March 19, 2004 (part 2) An e-mail from a friend when I got home alerted me to the fact that today was the vernal equinox. Any egghead knows that means it's the only day of the year you can balance an egg on its end. So I rushed to the fridge and found the eggiest egg of the carton and promptly stood it right on its end with no trouble at all. Thoroughly amazed by this, my mind immediately jumped it's tracks and started thinking about all the other things I might be able to balance on their ends on this special day.


First came the egg...
Then came the safety pin...
Then came the ballpoint pen...

I tried forever to get it to stand on its point, but I guess even the mightiest forces in the cosmos aren't a match for a Bic™
Then came the match...
Then came the house key...
Then came the Hanson CD...
And THEN...the god damn egg fell over and I couldn't get it to stand back up! That's when I realized if I wanted to get drunk and make like an egg tonight I better get to Sparky's and get started:)