, Television, Etc.

Interesting read....And if you're not embarrassed to be seen reading a comic book, check out Sandman...Way cool stuff.

A New Year is upon us...

Man, I can't believe I have actually survived until 2004...Where are those dang flyin' cars they promised us anyway?

Last year was a good year, albeit a very quick one. I heard yesterday that they didn't have to add that leap second to the atomic clock this year because apparently the earth is spinning just that much faster. Maybe that has something to do with it, I dunno.

I got a niece this year...Got put sort of in charge of a big project for my office (haven't screwed it up too much yet)...Still have all the same friends, even though I don't see them as often as I like...Got a new cat...Got a calmer version of the old cat as a result...Went to two weddings and no funerals...Saw more good movies than bad movies...Went on a couple of trips...Got a raise...The truck is still intact (knock on wood)...Read a bunch of comics...Started learning how to drink... Drove someone home who was too drunk to drive...Got some cool toys and DVD's...& have started trying to get out more.

Anyhow, life's pretty good...Hope everyone else will have a happy 2004!