Keeping Current

Here is the Giant Yellow Ducky in Sydney Harbor. (He gets around.)

I know, I know: Just two days ago I said no more news. But today there are such great stories to share, I would be remiss not to pass these along to my friend who does not read the newspaper but does read this blog. After all, there are things worth knowing that happen outside your own four walls, Debra! Like these:

1. A Saudi man was apprehended and arrested at a Detroit airport for having a pressure cooker in his luggage. Naturally Hussain Al-Khawahir knew nothing about the Boston bombings--duh--and insisted it was a gift for his nephew, Nasser Almarzooq, a college student who wants to cook lamb in his dorm room.  What can we say except hahahahahaha Hussain, that's a good one?

2. A giant, inflated yellow rubber ducky is taking Hong Kong by storm. Hordes of tourists are booking rooms overlooking the harbor where the duck is now installed. He is thrilling to behold, by all accounts. Restaurants are serving duck-shaped foods, yellow bread, and of course, duck. I want to go.

3. Since water is so healthy but so boring, tasting as it does like water, there are now scads of new drinks on the market offering water with artificial sweeteners and coloring. Marketed with names like Vitaminwater, HintWater, Smartwater and Fruitwater, they are catching on big-time. Coming soon, only with real sugar and some bubbles: Cokewater.