I’ve been troubled by something I heard in conversation yesterday. It’s really bothering me, and I’m wondering if I had an obligation to register my discomfort or disapproval of the comment. Or not, as this was at work, and a complaint might be raised about me. Here’s the deal: I was talking to a client about hotel accomodations for that night, somewhere in the southeastern US in an area not far from where Katrina and Rita raised a little hell a few weeks back. Hotel availability in the area is really, really hard to come by, and every time I…
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I already knew where this episode was supposedly headed; spoilers had been floating around since the day they filmed at today’s location, because it’s been just about impossible to keep people from all over the country from saying “Hey! I think they filmed an episode of TAR in my area! I saw Racers/clue boxes/flags/production crew.” The spoilers are showing up in news articles and TV Guide-type websites, too, so I’m not feeling too much doubt about where we’re going. Of course, if we go somewhere else, I’m not the only one with egg on my face. Apparently, tonight we’re going…
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I felt “bleh” yesterday and took off early. Sunday I picked up all the prescriptions from Walgreens that my doctor had re-prescribed for me, after admonishing me not to simply “go off them after a while.” I’d been pretty good about taking the blood pressure one, but some of the others I had let lapse. So after scoring an appointment on Saturday, before taking Riley down to the vet, I loaded up on the prescriptions. I felt like they all kicked in about 2pm yesterday… I dragged through the day for a while, started to feel a little whifty, and…
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We went to ComedySportz to see my husband David’s brother Mitch perform. Hi, Mitch! Mitch takes improv classes now and then, and had reached the point where he had a class performance. We all had an excellent time, and laughed very loudly (this is to remind Mitch’s mom of the time she shushed us when we laughed at another of Mitch’s shows). The best part was when my brother-in-law Dan won a free improv class. I suspect the fix was in, because all the other entries were for ComedySportz employees or class members. It was very funny how the “vote…
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People who wear vile scents to work. People who keep breaking their computers. People who use speakerphones, at either end of the conversation. People who are remorselessly chipper far too early in the morning. People who must say “Hi! Hi! Hi! every time they walk past your area. People whose every conversation is broadcast AT ELEVEN. IT GOES TO ELEVEN. People who act in real life like they’d bloviate endlessly online.