ramblin' on

it seems obigatory but i did it just the same, watched the opening ceremony of the olympics last night. usually i'm bored outta my mind by the pageantry of such events. still, i watch anyhow, and last night while i loosened up with a couple of beers the opening ceremony of the beijing olympics was spectacular. i couldn't believe how it was both hi-tech and ancient at the same time. like marrying new technologies to old traditions. the results were mesmerizing. i think london, where the next olympics are to be hosted, now has the bar raised for the opening ceremony.

and but then, anna and i were looking at tours of the winchester mystery house which i've not been to since i was around nicholas's age. i love the freaky and the paranormal and there are these 'flashlight' tours offered in the fall where you are guided thru the maze of a home with only a flashlight for illumination. you don't have to scare yourself with your own desert places because this tour will do the scaring for you. nicholas is too young for such an adventure, but perhaps anna and i will see what's to see this fall at what is surely one of the strangest structures ever built upon fear and superstition. and surely, if there are ghosts indeed, it stands to follow that here there be a few spirits. i think. . .well, hmmm . . .

speaking of the silly and supernatural, here is a web museum of ouija boards including an online board here. sure it's goofy, but it's also a blast. i've been wanting to get a ouija bourd for some time to freak myself out.

also, do check out these sonnets by british poet jeff hilson. they are killers.

peace out