Life Cycle

Happy birthday to everyone who's celebrating their first birthday on Spaceship Earth today.

Have you heard about this Ted Williams story? Homeless man with the golden voice. Someone posts a video of him on The You Tube and suddenly he's everywhere. A literal overnight success. It's stunning to me how quickly this happened. William has been thanking "God" left and right, but he should be thanking Technology. The swiftness of his change in fortune would not be technologically possible 15 years ago.

I've found the interviews with him to be slightly unsettling. He conveys this unrelenting gratitude... which is endearing... but also seems to reveal how rough his life has been for such a long stretch of time. Like a dog who's accustomed to being beaten. It's not that he's just thankful to be on the TODAY show—he's thankful to be on the TODAY show and that Matt and Meredith aren't kicking him in the ribs.

And now, for your Friday enjoyment...

Women Laughing Alone with their Salads!