The Dog Days Of Summer And Other Things That Make Me Go Hmmm...

Here are a few miscellaneous items that have been piling up here - thought it was about time to get them posted:

• How has it been that two months have gone by since my last post? Where did July and August go? I know I put them here somewhere. Hmmm...
• Why is it when you take three weeks vacation in the summer you get only three or four days of sunny weather, and your first week back to work is a cloudless, sunny heat wave? Hmmm...
• How did I manage to get through the Spring allergy-free, yet the last two weeks I've been swallowing Claritin and snorting Flonase? Must be global warming. Hmmm...
• The Beijing Olympics were a great spectacle and a success by most measures, a real indicator of the power of China when it puts its mind to something (please pay attention everyone). Has too high a bar been set for future Olympics? Hmmm...
• Hurricane Gustav is just about to slam into New Orleans, bringing back to mind the tragedy that was Katrina. Why is it that people stayed? I'm all about roots, and home, and family, but why live in a place where it appears every few years you run the risk of drowning or at least getting wiped out? When will enough be enough? Hmmm...
• As someone on the outside looking in (and realizing the impact of the result on all of us), what's with the American political process? Last wek at the Democratic National Convention, the CNN talking heads (I think that's a new career path) were upset that ther convention wasn't mean enough and no one was called names - isn't it enough that it takes over two years to settle and election that here in Canada we settle in 30 days? Stop keeping the world waiting - the stress is too much. Hmmm...
• The Republican party has hammered Obama for the longest time over his lack of experience and then selects a running mate for John McCain that a little over two years ago (about the time this campaign started) was the mayor of a small town in Alaska. You can't have it both ways. Hmmm...
• Time to get back into a regular blogging schedule. Seems easier to do when I'm busy. Hmmm...
  
• Why do they call it the Dog Days of Summer anyway? Hmmm...

(Photo - Harvey the Boxer - by Frosted Peppercorn)