A man, probably in his 30s, is signing in...
Receptionist: Has your father been here before?
Man: You mean an older guy?

Isn't being older than your son one of the basic requirements for being a father? Last I heard that hadn't changed.

that there are, in fact, not two hours between 8am and 9am? I somehow forgot that little detail this morning - at 8am I thought "Oh, good, I've still got an hour and a half before I have to get ready for work." At 8:56am, it was "Oh, wait!" And I still managed to get there only 12 minutes late. Go, go gadget brain ( Read more... )

My leg is asleep, and I can't get my work done because I can only type with one hand b/c there's a cat on my lap using one arm as a pillow and the other as a footrest. Woe is me!

Things I never expected to hear blasted from somebody's car down in the parking lot: Ave Maria.

(No, sorry, I don't remember which one. It's one of the more popular ones, maybe Bach or something, but I know so many it's hard to keep track.)

especially those around NY. Did you know about this sweepstakes?

Why, for the love of Pete and all of Pete's friends, did you have to play that song to end the segment??? I was enjoying the piece on the 100th anniversary of plastic, and although I do see the "relevance," I can think of few songs that are as soul-suckingly-annoying as "Barbie Girl." It's been a good hour now, and it's still running through my ( Read more... )

Here's a story (and thread) that is completely worthy of attention by wellstar.

...if your definition of "fun" includes catching a very quick-moving spider and releasing it outdoors. When you've been watching it periodically show its furry spider head and thumb its spider nose at you (I swear, it did!) for the past 20 minutes while you've been tutoring and unable to do anything about it. And then you had to move the 5000 lb ( Read more... )

At choir last night I heard what could quite possibly be the world's worst joke ( Read more... )

What do you call those menus that pop up when you move your mouse over them*? Move your mouse along the subjects on the left side of this page if you don't know what I mean.

*other than "annoying."