[Scene: She sat down next to me, with her back facing the main computer. I was at work on the laptop at the table behind her ( Read more... )

Now that warmer weather is finally here, I thought I'd share an incident from a couple of years ago ( Read more... )

Nice of you to come and visit. I really appreciated the flurries, as they added to the beauty of the stark landscape. I'd offer you more hot chocolate, but it seems I've run out ( Read more... )

...you're having one of those days when you talk to your computer screen and start sounding like Lewis Black.

"Did you have your jowls moving too?" a co-worker asked when I related this little note to him.

"No, but I had the finger pointing down."

(This was a real conversation, although I did replace names with 'sister' and 'brother'.)

While sorting and folding the laundry, I called my oldest over.  "Is this your Star Wars shirt?" I asked, holding one up.

"No, that's my brother's."

I reached for another shirt.  "And this Star Wars shirt is--"

"My sister's, not my brother's."

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...when I can open my e-mail and find missives from Timothy Geithner and the U.S. Treasury Department informing me of lost money that they'll deposit in my bank account if I provide the number to them?

I mean, really; are people supposed to believe this?

Wait, don't answer that....

One of the more interesting parts about getting up at 2:40 AM to help my wife get ready for the night shift has been my exposure to infomercials, even the quick 2-minute kind.

On HLN this morning, I saw this:

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I mean, really?  Would any real cat actually sit and let that thing suck up their loose fur?  A dog, sure, but a cat?

I had popped in some leftovers into the microwave for breakfast, and when I sat down to eat, my wife asked me what that was.

"Leftovers for breakfast," I replied, sitting down on the couch.

"I know that, what is it?"

"Stroganoff....  With chocolate on top."

"Really?"

I took a bite.  "No."

"I was going to say that it sounded nasty, but you never know."

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You don't even need to have played RPGs, MMOs, or gone LARPing to enjoy this:

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This is from the American Copy Editors Society website:

You Need a Dirty Mind to be an Editor in This Business

Here's an example:


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