Miscellaneous

I was going to call this "Random Notes" because that's what people say, but there's absolutely nothing random about it. Not that there's ever really anything random about what people usually call random; the word is almost always misused. Being a non-sequitur in no way makes a statement random.

We have new neighbors across the street. On recycling day today, they left on the curbside 2 open boxes filled with old bills and bank statements. Hello? What year is this? Ever hear of identity theft? This is why I seldom worry about having that kind of thing happen to me. If I act with reasonable precaution and common sense, that's bound to put me in the upper 10% of guardedness because so many people just don't think. And in the meantime, too bad I wasted the mental effort remembering their names because now I can have not only those but their financial wherewithal and purchasing habits as well.

Here's the kind of conversation you can only have if you've been married a really long time:

Me: "I'm still not feeling well. I'm not going to work tomorrow."

Spouse: "Any chance of your getting a haircut soon?"