Weird al headline news lyrics4/28/2023 ![]() This is not to promote animism, anthropomorphism or veneration of inanimate objects. But after watching the Toy Story film series, who knows? They are, after all, inanimate, non-living things. We don’t know what these objects are thinking. But just the same, knowing that they have served us well, don’t we owe them this much? Gratitude and recognition here might have an odd meaning, or might not be the proper terms, especially when given to an object. Why do I speak and show affection to inanimate things? Do they have feelings? Am I being overly sentimental? Maybe you find it weird of me but I believe that the useful things that are part of our domestic and personal lives for quite a while deserve some recognition and gratitude for their service. I whispered my thanks to them with a little prayer they would be passed on to be of use to others. We donated them, together with other used stuff to Caritas Manila. Just a month ago, I had to bid adieu to some favorite shirts and pants because I couldn’t hold on to them as they no longer fitted my expanding body frame. It had cooled our household very well for years, especially during the hot summer days. I did the same silent gesture of thanks to our 5-year-old electric fan when I finally gave up having repaired time and again and handed it over to a junk man. I was consoled by knowing that he was our long-time mechanic and he knew that car’s history first hand. I silently thanked the car with a tender pat on the steering wheel, then told the new owner again to take care of it. It was a member of our household and witnessed our family’s happy and sad moments, including our family’s ordeal during Typhoon Ondoy, when our house was flooded up to our neck. “Family” and “affection” were probably the two reasons why both my wife and I felt quite emotional that morning when I drove our old car for the last time to bring it to its new owner. ![]() ![]() Sad to learn that they are no longer roaming around Mars. Even the public got invested in their success and developed an affection for them. So it’s not surprising that those vehicles were considered as “family” by their NASA operators and played “wake-up” songs to the two rovers as they went on with their tasks. They faithfully sent images that gave scientists the story of that planet’s watery past. “Opportunity” worked nearly 15 years on Mars. “Spirit” lasted 20 times longer than its original design. Both rovers lived well beyond their planned 90-day missions. Sometime in 2004, the twin exploration rovers named “Spirit” and “Opportunity” were sent to Mars to search for evidence of water and life on Mars.
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