A Real Life Fortress of Solitude....

Stand back Superman. Silver miners in Mexico have stumbled upon a natural formation to put your crystal home to shame.....

Natural crystal formations dazzle in an environment hidden from modern man...and probably for a good reason. Turns out that you need a special suit filled with ice and a cool-air respirator to survive down here due to excessive heat and humidity. It was only discovered when a mine expansion broke through into this chamber of wonders.

Sadly, the mine owners have no plans to keep this gorgeous place open to the public...once they finish mining out the silver in the adjoining mine they will turn off the pumps keeping underground water at bay; letting this chamber fill up and be forever closed off from human eyes. Its amazing to think that geologists think the earth's crust is full of these wonders... and funny to think we know more about outer space than we do about our own fragile blue planet.

Here's a link to a short video shot by a BBC Science program, highlighting the caves. You'll get a good idea not only of the immense scale of these crystal pillars, but also of their absolute beauty.

Days of teenybopper past.....

Hung out with the girls last night....sometimes just getting away for a few hours is what you really need to recharge your inner Duracels.

Played Phase 10 for the first time ever....and got my butt beat pretty soundly. I was so busy focusing on what I needed to make my run that I wouldn't pay attention to what the other gals were picking up and playing. Oh well, it was still fun.

The teenager in my life was bouncing up and down to show me a video by one of her favorite Teen Beat flavor-of-the-month and I figured who am I to deny her, even when her mother tried warning me of what I was getting myself into.

The video started.....sure enough, it starts with our teen-throb bouncing around and singing his little heart out.

Then it got weird. Coming from a gal who grew up thinking Duran Duran videos were high-class and TOTALLY MADE SENSE, this is saying a lot.

Strange escapees from Cirque du Soleil happen to be hanging out in the woods and appear hell-bent on getting our singer to join them...for what I cannot say. Maybe for a group hug?

Whatever....it was amusing to watch, and apparently this kid is uber big in Europe. It can't be for his dancing....all that leaping around looked exhausting and seriously without rhythm. I admit that if I was a teenybopper again I'd probably be all over this video though....yes, I was THAT strange of a child.

Anyone who wants to take a peek here is Mika performing "Rain".

And yes, the song is now on my MP3 player.

Maybe some things should not be remade....

I can't believe I am admitting this, but I really am interested in seeing this movie....

Go on....click on the link....you know you wanna.....