Monday Stuff On the Way to Other Stuff: Percolating

 Still here. Still working. Still tired, and still hot. (Most of the time - we get some heavenly rain now and then.)

 Still puzzled by all the political shenanigans -- and the abrupt turnabouts from people who were Sure of This -- and now deny it, even though their previous words belie it. Do they really think we're that stupid, not to notice?!?

But still here. That counts for something.

Meanwhile:

A UFO... with a cloaking device??.

The very strange story of a briefcase of gold bars -- and the couple who was arrested for holding them for a friend.

The Ring Finders of Maine -- who use their metal detectors to help out frustrated 'losers.' (Thanks for mentioning it, Mavis of One Hundred Dollars A Month)

A wonderful video of animals being freed:

The backside of a stone slab leaning casually against a wall -- for centuries -- may be the original 1149 altar of the Church of the Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

The world's oldest message in a bottle? 

Eight text or e-mail messages you should NOT open -- but delete immediately.

'New' ancient Egyptians carvings discovered -- at the bottom of the Nile.

Did the Alcatraz Three not only escape -- but two lived in Brazil through at least the 90s? It sure seems possible.

The 'saddest things' casino workers have noticed.

Test your lighting before hanging your art! Great practical advice here, from the writer's dad.

Matthew Macfayden didn't like playing Mr. Darcy of Pride & Prejudice... because he felt he wasn't sexy enough. Are you kidding??? My little heart pitter-patted when he strode through the misty dawn to come to Elizabeth...

Of course, I later found out he kept tripping because he didn't have his glasses on, and couldn't see where he was going. The feeling is mutual. I still do not know exactly what a blind date looked like in high school, because I was too vain to wear glasses to our meeting.

Very funny comics about Life Back Then -- and now.

Another Lake Michigan shipwreck found -- the Margaret Muir, lost in 1893. (Weirdly enough, she was in only 50 feet of water -- why wasn't she discovered earlier?) The Trinidad, lost nearby in 1881, was found a year earlier -- so intact that plates were still stacked on the cookstation shelves.

Have a good week. Watch where you're going, though...