Just leaving calgary, headed to edmonton. Kelli and joe and kelli’s dad and I have rented a car, so we’re listening to johnny cash and talking about sturgeon. When I was 8 years old I was obsessed with sturgeon, and the fact that they were seemingly unchanged since the ye olden dinosaur times. And ceolocanths. Even though I don’t remember how to spell ceolocanths. In general I think its pretty amazing that there are creatures who have been hanging around unchanged for 500 million years (or 6,000 years if you’re a creationist).
Alligators, sturgeon, sharks, dragonflies, etc. And they all live in the us and a. Especially the alligators. 2 million wild alligators in florida and louissianna, eating dogs and golfers. I’m a bit alligator obsessed. America is the land of impending disaster. What other country routinely deals with: hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, 3 million alligators, lyme disease ridden ticks, lethal heat in the summer, lethal cold in the winter, poisonous snakes, and mudslides and fires? No wonder we’re all insane.
To wit: I think there’s a song on the radio called ‘ragin’ cajun’. And it looks like its starting to snow.
Moby