COMMENTS Update and SHORT STORY

Links below each posting for you to comment are back, thanks to Haloscan.com, my new provider. Here's a short story I found.

Seeing The Light Can Make You Blind:

Mandy had grown up to be quite a looker, if only she could see herself now. You ever hear about someone going blind from an eclipse? Well, that was Amanda, my friend and early childhood neighbour.

We played house. We ran into the fields. We told each other secrets. This was your typical childhood stuff. Mandy always wears sunglasses now though. She has many different kinds. My favourites are the ones she purchased from some store called Nine-West.

It was me that told her to look into the sun that day so that she would find true happiness.

She still thanks me.

I believe North American national holidays and other celebratory days that are not 'official' holidays were established to curb overproduction brought on by mass production and the industrial revolution. For example:

Too much turkey because no one really eats them all year round = thanksgiving
Too much gunpowder left over from war, so fireworks are used = Victoria Day (here in Canada), or any given day of the week in the USA.
Too many pumpkins because no one eats them = Hallowe'en
Too much chocolate and flowers = valentine's day
Too many items on shelves = boxing day

Go fly a kite, now.

The "Asian Brown Cloud," a 2-mile-thick blanket of pollution over South Asia. How do we stop this? Here's a link.

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