Serendipity (N.)
Definition: finding something unexpected and useful while searching for something else entirely.
Usage: Last night on the Twitter, my friend Nick the Geek offered a pile of dog hair to anyone who wanted it.
Well, what serendipity! I had just decided on my topic for today’s post. DOG HAIR.
Now you might think that an offer of dog [...]

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One of my favorite things about air travel
(besides being seated in coach next to a  young 140 lb emo guy who orders a TRIPLE vodka and cranberry for a 2 hour flight)
is the reading material.
I know what you’re thinking: “That’s a stretch.” And you have a point. Airplane reading material IS only a couple levels [...]

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I’m in a giving mood today, so I thought I’d share some linky goodness:
First, a Public Service Announcement.
“Hey Baby, take off your bra. I just heard about an approaching chemical warfare attack” is NOT a good pickup line.
Unless the woman is wearing this:
Yes, this is a real invention. It was awarded the IgNobel Prize in [...]

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Hey. I’m sick. Which seems to happen to me at this time every year. So a post from last fall seems especially timely.
Originally posted October 2008:
I purchased an instrument of torture yesterday. No, I haven’t gotten into some sort of kinky hobby. If only.
No, I bought this item because a lot of people-most of [...]

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Wowwwwwwwwwwwww…
How exactly does a blogger post the same video twice — in a row — and not realize it for DAYS?
I don’t know the answer to that question. But clearly, I was overdue for a BREAK.
The first two days of school went well for the kids. But enough about them…
They were GREAT for me. I [...]

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You know these guys? I didn’t until I moved to Georgia 12 years ago. Back then Chick-fil-A®, a chicken-only fast food place, was mostly in the South.
And all I could think when introduced to them was,

“Oh cute. Those cows can’t spell,”
“I will never remember how to spell the name of that restaurant,” Because The Editor [...]

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