Bizarro Week With Bonus Tornadoes

The first two days this week have been different from the norm. I have been getting up before seven. I have been staying at work later than normal. I have taken two shorter lunches on consecutive days. What has gotten into me? I couldn't tell you. I feel good about myself, at the same time...this better not become the norm. I'm content with banging out production on a slacker-like schedule. I get to be the model employee without actually being a model employee...Catch my drift?

A bunch of Tornadoes tore through Chicagoland today. Nothing near my locale, but it made me think of a visit I once made to Palmyra, Wisconsin...let us flashback:

I was a kid and we were at a fiesta. I think it was one of those humid summer days where the afternoon started out warm and sunny. A huge storm blew up out of nowhere and the warning was sounded. Most of the women and children were huddled in the basement. I recall nuns being there and they were praying. Twenty minutes later we got the all-clear and we went upstairs. All the 'dads' at the party claimed to have seen a tornado from the backyard porch. They were laughing about it. I'm not sure if that was true, but I'll buy the stories.

The two scenes appear to be a funny contrast. On one end, you have nuns in the basement praying that their personal apocalypse won't happen. On the other end, a bunch of chain-smoking Filipinos are pointing and laughing at a Tornado. That seems like a better approach to life. Kneeling and prayer won't do the trick by itself. I'd rather laugh at danger and bail only when necessary. Life seems more fun that way, no?

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