My mom is cleaning out her basement, so when I was visiting at Thanksgiving, she had me look through some boxes she is storing for me. And lo and behold, I found a box of my old friends: my Dancing Hamsters. Dancing Hamsters were a genius invention that were on the scene in 2002... Continue Reading →
A Key to the Unknown
As I was shuffling through my set of keys to find my mailbox key tonight, I noticed a particularly shiny silver key. I stared at it and thought, "I have no idea what this is a key to." I wonder if I will ever remember. Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Tummyache
I got a bad stomachache after eating some potato salad the other night. It was either because I ate too much of it, or the stuff had gone bad. I was reminded of this Far Side cartoon...one of Daisy's favorites, I believe.
A Pep Talk in Every Drop
You can find inspiration in surprising places. For example, the wrapper of a Vitamin C drop. I felt a cold coming on last night, so I started consuming large quantities of Vitamin C drops. I just noticed that the wrappers have pep talk phrases on them. My favorite one so far is "Hi-five yourself." "Buckle... Continue Reading →
Smart Woman
Alec Baldwin's mother is a smart woman. In a Late Show with David Letterman appearance a few months ago, Alec said that his mom will not move to California from upstate New York because she doesn't want to leave her Wegmans. Voila, a few months later...Alec and his mom star in two Wegmans commercials.
