Promised Randomosity

Okay, I've been surfing around on the internet and here's some thoughts:

This article is reporting that hopeful candidates for the 2008 presidential election have already started some fundraising and campaigning. Does this seem a little insane to anyone else? I mean the last election was only 10 months ago! Granted, some of us have been speculating about the possible matchups for the 2008 election ever since the last election ended, but that is very different than people actually campaigning more than 3 years before the election! This is kind of like retail stores putting holiday items out earlier and earlier every year-all it does is increase people's stress levels. Sorry, but I'm getting more and more irritated the more I think about all of this! Moving on.....

Well, for those of you who know who Hunter S. Thompson was, this is interesting. (I guess that even if you don't know who he was, it could be interesting.) There is going to be a party in Colorado this weekend in his honor at which his ashes will be blasted out of a cannon! It seems very fitting for him, and quite a way to celebrate - certainly different than the usual scattering of ashes!

National Geograhpic's September issue will be quite unusual this year. It is a single topic issue over Africa, but even more unusual is the fact that the cover will not feature any illustration or photograph. This is only the second time the magazine has done this, with the first being its one hundreth anniversary issue in 1988. Interesting....

Okay, well I guess that this is enough for tonight, so I hope you enjoyed! Ciao!