The most random thing I could think of

I decided that today I should post the most random thing I could think of. Hence, I started thinking of random things. I thought of the magnetic field of the earth reversing and then I realized that my uncle had told me of that possibility as a kid and I must have been reminded by my friend telling me that space ships can be shielded from cosmic rays using a magnetic field. Not random. Next I was wondering why Monopoly has such strange game tokens. I mean a thimble and a hat?! But the thought process that brought me to these game pieces was seeing a story about some Bear Stearns financial managers getting busted by the FBI and the fact that my son, Neal, taps his head every time he sees a hat. Again, not random. However, it is an interesting question; I mean where did these tokens come from? So, I looked it up. The going theory is that the tokens were designs stolen from Cracker Jack toys and that they are representations of both wealth and poverty. There is a Car for wealth, a thimble for poverty and so on. Apparently, tokens have been added and subtracted over the years. I bet an original, mint condition, Monopoly lamp token would be worth a lot of money. Anyone have one for me? Maybe I'll start collecting these things..... I digress; I am supposed to be writing about random things. You know, as I sit here typing this I am beginning to realize that trying to thing about the most random thing I can and writing about it is pretty darn random. In fact, I think that the most random thing I am going to be able to think of today is coming up with the idea to write about the most random thing I could think of. Actually, that's kind of lame. Maybe I’ll try again tomorrow.