If the Universe has a sense of humor,...

There are times where I have to ask myself if the universe has a sense of humor, and some of those times, I hope not. For those of you who have not yet heard, there is a memorial cruise of the voyage of the Titanic scheduled for April 2012. They will be taking the same number of passengers, leaving at the same day, the same time, following the same route, serving the same meals and having some of the same activities as the original Titanic. I checked out the website, and the cheapest cabin is about $3,000. They will stop over the site of the sunken original and at 2:20 AM on the 12th of April, have a memorial service, and then they plan on actually arriving in New York City. Does anybody else think this is a bad idea? I mean, there is tempting fate, and there's sticking your head into the alligators mouth, with your head slathered in chicken fat. What's next, a re-enactment of the Hindenburg disaster, complete with an airship, filled with Hydrogen? How about an 'all-you-can-eat' buffet at the Donner Party Memorial Dinner? A Hide-and-Go-Seek Airplane race for the Amelia Erhart memorial flight? Hopefully the universe is looking the other way that week in 2012. I hate it when its sense of irony rears its ugly head.

What IS it all about?

It's a good thing that we have the unlimited storage space of the digital world for me ask this question. It may take a lifetime to answer it. As I don't really know how to start, I'll attack this question with observations on life. Perhaps that's where the answer lies. The only way to find out where the road goes is to drive there. Well, drive, walk, crawl, stroll, pub-crawl, bus, cab and then back to driving.

Speaking of driving, the driving is getting easier. Thank goodness for cruise control. If I didn't have the ability to let the car keep the speed, I'd be moving down the highway at about 45 miles per hour. Whereas the driving is ok, the parking isn't. In the past two weeks, the number of times I have lost my car in a parking lot is becoming embarrasing. It was easier last month. There weren't all that many vehicles, and all of them were larger than my PT Cruiser. At least I have not been forced to use the "horn" button on the remote to locate it. Maybe I need a flag on the radio antenna, or a dirtier car?