Bunch of Stuff

Wow - after that run the other day, I remembered another part of running I had forgotten about, or maybe even romanticized a bit - being sore. Particularly my ITBs and quads - not bad - just walked like a penguin for a couple of days (nice image eh?) Eddie and I have been going out for little 1+ milers at night when it cools down. It's been fun to run with him although apparently run-time is also question-time for him; a few examples...

~Dad, how does google make money, I mean, who pays them, and wait, I mean..WHY do people pay them?
~Dad, how does flour know when it's supposed to be bread, or a cake, or a cookie, or a pizza?
~Dad, why do people pay other people, like Joey Callahan just to make them laugh? Would they pay me to make them laugh? Happy Birthday by the way Joey!
~Dad, what's up with Heather having dreams about lions in the backyard? There aren't really lions out there right?

OK - now, to go back to something from APRIL! I mentioned an April 13th story from a suburban Brisbane newspaper that had me laughing for a long time. It's a little story about how prevalent snakes are in that area and how this local reptile-catcher-guy was trying to change the perception of the public toward snakes. Some poor guy had his dog picked off by one of these snakes (a python) and this is snake-boy's response.."residents need to learn to live with snakes rather than try to eradicate them". I'm sorry..what?!! The article goes on to say that "larger pythons, in their search for food, could attack small pets, as appeared to be the case with 'Hero'. "'This is an example of a suburban ecology at work,' he said". I'm sor.., wait... did you say suburban ecology? "Fellow snake catcher Geoff Jacobs said suburban yards attracted pythons with their plentiful supply of food and water. 'Everyone in suburbia creates a food chain. Look at the fruit trees and frog ponds,' Mr. Jacobs said. 'Residents should not create environments attractive to snakes without also learning to live with the reptiles' he said. Killing a snake could attract a fine of up to $225,000 or a two-year prison sentence".