I realized today: I'm always either saying things to get a reaction (playing the funny man) or feeding other people lines (playing the stooge), enrolling other people unwittingly in my own little comedy duo.

I had a sick, sick dream this morning. I was in a university library trying to pick up women. I was particularly sweet on this one pretty blonde, a soccer player. In fact, we'd had a one-night stand once, and sadly i did not perform well. She obviously restrained laughter when she turned me down ( Read more... )

Congratulations, ropo and wimsey70, for surviving another spin of the odometer! Here's hoping that every year treats you a little better than the last one!

I understand now why remodeling destroys marriages. It's like moving, but instead of cramming all your stuff into a truck, you pile it into one corner of your house and then live in the mess for a couple weeks.


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Exercise is similar to drinking in that, if you do enough of it, you can pass right out. (And wake up in pain.)

Tonight we went to my daughter Naomi's school to watch her drama class put on one-act plays, mostly comedy skits. She has been taking drama classes for a few years now - in fact, it's consistently her best class - and it turns out that she has some decent comedic timing ( Read more... )

Had another nightmare last night. I only remember the very end ( Read more... )

My home remodeling project is officially under way. A guy from Home Depot came over today to measure the two bedrooms for new flooring (see photo)
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I've been so busy that I forgot to post my ridiculous dream this morning. I was on the set of a supernatural/conspiracy TV series starring Keanu Reeves. At one point, there's a brilliant bit of product placement as he answers his iPhone, which shows “Undead” on the caller ID. Only, it turns out that it's just some girl who likes him. And it wasn't ( Read more... )

So ... ADT didn't show up this morning. I gave them a little extra time in case the service truck was running late, but by 2pm I'd already given them more than enough extra. I spent most of an hour on the phone learning that the original installer didn't want to honor the service order, that they tried to reach me but didn't have my phone number ( ( Read more... )