Apparently my brother was getting married and I was traveling along with him and several of his friends for his bachelor party. Most of the trip took place on an amphibious bus which at times was barreling down various highways at absurdly high speeds with the roof open, and at another point was lazily drifting down the Carson River (a shallow, narrow creek in Nevada that barely qualifies as a river at all). The river was, for some reason, much deeper than I remember it being in real life, and also it was very cold and full of alligators.
Later, the bus stopped because everyone was getting hungry and we were trying to find a restaurant, but everywhere we went, the restaurants refused to serve us. So we stopped somewhere for gas, and I went inside to get a drink, and the gas station had a giant arcade and there were kids running around everywhere. I shoved a few of them to the ground to clear a path to a soda fountain, where I got a very large Coke Slurpee.
I then proceeded to the cashier, where I paid for my drink and bought two lottery tickets -- one for myself, and one to give to my brother as a wedding gift. He seemed thrilled with it when I gave it to him.
Of course the most absurd part of that dream is the idea my brother would ever get married. Can you imagine!
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Here's another creative idea to solving America's debt problem by simply wishing it away, sort of like the $1 trillion platinum coin you may have heard about.
Risk assessment is a funny thing, because it affects all of us, yet most of us don't think about it. For example, a lot of people are upset and worried about gun violence right now, even though you are several orders of magnitude more likely to die of heart disease or a car crash than from being shot. At any rate, I love the fact the author of this great story on risk reduction is Jared Diamond!!! LOL (Get it?)
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Did you know that, before they created South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone were hired to do a short film that starred Michael J. Fox, Demi Moore, Stephen Spielberg, Sylvester Stallone and a host of other Hollywood heavyweights? Now you do!
TODAY'S SOMEWHAT OBSCURE MOMENT IN HISTORY
On January 31, 1606, Guy Fawkes was executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament and King James I. Sadly, he did not live to enjoy the substantial royalties from the use of his face as a mask for Anonymous members.
