Naked and Sweaty in Holland

Hey hey everyone; welcome back for another opportunity to view the world from our front seat with us on the ride to work. I have to tell you, I am very excited about something. I go to the gym and sometimes find it hard to keep motivated to stay there, as I'm sure many people do. There's not alot of excitement there to keep people (at least lazy ones like me) motivated. BUT I think that all may change ... at least in Holland.

The Associated Press has just reported that a gym in Holland has decided to start a program that gives a whole new meaning to getting buff .... "Naked Sunday." Hmmmm .... the holiest of all days ... at least it is to me now. Screw Sunday football games ... I'm going to the gym. Hard bodies ... all naked and sweaty ... I guess I can cancel my subscription to the Playboy Channel now. Personally, I think they're just trying to change the usage of the phrase "going Dutch," but I'm behind them 100%. Hey ... maybe this will get some of you geeks out of the blogosphere for awhile to see what it's actually like outside of your house .... with real people ... and you won't even have to put your pants back on :)

In other news, the viscious onslaught of the animal kingdom in Australia continues. Regular readers will know that I've been following the battle between the animal kingdom and the humans in Australia with great interest, for awhile now. It started, in the first wave, with a massive invasion of cane toads (for more, read my previous post "Australia Invaded - War Declared") and was followed up by an even more powerful assault by the snake forces (see "The Boy with the Killer Voice"). And NOW, it seems the third wave of attacks has been launched (I'd love to find out what the Australians ever did to start this).

The animal kingdom's air force was activated to shut down a perceived threat from a lone paraglider from the human side, believed by the animal kingdom to be on a critical intelligence gathering mission. Once Nicky Moss, who is actually British (Australia's ally), reached an altitude of approximately 8,200 ft, a pair of Wild "Screeching" Eagles (the animal kingdom's precision aeronautical attack force) intercepted Britain's top female paraglider. The pair launched a sustained attack by shredding the paraglider's wings, before one tangled itself in the canopy lines and began striking at the frightened Ms. Moss. The attack ended when the one that was tangled freed itself, which was about 100 meters from the ground (lucky for the paraglider). It was indeed a very close call, but Ms. Moss was able to survive the attack.

Apparently, Australian and British forces, who have been taking a pounding, but are not yet losing hope, have called a summit of their top military leaders to determine how they're going to pull this one out of the bag. I know I'll be on the edge of my seat watching as this one progresses.

That's all for today; I'll pick you up again Monday. In the meantime, keep your eyes on the road ... especially if it's Sunday, you're naked and on the way to the gym (you don't want to miss that).