Oh the Places You'll Go

I've always been amazed. Aren't you at least a little bit?

WHATS NEW AND HOT

What's new and hot in the Walnut Creek Papyrus store......

I walked into the store this afternoon and was glancing around

when the manager came up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder. It startled me at first wondering to myself why this woman was trying to get my attention. She turned to me and said "aren't you the guy that has the famous sister that makes all the popular greeting cards?" I kinda smirked and responded.... yes, that's me. She brought me to the front of the store and said "I have a surprise for you". Low and behold I do know a famous person. She's Susannah Eloyse Prinz. She had a whole row dedicated (as the manager put it) the most popular cards in the store. I guess I do know someone pretty popular.. doesn't hurt does it?

Wow.......

The Door To Hell

That's a crater in the middle of Derweze, which is a village in Turkmenistan. And it's on fire. It's been on fire for 40 years.

Here is the Wikipedia page; there's not a ton of information, but I guess enough to give context. In 1971, this crater formed while some people were drilling, and they realized that methane was emanating from it. Geologists decided that burning the gas would be less dangerous than letting it permeate the atmosphere, and figured that it would burn out in a matter of hours. It's still burning.


I immediately put the town's name into Search engine, because this is exactly the sort of thing that would be posted in there. And, you know what, not really. Why don't more people talk about this thing?

Check out some more pictures on Flickr.