#506 Notions

Some random and unrelated thoughts. The other day I used the term crumplable caprices. Crumplable. Not a word. Made it up. Neener neener, I like it. Caprice. Is it a good idea to name a car with a word that means random chance? Especially if it might get into an accident?
So, the beautiful person responsible for my enhanced singlehood was using a little stylus thingy on her PDA. You know, one of those little stick-like things that you tap on the tiny screen to make things happen. Kind of a finger extension without having to go to a nail parlor. Folks with long fingernails once had to worry about typing. In this day of PDAs, if they were smart they’d have one of their nails whittled down to a point so they wouldn’t have to worry about where they left their stylus. I’ve seen some guys being reduced to using toothpicks on their PDAs. It figures, asking a gender that’s challenged by toilet seats to always remember to stick a little sticklike thingy back where it belongs is a no-brainer foregone predictable conclusion. Not gonna happen. But no man is ever without a spare toothpick in one of his pockets somewhere.
So anyhow. My girlfriend’s stylus. This one looked kinda ornamental and ergonomic and stuff. You know—designed. Like by a designer. So is the person who designs them called a stylus stylist? Just wondering.
Earth Day just passed on the 22nd, which means this year it fell on a Sunday. Is anybody else weirded out by the notion that Earth Day is on a Sun-day? Seems like some sort of sordid solar system incest.
Finally, I went into this store that’s specializing in organic products. Sustainable and all that stuff. They have shirts made from fabric made from bamboo. It’s not just for breadboards anymore. They make cloth out of bamboo. Seems a little stiff, but hey, at least it okay to wear here in the US. Won’t have to worry about getting attacked by a herd of hungry pandas. Or is that a flock? Perhaps a school. I got it, a pod of pandas. Hmm, sounds like some kind of stir fry.
America, ya gotta love it