Random Things 1
July 10, 2008
Some random things that come to mind.
* So I am running late as it is and tear around the corner without signaling my turn - twice in a row, in fact, all one-handed because I'm holding a can of Monster drink in one and the wheel in the other. Shortly thereafter I am flagged down in the parking lot at work and a large, dangerous man looks down to me and smiles madly.
'Thank you for wearing your seat belt!' He then handed me candy and motioned me along. Am I the only person seeing something wrong here?
* More than 50 trillion solar electron neutrinos pass through the human body every second. Think about that for a moment.
* One of the both good and bad things about working at my job is that I get to talk to a wide variety of people from around the country; I'm not always trapped in the deep south after all. Of course, the flip side of that is when you are talking to someone and you simply can't pronounce their name correctly - particularly on an 'emergency' call.
I try my best but when someone's house is on fire I don't take the time to 'sound it out' several times beforehand. And naturally, this tends to vex people occasionally. But you know, when my family came to America a couple generations back, they changed their last name from a very German sounding word because hey, World War II was going on.
So don't get cranky with me when I can't pronounce Sanmugasundaram, for Marduk's sake.
* 'It was one of the stupidest things I've done in my life but it's no reason to take my kids.' Yes, yes it is. (link apparently broken)
* Speaking of really stupid things to do, I find myself toying with this horrible thing on my abdomen despite knowing better. I was told by a co-worker that our boss has something similar, and whenever it gives him a problem he 'pushes' it back in. I thought wow, that guy of all people has a hernia, and just shoves his intestines back in? And often?
So naturally I thought, if he could do it, why can't I? Let us just say that, yes, I have learned my lesson. And no, your intestines should not make a SPLORP sound.
* Looking at my assembled DVD shelf, I see I have way too many Pokémon discs.
* I am currently reading a 70s era collection of Thing stories. Well, only a few at a time but they're by the guy who gave us Howard the Duck, so you know they're out there. It's sort of a series of 'team ups' I guess, with the Thing and (insert someone else) each issue. A continous plot but non-stop guest stars. It's fun 70s chicanery, even if it was made when I was 5.
And how often do you get to hear the Thing talk about porn?