Random Esquire

1.   For the first time in a very long time, I was unable to sleep last night because I was… angry.  Something had been bothering me and I was still stewing over it at 4 a.m. when I twittered something about being up and angry.  But I had to laugh when, in the morning, I received a couple of text message from Lynchseattle.

The first said, “Yoo upset.  I hugs yoo.”

That made me grin.

Then he followed it with, “Big hug.  A little uncomfortable for you maybe.”

That made me burst out laughing.

2.  In case you were thinking about it, do not buy your parents a totally awesome washer and dryer for Christmas.  As in, one that does steam cleaning and is completely modern and new and awesome.  Because while you will expect to pay a certain amount of money, someone will tell you how washers and dryers now come on pedestals.  Which, yes, you did know… you just forgot.   And at $250 a pop each, it’s a big forget.  Oh, and no one gets a basic white washer and dryer any more.  They want color.  Which costs $100 more each.  And then you’ll realize that you don’t want your engineer father dismantling the thing if something goes wrong and despite all evidence against it, you buy the extended warranty for them.

And then you will kindly suggest a washboard and some elbow grease.

3.  When I started to write the Folgers entry about the kid coming home from West Africa, I really meant it to be rather tongue in cheek and sarcastic.  But then?  Then I saw this article in the Huffington Post about it, a few days later.  Dude, that ad riled a lot of people!