i held this gift of a tiny origami star
made from a square of beautiful paper
admiring it in my hand for a time
knowing it will be held in my memory
for a long time to come.
—
“WHEN YOU FOLD A PIECE OF PAPER,
YOU’RE ESSENTIALLY CHANGING THE MEMORY OF THAT PIECE”.
-ERIC DEMAINE
after what had turned into
a very crazy up and down and all over the place day
i had one last task to complete
making a copy of a document to be delivered
realized i was at my limit
when i held up my car key
pointed it at the big red doors
trying to use the door open button on my key
to exit the store.
it didn’t work.
then the door did open.
i made eye contact with someone entering the store
while i was trying to push button my way out.
we both smiled.
tomorrow is another day.
—
“humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.”
-lorrie moore
after pulling into the lot
i made a quick decision to park a little bit away from this one.
not real sure that marketing is one of their strengths either.
—
“the one thing that unites all human beings,
regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background,
is that, deep down inside,
we all believe that we are above-average drivers”
-dave barry
“curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.”
-bryant h. mcgill
i wish this option was available.
—
after noticing that my bill had made a huge monthly rate leap
it was time for yet another wacky interaction with my cable provider
the rep was very friendly as he told me
that my old rate was purely promotional
it had expired without notice
and was no longer available
i then told him that in that case
i’d like to cut back on my service
to restore it to a more reasonable (yet still crazy) rate
he offered to get right to work for me
to find a happy solution to my problem
after thanking me often
during my 37 minutes of insane hold music
my rep came up with my new rate
i laughed out loud when he quoted me a price
that was actually higher than the one
i was calling about when we began
he quickly and politely explained
that he had provided me with their premier package
adding in home security, a landline, voice controls,
and i think something to do with walking my cat
(none of which i requested)
he also told me that he had used
their new state of the art billing service
(why it took so long)
which is very finely tuned
to review my bill and only charge me
based on the channels and services i use
offering me the best possible deal available
i reminded him that i had actually called
to eliminate channels and extra services
and to pay less not more
he politely went back to work on my issue
after a lot more hold music
i eliminated my useless channels and services
declining the best deal in the universe
even after he warned me i would be giving up things such as:
the rodeo clown channel, the quilting channel, and the watching paint dry live channel
i held my ground
and finally
in a twist of fate and luck and cable math
i somehow ended up back at
the special no longer available promotional rate
that i had requested to return to when we started .
—
“the real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.”
-b. f. skinner
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image credit: gadgetpage.info
“spring is a true reconstructionist.”
-henry timrod
—
artist credit: eli halpin(elihalpin.com)
if you’re like many of us who grew up in the 60s-70s
you’ll no doubt remember the popular ‘days of the week’ underwear sets
i loved the colors, the names,
the sense of knowing what day it was
without having to be burdened with a real calendar
yet i always wondered one thing about them –
why no ‘sunday’ pair?
what was the possible reason for this?
would god be mad if we wore underwear on sunday?
wouldn’t he be even madder if we didn’t?
i knew my catechism nuns wouldn’t have the answers.
i was left wondering.
–
in the following scene from ‘when harry met sally’
sally explained the reason behind her latest breakup. great minds…..
HARRY: So how come you broke up with Sheldon?…SALLY: Well, if you must know, it’s because he was very jealous and I had these days of the week underpants.HARRY: [Makes buzzer sound]. I’m sorry. I need a judge’s ruling on this. Days of the week underpants?SALLY: Yes. They had the days of the week on them and I thought they were sort of funny. And then one day Sheldon says to me, “You never wear Sunday.” He’s all suspicious, “Where was Sunday? Where had I left Sunday?” And I told him and he didn’t believe me.HARRY: What? SALLY: They don’t make Sunday.HARRY: Why not?SALLY: Because of God.
—
“this is sunday, and the question arises, what’ll I start tomorrow?
-kurt vonnegut
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image credit: sassygrannysnickers on etsy
