Latte Nebula
The wife called as I was one person away from reaching the cashier to order my latte, so I asked her whether she could hold one minute while I ordered a coffee and I’d be right back. I ordered the coffee. A half hour later I got a call from …
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Invisible car
Today I walked to the intersection near which I clearly remembered I parked, Hawthorne and Bryant, and I could not find my car for the life of me. I had only a vague recollection of where I had parked it near that intersection, so I walked in all four directions …
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Seabiscuit
I saw a Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand book lying around and I thought ‘Hmmm, I think my dad would like this book‘, and then I realized that father’s day is coming up. So I filled out a card, gave it to Allison to sign, and wrapped the card and book. …
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Poop on night gown
A friend of mine told me she pooped on her nightgown. She was traveling, sleeping in a colder place than she is used to, so she was wearing pajama pants under her usual nightgown. She went to the bathroom and dropped her pants as she always does when she’s wearing …
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Purple wood
Lesson of the day: keep smoothie past arms’ reach when maneuvering getting dressed. p.s.: could it pass as modern art?
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Do we have all hubcaps?
“I need to ship a box. Can we stop by the post office on our way to the soccer game?“, I said. Allison said yes. On our way to the post office, as she was turning on to Walnut Street, she heard something behind the car. She said she may …
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Amazon returns
Today the ‘1’ key in the keyboard I recently bought on Amazon stopped working. I can’t really work with an unreliable ‘1’ key. So I set to return it for a replacement. I did what I needed to do on Amazon, printed the forms, found the original box and another …
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The Keys Dance at the Consulate
Today as we were leaving the Brazilian Consulate in San Francisco, where we went to get our visas for the summer, I asked Allison “where are my keys?”. She smiled, thinking I was kidding. But I wasn’t. I looked in the bathroom at the consulate, on the seats where we …
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Extra fiber
Saw this across my facebook feed today from my friend Keith Pund:“Ate half of my sandwich before I realized the paper was still on the cheese. #extrafiber” Awesome!
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