Man, do I hate it when I'm waiting for a public bathroom, and someone comes from behind and tries the door. As if I'm just standing in front of an unlocked public bathroom?

Man, do I hate it even more when they turn the doorknob in a different direction than I did, and it opens.

Some pressing issues in today's hotmail links:

Can we give our baby the same name we gave our dog?
We found a baby name we love -- but the initials could spell a bad word

Also good, a reader response to the second one:

"I know a lady whose initials are PMS. She seems rather well adjusted other than being about 200 pounds overweight."

I wish I had a cat so I could get this bumper sticker.

You know, I don't usually enjoy these, certainly not enough to have a calendar full of them (why are there so many calendars?? I have a sneaking suspicion some kind of calendar lobby helped Bush get his second term), but this one is really mystifying.

"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I ( Read more... )

Intriguing spam:

Ninety six bottles of beer, three a's, three b's, one c, two d's, thirty six e's, three f's, two g's, seven h's, eleven i's, one j, one k, six l's, one m, twenty n's, twelve o's, one p, one q, six r's, twenty eight s's, nineteen t's, seven v's, seven w's, six x's, and five y's on the wall ( Read more... )

Whoever invented grilled shrimp wrapped in bacon is trying to kill me. I am cooperating.

Also, I think I just dissed a baby. I was walking home and passed by a lady trying to pull a stroller, with drooly baby inside, up the stairs to her house. I stopped to help, and she thanked me, saying, "This is how I get my workout." I tapped her baby's chubby cheek and said, "She seems like a good workout." The lady looked slightly taken ( Read more... )

Wait a second. Bob Dylan's son directed the new Will Ferrell movie?? And the third American Pie?!

That apple sure landed far from the enigmatic-genius tree.

Today in the mail I got a gift certificate for $145 worth of steak. Also, as a free gift, 4 gourmet franks and 10 portions of potatoes au gratin. I'm tempted to send it in just to see how they would deliver them. Really, what's a good way to mail franks?

I didn't think I'd ever use this thing, but the free meats seemed worth documenting!