December Has Been Odd

What is odd is getting H1N1, followed by pneumonia, followed by a stomach flu, followed by a sinus cold.

Lohagad

Lohagad (literally "Iron fort" in Marathi) is one of the many hill forts of Chatrapati Shivaji. It is situated 52 km from Pune in western India. Lohagad is at an elevation of 3,450 feet (1,052 m). (Mitesh Asher)

I Decapitated a Roach

This morning, just after waking up, I saw a large roach running up and down the sides of the kitchen sink.  I swatted him with a rolled-up magazine, but it was not a direct hit -- he landed on the floor, upside-down, his legs clawing at the air.  Before he could turn himself over, I hit him again, harder, and when I hit him his head came off and shot across the floor.  His legs were still moving, and when I walked over to look at his head, pinched cleanly off, his antennae were still functioning, still trying to get a sense of things.  I scooped the pieces up and threw them away.

Jesus Christ dumped from jury pool for disruption

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091202/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_jesus_jury_duty

Wed Dec 2, 3:44 pm ET

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Court officials say a Birmingham woman who changed her name to Jesus Christ didn't live up to it when she reported for jury duty this week. The woman, previously named Dorothy Lola Killingworth, was sent to Judge Clyde Jones's courtroom for a criminal case Monday.

Court officials told The Birmingham News Tuesday that the 59-year-old was excused because she was disruptive and kept asking questions instead of answering them.

Efforts to reach Christ for comment were unsuccessful.

Court administrator Sandra Turner said people there were shocked when the woman insisted her name was Jesus Christ and some potential jurors laughed out loud when her name was called.

But Turner said unlike some Jefferson County residents, Christ didn't try to get out of jury duty and was "perfectly happy to serve."