Icewind's Ramblings

One World . . . One Dream . . . I played golf today in great weather with clear skies and mid sixties temperatures so once I arrived home this afternoon I have to be completely honest with you as I had absolutely NO interest or intention of watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony tonight. With the time zone difference from Alaska and the fact that they were probably on television on the east coast while I was still at work. I just wasn't thinking I would see it today but then turned on the news to see the start of the telecast was just minutes away for the Opening Ceremonies. I’ve been watching for several hours now as the parade of Nations is continuing. WOW! ! ! I’m blown away by the beauty and imagination of it all. I will say that China knows how to put on a show! Matt Lauer and Bob Costas were talking about the man who was a film maker charged with putting on this exhibition. He did a masterful job blending many senses to emotions and the overall wond...

Bet You Didn't Know . . . Einstein had an unpublished theory that taking large amounts of caffeine didn't make your heart beat faster, but in fact made the rest of the universe move slower. Ice

I’m not sure if it is the time of day (usually late evenings) that I have the opportunity to watch television but it seems to me that for some strange reason the commercials that are shown when I’m watching is targeted to those that may find themselves with all sorts of possible ailments or conditions. Maybe daytime television runs these same things but late night in Alaska is really strange. Well, I guess sometimes there isn’t much of a choice whatever time you may be watching. With over a hundred channels to pick from and the thousands of commercials being played there’s the possibility to find something for everyone. I was getting a look the other night when an ad came on for a relative well known prescription drug for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Among the possible side-effects were “bad diarrhea, or . . . diarrhea together with . . . fainting, or dizziness.” The one side effect that always gets me is the ‘explosive diarrhea’. I’ve experienced this first hand ...