• What’s wrong with the sock drawer?

    The other night Beth was coming out of the bathroom with her towel wrapped tightly around her chest. This new found modesty was a little refreshing, so of course we had to say something about it. Beth’s reply was a little odd: “I don’t want anyone to see my nickels.”

    “NICKELS? What are you doing with nickels under your towel?” I replied.

    “What, doesn’t everyone have nickels?”, was Beth’s confused retort.

    Any one reading this from out there in the cheap seats probably already knows what was going on. For whatever reason, I was a little slow on the uptake. And no, her comment had nothing to do with money. Regardless of how this reads, or how unlikely it may seem, you are just going to have to trust me that this was very funny when it happened. Anytime you can laugh at yourself things must be reasonably o.k.

  • Drive time.

    Driving a car on the road is a little too impersonal. We know, in theory, that there are people in the other cars, but it is a little too abstract for our own good. We drive around in shells of our personality. The model, general upkeep, and decoration all speak to how we view ourselves. Yet to others on the road it is still just another car; little more than an obstacle between us and where we want to go. Friday I was driving to work and someone was overtaking me in the right hand lane. Just about when they were even with my car, they decided to execute a textbook sideswipe maneuver. Like about 90% of the other drivers on the road I swore, applied the brakes, and laid on the horn (in that order).

    Where else could I get away with behavior like that? Imagine if I carried on and swore at people on the side walk when they cut me off. Some might even pay good money to see it. It’s just so much easier to be a lout from the comfort of your own cocoon.

  • Did you take your antihistamine today?

    Those entry headings still don’t necessarily mean anything.

    Just so you know, I am the peak flow champion! That’s right baby. Makes me feel kind of silly, talking about feeling a little short of breath. What is a peak flow? Do you really want to know? Take a deep breath and exhale as quickly and completely as possible. Now measure the flow of air at the peak of your blow. Fascinating stuff, isn’t it?