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1.  A conversation with a co-worker:
Me: Do you know my feet smell? (I like to share ridiculously private details with her so as to affirm how important she is to me.)
Her: And your nose runs? You’re built upside down.
Pause.
Longer. Pause.
Uncontrollable laughter on my part at both her deadpan delivery and the ridiculous amount of time it took for me to not only get that joke, but realize how priceless it is.

2. I have become a ‘talk radio’ person. My father will be so proud. I remember a trip he and I made one summer that involved long stretches of empty prairie and hours of talk radio; at the time I was eighteen and wishing someone had already invented an iPod so I could drown out the man fielding calls regarding the pros and cons of nuclear energy. Now I’m thirty one and downloading CBC podcasts to my iPod so I can listen to author interviews while I’m not driving.  The irony is not lost on me.

3. Speaking of interviews, I discovered Alexander McCall Smith through talk radio. He’s the author of (among other books) The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency which, if the hilarity of his interview is any indication, will be a delightful, feel-good read. I went to the library Tuesday afternoon to check out some of his books for my upcoming trip... you know, since the four days that I am there won’t be completely jam-packed with other activities. Reading will be a high priority. Obviously.

4.  There are certain moments when you should not multitask. An example: when attempting to fill your water bottle from the cooler, don’t also attempt to remove your lunch from the fridge. There is an extremely high probability that mess will ensue, and before you know it your Royal Gala apple has bounced on the ceramic floor five times and your foot is wet. You can’t make this stuff up.

5.  Sacha likes roast beef. In keeping with my friend Kelly’s policy to ‘take pictures first, clean up later’, I actually have pictorial proof of Sacha’s roast-beef-loving-ways:

Just to reassure you, we didn't give her this piece of beef. She stole it off the counter.  And no, we didn't let her eat the whole thing.  I just let her nibble at it long enough to take some pictures.



6.  The bloggie poll was a fun little experiment! General randomness and Schmozzles took the lead in the poll, with some close seconds. My ego is greatly boosted by the fact that no one voted for me to stop blogging.

Our Walk with Christ 53%
Infertility  51%
Fat Girl 101 43%
Running 34%
Recipes 51%
Schmozzles 56%
NF1 24%
General randomness 65%
Other 9%
Nothing... please stop blogging. 0%

However, for the three of you who voted 'Other' without leaving a comment about what 'Other' meant to you, you're fired.

7. Was that too harsh? You're not fired. I still love you.  In fact, here's a raise.  2%.  Now go leave a comment and tell me what 'Other' means to you.

8. And that, my friends, is bribery.  I'm not afraid to use it.