a support desk worker says on the phone: "hold on a quick second" and then puts my co-worker on hold for a couple minutes. obviously it was longer than a regular second, so i'm puzzled as to how it is quick. similarly, i am confused as to why we call so many restaurants "fast food" - they aren't fast. . .and that isn't really food. which of course reminds me of a history teacher i had that made similar arguments about grape nuts not being grapes or nuts and the holy roman empire not being any of the three.
i saw three letters together that made me laugh (along with the fact that i was up till 3:30 this morning). the three letters: opp. these letters on their own are not at all humorous. but they are tied in my mind to a long-standing joke based on a town in alabama by the name of opp. i'm fairly certain opp has a total population of 8 people, which makes the joke even funnier, but the story is too long to tell tonight and probably not all that funny to those who weren't there.
i got to see the new byers kid. first impressions aren't always right. i'll leave it at that. check out pics at
http://thebyers.blogspot.com/ -- especially check out the chin. it is defined and very cool. i was asked if i remember my kids being that small and i said something about not being able to imagine it. . .then the wife reminded me that our kids were never that small. . .at least not outside the womb.
more later. . .
peace and java
