Feeling Grateful
Davey over at Break The Illusion recently posted about a book he was reading and his resolution to create a new habit of each day, writing down five things he is grateful for. He recommended that us readers do the same, and I think it’s a great idea. I think it is so easy for us to take things for granted, but we are all blessed every day with the things we have and experience. So, each day, I’ll post my five things, and I hope that you’ll all leave comments sharing the things you’re grateful for.
Today, I’m Grateful For:
1. Sleeping In.
2. Crazy people talking about prom on This American Life.
3. Clean House Marathons (very motivating)
4. Finding lost treasures while cleaning (a Civil War Bullet!)
5. So You Think You Can DANCE!
This American Life: Prom Night
Click on the image to listen to this week’s This American Life. It’s pretty much my favorite weekly radio show (Prairie Home is a close second). I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
“While the seniors danced at Prom Night 2001 in Hoisington, Kansas—a town of about 3,000—a tornado hit the town, destroying about a third of it. When they emerged from the dance, they discovered what had happened, and in the weeks that followed, they tried to explain to themselves why the tornado hit where it did. Plus other stories that happen on Prom Night.”
Umalicious
As if the musings of Fresh Air’s Terry Gross could bring any more joy to a humdrum day, our sensuous storyteller was joined yesterday by Actress Uma Thurman. She speaks about her career, new film (The Life Before Her Eyes), and background, raised by a model and a professor of Buddhism. Interesting stuff if you’re at all interested in Uma Thurman. Or even maybe if you aren’t. Catch the interview on the NPR website.
Where’s Waldo?
Melanie Coles spent hours poring over “Where’s Waldo?” books as a child, looking for the stripe-shirted hero. Now a 22-year-old artist, she figured these days people spend hours pouring over Google Earth images looking for things, so why not give them a Waldo to find? She made a giant Waldo, put him somewhere in Vancouver, and now she’s waiting for Google Earth satellites to pick him up.
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