We Three Kings of Autoland Are

I woke up with "We Three Kings" playing in my head and suddenly it became a parody of the big three automakers flying to Washington.

Time ran out and I had to stop in the middle. Want to help me finish it?

We three kings of Autoland are

In our jets to salvage a car

Heeled and poutin', sore and countin'

Begging to fill our jar.

O Car of blunder, car of blight

Car with bailout in its sight

Downward leading, still proceeding…

…your turn!

There are many ways to be a mammal.

So I'm sitting in my favorite chair for hours this past weekend watching a marathon of YouTube videos I discovered on the TED channel when I hear National Geographic photographer Franz Lanting say "There are many ways to be a mammal." I become a merkat at attention.

Three days later I'm still holding the pose, the sentence looping through my mind, entertaining me. I watch the news and think "Yes, Franz, there are many ways to be a mammal." Someone asks me, "Can you believe what she just did?" And I answer, "There are many ways to be a mammal." It shows up again as I trail off to sleep last night, and I grin.

This mammal continues to be easy prey for the well-shaped phrase.

Hear Franz speak them for yourself - and be amazed at his photographic journey narrated in a sweet, understated way at YouTube