Life in the Banana Patch

A collection of thoughts and asides about life. And if I think of anything that needs to be mocked, it will show up here.

"If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way."
--Bertrand Russell

Sunday, July 31, 2005

We have had a storage unit for about 10 years. It's been filled with old furniture, books we can't bear to part with, my comics, my nephew's toys. A few years ago, I was looking for something, and I took my Gargoyles off and started digging. When I went to leave, I couldn't find the sunglasses! I spent another hour looking for them and came up empty. I had to go online and buy another pair.

On Tuesday, my now-grown nephew and I were looking through some of his toys, when I spotted the glasses. The box of toys was literally the last box in the storage unit! We have been unloading the unit for a month, and I kept telling anyone who was with me, "If you find a pair of Gargoyles, they're mine."

This is one of the few times I have found something, not only in the last place I looked, but in the last place they could have been.