I had an “oh shit” moment last night but thankfully was relieved to find out it was a false scare.  Last week we decided to get some additional lights to put on our bushes outdoors for the holiday season and I quickly scanned the shelves of boxes at Kroger and took one that looked like it would do the trick.  I promised Ally she would be able to help me hang the lights when we were ready to this week.

Last night I was looking a ...

It’s amazing how much an appliance becomes part of your life yet you have no idea how much you miss it until it’s gone or broken.  Our microwave broke down last month and the time from when it died to the time we had a new one installed was the longest week on earth.  The only thing I can compare it to is how you take swallowing for granted until you actually get a sore throat.  With every swallow and gulp during that time, you’re reminded how often that bodily function is carried out each day.  You do everything you can to get your throat back to its normal state so it doesn’t feel like you’re trying to swallow razor blades.

I wasn’t even going to reference this story that occurred yesterday at work but the follow-up portion begs to be told.  I bet another coworker around 1:30 he couldn’t finish a gallon of sweet tea by day’s end.  It was a leftover gallon from our work Thanksgiving potluck last week.  For those of you up north, sweet tea is one step removed from drinking pure high fructose corn syrup.  Much like a Long Island Iced Tea just has a splash of coke, sweet tea has just a teeny splash of actual tea – just enough to dissipate the pounds of sugar put in for each gallon.  What I’m trying ...

Today’s entry has been postponed to outline a traffic violation today that flummoxed even a jaded person like me.  Let’s set up the scenario.  I’m on a 6-lane street/highway so there are 3 lanes on each side.  At the stop light, I was in the middle lane with maybe 5 or 6 cars in front of me.  In the right lane there was at least one more car than my lane.  In the left lane was a single car.

Let’s discuss an unwritten rule.  We have a revolving door at the entrance of our work tower.  This is great since you don’t have to feel obligated to hold the door for strangers.  An added bonus is that it's one less public item one has to touch, thus translating to the less chance you have of picking up some disgusting germs on your hands.

A revolving door is usually divided into three parts.  The one at work easily fits one person in each section and you can squee ...

Today’s Pat On The Back goes to me for Self Restraint.  Picture the following scenario.  I’m driving into the parking deck at work and begin my journey to a few levels underground where I normally park.  As I turn a corner, I notice at the end of this particular parking lane a woman is standing in the middle of the lane.  She was fumbling for something in her purse, completely distracted.  Thankfully I typically go slowly in the parking garage so I made the approach towards her as though I were a Campus Cop. 

Today’s cameraphone photo is brought to you by the letter "D", which stands for Doyouthinkthisdudepoundstheshitoutofhiswifeandkids?

Part of what was painted on this truck is blocked so here is this dude’s wisdom displayed in acrylic oil paint for all to enjoy and nod their head in agreement with his down home folksiness.

It doesn’t happen often but we will periodically get a damaged envelope from the US Postal Service wrapped in plastic with a “Sorry we really mangled your letter” note.  With the volume that they deal with each day, I don’t mind getting these every once in a while as long as they’re bills and not something important like a 401K rollover check.

One of these mangled items came in the mail Saturday.  It was our GEICO bill so I was ...

Let’s say you’re eating lunch at an informal place such as a Chicago-style hot dog joint where transplanted northerners who miss the steamed poppyseed bun with Vienna beef franks topped with mustard, onions, glowing green relish, tomatoes, pickles, peppers, and celery salt.  An older gentleman comes over to your desk and, prior to asking permission, picks up the salt shaker and then proceeds to ask if he can use it.  Would you consider that rude, pre-emptive, presumptuous, or normal?

Apple needs to be careful or they’re going to restore my faith in humanity and I’m not sure if I’m ready to take that kind of leap just yet.  Like I had stated in a post last month, while I hate to do rebates of any form since I’ve been burned before, I decided to see if my printer would be reimbursed like Apple’s rebate promised when I bought my MacBook.