So those two dudes who were, for some reason, hiking in the vicinity of Iran and accidentally (so they say) crossed the border and spent a couple of years locked up in an Iranian prison are finally out. Good for them. They say it was never their intention to cross the border. Well, OK, fair enough. Not to blame the victims or anything, but, well, I think it would be prudent to stay the hell away from that part of the world.

Speaking of staying the hell away, it looks like Diana Nyad has finally gotten the message. I never really understood this kind of thing. I mean, who cares if you can swim from Cuba to Florida with a full support team and the ability to pack it in when things go badly?

Flying solo across the Atlantic or something I can understand, ‘cuz it opened up air travel. Lindbergh may have been a schmuck, but at least he didn’t have a support team out there with him. And the movie with JImmy Stewart was good. But what would Diana be doing? Paving the way for future generations swimmers? The opening of commercial swimming routes from Cuba to Florida?

Oh well. Monday again, and that sucks. Not as bad as getting stung by a Portuguese Man-O-War, though.