This Bird is Bereft of Life

After a looooong morning of proof out on our latest design for ArkansasRazorbacks.com, I'm soaking in some early 1980s - a nice spin on my oh Lord now vintage Trek bicycle and an episode or two of Michael Palin's Around the World in 80 Days.

One of my childhood memories is of being dragged to the Travel Series at the local civic center where documentary film makers and slide show toting world travelers would delight the locals with tales from around the world. Ah for the days before NatGeo.

Palin's series came in his post Monty Python but pre Fish Named Wanda time. Two episodes stick out tonight, one where he's tuning his little shortwave radio to listen to the BBC World Service while sailing the Indian Ocean. Sublime days when you needed that little passport to world news.

The other was his walking through the bird market in Hong Kong, and stopping to talk to a parrot. I once did a sketch with you; my partner was beating you on the counter.