We like urban legends in Afghanistan too...

If you have been under a rock for the past few days, or not on Facebook, then you may not have seen all the pictures and talk of brooms standing up by themselves.  People keep going on and on about how their broom can stand up by itself and that is all a result of the equinox.  Now if you have looked at a calendar recently, you already see what the problem with those claims are.  The Vernal Equinox hasn't happened yet.  This year it is scheduled for 20 March.  So, obviously, if your broom can stand on its own today then it can't be because of the Equinox which hasn't happened yet.  I won't even go into the fact that the whole idea of the Equinox changing the gravitational pull to such an amount that objects can stand on their own, is a little silly.

So, while it is a pretty cool party trick, and really just fun to do in your office while deployed to Afghanistan, that's pretty much all it is.  Sorry to burst anyone's bubble.

Look!  No Hands!

In other news, I lost 2 more pounds!