Category Archive for 'Observations'

Hypothetical Question:

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

How many spiders do you reckon come in a litter? A litter? Is that the correct term? or a batch, maybe? Like, if a mommy spider lays eggs, how many baby spiders generally do you think will be in that batch?
I ask because, well, I was about to wash my face just now and I […]

Stamps!

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Yesterday I was in line at the post office, and there was a 5-year-old kid with his mom in front of me. He was SO excited about everything, especially stamps. He was running back and forth and shouting at twice the normal speed, “We’ll get two stamps! One for you and one for me! Mom, […]

Alllllll You, Darlene.

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

I was in line today waiting to order some lunch at a fast food dining establishment, and I saw the girl at one register look and point at the woman at the other register… and I wish I could draw a picture here of what her face looked like, but if looks could talk, hers […]

This Is Where I Am

Monday, June 4th, 2007

My back and neck are so painfully tight, and I have such an unrelenting tension headache, that if a bum walked up to me with visible scabies and offered me a massage, I would take it.

Kids These Days!

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Sunday night I went to a party with my friend Brennan. I should have known this would be an eventful night, because the last time I went to a party with him we ended up chauffering a group of dressy young adults we didn’t know up to a castle on top of a mountain, where […]

BALLS

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Steamy Regards, Roger J. Pennywhistle

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

I hate it when people sign letters or emails with “Regards.” I think it started several years ago when someone I was dating was mad at me and signed an email that way instead of the usual sweet & sexy signoff. I replied with an email to the effect of, “WHAT IN PETE’S […]

And Tigger, Too

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

One thing I don’t understand, and you don’t see it much in L.A., but I feel like in North Carolina it was/is an epidemic: Why do some pregnant women or women with small children start dressing like small children? Why do they wear Winnie-the-Pooh shirts? I want to say to them, just in case […]

Riddle Me This:

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

How is it possible that in one single load of laundry, this many socks come out of the dryer without mates?