It started off normally, as far as my days go. I was out of horse feed, so my horse is angry at me, or so it seems, for not getting his breakfast. Ah, the joys of spoiling a horse silly. As much as I didn't want to go out into the sweltering heat, I had to go, so killed a few birds with one stone. Yep, I went shopping!
I came home with one of these Omnitech Flexible Keyboards. (No, it's not a paid review!) It comes in this little plastic, round can, and with a $10 price tag, I just couldn't resist! It's made out of silicone, and boy is it ever cool. I can't help it, I'm a Star Trek fan from way back, and strange gadgets just do something for me. In my defense, I did need a new keyboard since of a lot of the keys on my old one were sticking. I didn't get pink, but a neon blue color.
So, of course I'm going to sit down and write something, anything, just to test out this new ...thing. Scanning through the headlines for ideas, that's when it hit me that today is just a plain old weird day. Here's this weird keyboard, that is working so far by the way, and I run into these very, very strange headlines. Not in the Odd News, but right along with the rest of the headlines they're trying to convince us all is news...
DNA Test to Study Mummy Fetuses in King Tut Tomb. Now, they found these two female fetuses in the tomb way back in 1922. They are estimated to be 5 to 7 months along in the gestational cycle, and will undergo testing to see if they are related to each other and King Tut. Since King Tut was a king at age 12 and died mysteriously at age 19, I guess they're wondering if he was old enough to know about the Birds and the Bees.
Staying with the theme of messing around with famous dead people, "Country Stars Duet with Elvis on Christmas CD" is the next in line for weird articles. "They say it's the late icon's first duets album and the first Christmas compilation of its kind." If Elvis didn't do duets when he was alive, at least on his 1957 Christmas album, why have him "do" one now? They want to keep Elvis alive, enhance his image. Right. Good try.
Moving away from dead people, but staying with the bizarre theme is "Woman Riding a Donkey Fights Off Lion with Machete." The whole story is right there in the headline. This 500 pound lion goes after the donkey's legs, and the woman whacks at it until it runs away to eat two dogs and a pig before it is sedated and caught. I find this strange. No mention whatsoever about the fate of the donkey.
It must be a slow, slow news day if those stories are 'headlines,' but it is a nice change. They are all bizarre, but so is this strangle little keyboard. I guess they go hand in hand.
Well, it's time to head outside to see if my horse will "talk" to me again...
