Pet Peeves I

What's the deal with purchasing extended warranties on products such as appliances and tech devices (cameras, computers, etc)? Isn't the very fact that these companies offer such options an admission of producing an inferior product? Wouldn't it be nice to be able to buy a product that did not offer an extended warranty because (drumroll)....THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO!!

Hair Today

Hairy men lament: Scientific American reports that in an evolutionary sense, lack of fur and big brains are mutually exclusive. Sorry guys.

Hairy men beware: Scientific American reports that in an evolutionary sense, presence of fur and large brains are mutually exclusive.

Classic Quotes I

"If you cannot think of anything appropriate to say you will restrict your remarks to the weather." Mrs. Dashwood, from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

The New

We've heard these before, those catchy little phrases that sum up some new social phenomenon.  For instance, "40 is the new 30" to describe age, and "brown is the new black" when referring to fashion.  After months of enduring descriptions of the minutiae of people's lives on Facebook, Twitter, personal blogs and Reality TV (do I really care that you are sitting on your porch clipping your toenails while listening to "Power Ballads of the 80's" on your iPod?), I have decided to introduce a new moniker.  It is, fittingly in this day and age, "Boring is the new interesting".

Meet at Denny's

A friend of mine recently purchased an ipod on craigslist.  She was to rendezvouz with the seller at the local Denny's.  When she got to the agreed upon parking area of Denny's, she noticed a woman waiting, looking, next to her car.  "Are you here with the ipod?" inquired my friend.  "No," said the woman, "I'm waiting for someone with a keyboard."

For Starters

We put our cat on a diet.  He promptly gained 2 pounds.