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Today at work a guy showed me on his iphone that he googl mapped driving directions from Anaheim to Tokyo. The first part gave him directions to the beach. Then it told him to "kayak across the Pacific Ocean" to Hawaii. It gave him a few more driving directions, and then told him to carry on with the kayaking to Japan. 

Took down my Christmas today. Still have some CDs, a tea towel, and an ornament to file away, though.


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Today I was passing by a family waiting for the Christmas Fantasy Parade. A little boy among them said, "Daddy, why do we have to watch the stupid parade ( Read more... )

Across Mead Road
Round Elgin Place
Right round the crescent
Cross the traffic lights
Then back here

Today I was smoking at work, and the Lead came by and saw me there. He told me that smoking was bad for me. I told him that I didn't know that, that I was shocked by the news, and that I wasn't sure I believed him. He told me he was pretty sure and that there was even a warning on the box ( Read more... )

Tonight at choir practice I was sitting on the end of a row, so i could see out the door into the hall of the entertainment department building (where our rehearsal studio is). All of a sudden, one of the characters walked, well, rather rolled, past the door. It was a character called PUSH. He's a trash can. He rolls around and talks to people. ( Read more... )

I once worked in an office where a coworker of mine shared a fondness cocktails. Trouble was that on occasion she was also fond of the liquid lunch. One day she came back from such an outing and stopped by my desk to report her condition. Trying to render her report in Spanish, she came up with, "Yo.. soy.... mar-ga-REE-tas!" We went for a walk.

The Jungle, like most other attractions, has a back story. As I recall, the year is 1938 and a failing shipping company has decided to augment its business by selling tours. I began to wonder today what my personal back story is. What is my motivation?

I don't have much yet, but I think I'm from Nebraska. Nevermind what it says on my name tag.