#3 The Thinker

Time for another in the series of moving moments on our trip to Rome. A version of Rodin's "The Thinker" was on display in the Vatican. The moving part, to be honest wasn't the statue. It was the fact that it was just plopped down in the middle of many other statues. It was as if they were saying, "Yeah, we have this statue by Rodin. No big deal. He was French..." That reminded me that no matter how good you are, there is always someone better. Unless of course you're Michelangelo. Or Leonardo da Vinci. Wait! One of those had to be better than the other...or does he? Let me break in and give an update on today. Today, I had to go to the accountant to see how much of my money the government wants to steal to buy bouncy balls and Slinkies for President Bush. I have one thing to say to President Bush. How many g*d damn bouncy balls and Slinkies can you fit in the Oval Office? Give me my money back. Cutting taxes? Yeah, right. My taxes went up. Thanks a lot you no good piece of garbage. All so you can have more toys. I also had to wait for AT&T to come by and hook up my phone service. Did they get it done? No. They need to come back tomorrow. *sigh* Guess I'll be home waiting for them again tomorrow. It also looks like I'll lose my internet connection at home for a week since they won't let me even order my DSL until they get my phone line installed. I spent so much time with them on the phone trying to fix that, but they were worse than useless. They couldn't do anything for me. You'd think they didn't want me to do business with them. Pond Temperature: 49 Degrees and rising