22. Richard Harris agreed to be in the Harry Potter movies because he wanted to make his grandkids happy.
23. This project is an excellent way to face my fear of writer's block.
24. If, at the Shaumari Nature Reserve in Jordan, they bred a Red-Necked Ostrich to a Blue-Necked Ostrich, might they have Purple-Necked offspring?
25. It is said that there is a tunnel leading from the stage of the Roman amphitheater in downtown Amman up to the Citadel. Although it would not be safe, I wish I could climb it.
26. There is a drink at a local restaurant here called the Kiwi-Wiwi. It is tasty and the name makes me laugh.
27. There was a restaurant, which has since closed, which had a spinach-kiwi smoothie. It was even better than the Kiwi-Wiwi.
28. One of my more surreal moments in Jordan was being downtown, behind a car full of women wearing the niqab (face veil), when The-Artist-Formerly-Known-As-Prince's song "Darling Nikki" came on the radio.
29. There was a series of comics spread out over several decades when Flash raced Superman to see "once and for all" who was fastest. One of the first races was to support the UN.
30. Indian glass bangles -- they make a hell of a mess, but they are beautiful and they sound lovely.
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ReplyDelete26: I would also love to say "wee-wee" a lot, in public, and try to keep a straight face.
28. That's one of my favorite songs, ever. But holy moly - what did they all do, in the car?
30. I was just wondering where I put all my glass bangles! And wondering when I can wear them again w/o endangering small beasts below my waistline. Oh, and how many I broke, trying to fit them over my hand....