Tuesday, March 23, 2004
I Dream Of Blonde Iraqis...
The first I heard of Baghdad was at age 5, on the TV series "I Dream Of Jeannie"... : - ) True to mid-1960s TV "realism", Jeannie made constant references to her childhood, family, etc being in Baghdad. So I guess she was my first exposure to the Iraqi people (and probably to the female belly button as well). "Jeannie" was created, btw, by trashy novelist Sidney Sheldon.
What’s the biggest creature that ever lived on earth? T-Rex? Brontosaurus? Nope… At 100 feet long and 125 tons, the Blue Whale, alive today in an ocean near you, is double the size of the largest dinosaur. Its heart is the size of a Volvo and pumps 10 tons of blood! And its penis… well, twelve feet long, supported by two tons of testes. Despite these foreboding dimensions, the Blue Whale is threatened, hunting has reduced the population to 2,000, and it will require decades of protection to be safe from extinction… I learned this watching "Life Of Mammals", a superb 10-part documentary by Sir David Attenborough available on DVD.
I'm a big fan of Sir David, and my collection also includes "Life Of Birds" and "Blue Planet"; some of you will recognize "Planet" from your visits to my place as the marine life on the muted TV that I use as "ambient video"
"If you want the last word, apologize." - Anonymous
"A moment's thinking is an hour in words." - Thomas Hood
"What's another word for Thesaurus?" - Stephen Wright
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