Chipotle concern
The Chipotle dude was a little puzzled when I ordered this. I think he considered calling the police.
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ParkSFO Heroine
A few days ago, I had to change my return flight from a business trip to come to a different airport than the one I left from. A couple of days later Allison and I drove 40 minutes to pick up my car near my departing airport (SFO), and when …
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We’ll never make it
When I went to Trader Joe’s a couple of days ago, I completely missed three of the items on the shopping list. I had crossed everything else out. Today, Sunday evening, I was driving by TJs and thought I’d go in quickly grab the three missing items. As I was …
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Scooter on Grave
How not to promote a self-balancing scooter. My wife got me this for my 40th birthday. I wonder what her intentions are.
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Saved a man
Allison saved a man today. We went to work at a coffee shop downtown. We parked and walked downstairs to find an agitated man battling with the gate trying to open it to get out of the parking garage. He waved his hands frustrated and turned to us helplessly, asking …
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Excuse me sir
I was doing the grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s later in the day than usual and it was pretty crowded. As I was putting the ground turkey on my shopping cart I half-heard a faint “Excuse me sir” from a woman behind me and I hurried to get the shopping …
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1st Grade Hair
This morning Allison went to work with the first grade girl she is teaching how to read. Allison noticed that the girl’s hair, usually very neat, looked horrible. She couldn’t tell whether it was wet or what, so she asked the girl whether she had washed her hair that morning. …
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Hello, Statue!
A female friend from grad school shared this on facebook: Today, I walked into a statue because I was also writing email on my phone. I tried to laugh it off because people were watching but it actually really hurt. I can relate!
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Somebody left the gate open
I can’t drive yet due to my recent knee surgery, so I took Uber today from the physical therapist back home. I had a curious exchange with the driver when he was trying to make a right turn: Driver: “Somebody left the gate open” Me: “Excuse me?” Driver: “Somebody left …
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Red Sea
The scene right before the boarding of my flight from Moscow to JFK was Russian style (which is very similar to Venezuelan style, a free-for-all mess.) Shortly after they called passengers who needed assistance for pre-boarding, a loud noise was heard. It was the sound of crutches crashing down after …
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