Dec
31
Ho Ho Horror
I know it's a little late to be sharing yuletide tales and I usually avoid second-hand stories, but I love these too much not to put them in print. The first one occurred on Christmas Eve as I was en route to my sister's house for the holidays. She was busy preparing for Christmas and her two kids were a bit rambunctious so she went to the NORAD website where they track Santa's travels and set the computer to play videos of the various places he'd already visited that night. A little while later, terrified Zach, 6, ran into the kitchen and cried, "They shot Santa!" My sister asked him ...
Dec
18
Even Shaq Could Make This Free Throw
Posted in Daily Life
Living in an apartment means I get to wash my clothes in the building's laundry facility. And anybody who's ever had to wash their clothes in a public location knows that sometimes you have to handle other people's clothes and vice versa. Usually it's not a problem for me because I tend to do my laundry in the middle of the night and there are several extra machines for any other night owls but occasionally it happens.
I always do two loads and leave an empty basket on top of each of the machines that I'm using but I estimate that 70% of the time when someone has to take my clothes out of the washer they put them somewhere ...





