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I promised to keep things light, but 34 years ago today, John Lennon was shot while I was watching Monday Night Football.

20 years ago today, Czech Prime Minister Ladislav Adamec resigned, and was replaced by the relatively unknown Marian Calfa.  In Lithuania, the legislature voted 243-1 to adopt a multi-party system, raising the question of what that "one" was thinking.

In East Germany, author Martin Ahrends declared Ost Frauen, East German women, to be the best lovers "because they are more romantic, less emancipated, and less competitive.  They are also less worn out, because they are less absorbed by their work."  This according to the December 8, 1989 Wall Street Journal.

As for all the previous talk about quantum physics and consciousness, let me just add that over 2,500 years ago, Buddhist thinkers and other contemplatives observed that all the universe was nothing but buddha-nature, and buddha-nature, in turn, was nothing but the potential for awakening.  Connecting the dots and providing a little modern interpretation, they were claiming that all matter was nothing but a potential, a probability, very close to what Heisenberg and Schrodinger would later "discover."

   

So that's it for tonight.  Sweet dreams, y'all, and stay warm.

PostScript:  Oh yes, today is also the day when the Buddha attained his enlightenment.