Old Money.

We all know that there are two kinds of millionaires, those of 'old money' and those who are 'new money'. And then there is me. I have old money. I was getting fuel at the gas station and as part of my change, I get this thing:










For some reason, this 1935 dollar bill had worked its way back into circulation and was waiting for me at the local Circle K. Then it got me wondering about all the stuff it would have seen. Was it used to by gasoline for some body's old Oldsmobile back in the 30's? Was it stashed away during a shortage of WWII? Did somebody find it in the attic in the 80's? Maybe it was a bookmark? It could have been any number of a thousand places.

I wonder if people are like this goofy, ragged bill? They may not look like much or look like they are worth much, but once you know their stories and histories, they become priceless.

Or maybe they are sometimes named Bill.





*Is it legal to scan old bills? If so, I'll take it down.

So it turns out that in Japan, roosters are always crowing "ko-ke-kok-ko-o".
Feel like talking turkey with a turkey in Turkey? Say "glu glu"!
And who could forget the gentle "croa croa" of the frogs in France.

Now, I've never heard a dog bark anything that sounds like "bow-wow". But thanks to this animal sound guide, you don't have to settle for the stale old otomotopia's you are used to.
Click here!

The November Review...

I've been busier than I thought this month. But I don't feel like I have much to show for it. I guess that because I have been been working at big projects in small steps. Among the highlights are:

purchased a domain name bought some video editing software had a bunch of blind dates helped a friend remove a dead mouse from her apartment got an early start on my Christmas shopping got ripped off on my purchase of envelopes for my Christmas card played a bunch of board games with friends was captian of the work bowling team that took 4th place out of 15 teams also went bowling on thanksgiving and didn't do terribly well didn't sleep enough watched E.T. started a screenplay for a short film i plan to post on youtube next year ate my weight in turkey leftovers read four books and three manuscripts and didn't get any writing done on my own projects laughed really hard at this comic strip:









Yeah. That's about it. At least all I can remember.

UPDATE.

Here's the mouse I had to dispose of. Poor little guy.