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need a mental health break?

the tiniest details do me in, sometimes

Perfectly decent story. Crisis moment. Hero is shanghai’ed by bad guys, dragged around behind his car, and shoved into the trunk.
Except.
Hero drives a 911.
That’s a rear-engine vehicle.
*sigh*

culture smash!

Actual conversation, the other day. I’ve been to England/Scotland (otherwise raised in the Deep South), while CP attended a Brit school as a kid. Makes for some odd culture-squishes, here and there, in the house conversations. I still don’t know how this one started, but I think it was thanks to CP’s trip to the [...]

ewwwwww. stupid.

Okay. I’m sure I can think of grosser stupider moments, but not at this exact second.
Two, three weeks ago, I had to refresh our stock o’ virgin olive oil. Turns out the bottle had a crack, so by the time I got home, the plastic bag had a thin ooze of oil. Great. I [...]

total fail.

First, about a week ago:
CP: We have no halloween candy.
Me: So? Last year we had what, one toddler? Why buy candy?
CP: You know this means we’ll get trick-or-treaters this year.
Me: Fat chance.
Halloween night.
*doorbell rings*
Me: *painting foyer* Uh, is it halloween tonight?
Kids: Trick or treat!
Me: Uh. Would you like some paint, instead?
Kids: …
Me: …
CP: Told you [...]

knock another one off the list!

Making progress with building pantry & pass-through for recyclables. Got a lot done today, and around 6pm, realized I was out of soda. Quick trip to corner for fountain soda as a treat… except that at the stop sign heading out of the neighborhood, I heard the oddest sound — somewhat like when the muffler’s [...]