One of the pre-done tags on my little bloggy-desktop-y thing-y is
“Random Thoughts”.
Loosely translated, those are Rabbit Trails. Like your boss, pastor or history professor runs down gleefully, wandering off of perfectly good Main Topics willy nilly, for no discernable reason other than he saw something shiny over yonder. These mental detours can last from five minutes to fifty years; they can be boring as an hour of C-Span, or as fascinating and entertaining as a bulldog skateboarding, so be careful. With that caveat, here are some of mine…
Those coconut M&M’s are addictive. There. I warned you. Just doing my part to help out humanity.
- Image may be NSFW.
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Shameless ploy for popularity: I have a Twitter. (@rodalena) I tweet occasionally. Nothing groundbreaking, but y’know, whatev… <Hangs head in shame>
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"A door opened, and I went through it."
I watched the HBO flick “Temple Grandin” the other night. (I think it came out sometime last year, not sure.) Amazing movie. Amazing woman. I hope Claire Danes won something shiny for that one. Check it out.
I love chocolate-brown toenail polish. I know you don’t care, but so what. This is my blog and I’ll write what I want to.
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Roar, baby. Roar.
I’m so thrilled about the Lions this season. And the Tigers. The D needs something to cheer about. Sports can be a wonderful balm to a hurting town.
Somebody found my blog earlier this week by searching for ”honest cry”. Love that.
Anonymous is being prolific again. Here’s one of her quotes I just found: “Life is a handful of short stories pretending to be a novel.”
Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump. Which makes me really wanna scare the spots of a giraffe the next time I’m at the zoo.
This whole neutrino thing is awesome. I love that shows it’s more dicey to place one’s faith in science than it is to place one’s faith in God. This eensy weensy little particle has turned the entire world of physics on its head. Faith is a scary business. Check this out:
Best Laffy Taffy joke so far this week (prepare yourself-this one’s awesome):
What kind of birds always stick together?
-Vel-crows!
Neutrinos and Laffy Taffy in the same post. How’s that for random? Image may be NSFW.
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