Has someone ever offered you something, saying, “This is really good, you’ll love it,” but you taste it and find it’s disgusting, yet you tell them, “You’re right, it is good,” because you don’t want to hurt their feelings?
No, never. Sure.
Quirks
She has quirks. She loves chocolate, and she loves coffee and espresso, but she doesn’t like chocolate covered espresso beans.
Rebuilding
He made a decision: he would rebuild and again be the person he once was.
It would be difficult, no less so because they’d cremated his body and spread his ashes on the wind.
The August Holiday
The best thing about Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the December holiday triumvirate in America is that they make it difficult for November and December to sneak up on us. It’s hard to be unaware of the calendar with all that commercial preparation – advertising, music, and sales, repeatedly presented at high volume – taking place.
That’s the trouble with August in America: no real holiday to mark the calendar. Sure, we have Labor Day at September’s beginning, but it’s one of those nebulous Federal Monday holidays. People often ask each other, “When is Labor Day this year?”, meaning, what day does Labor Day fall on? Then you hit that long stretch from there until Halloween. Days skim by on such untroubled water. Suddenly September has turned to October, and you’re playing catch-up with time.
It’s a game that’s hard to win.
Deceived
You ever look out the window and think, “Wow, look at that sunshine, what a gorgeous day,” and then go out and get berated by body parts shrieking for warmth and calling you stupid for not dressing warmly?
Yeah. Brrr.
Searching
Do you ever get irritated because you put something like “Veteran’s Day” into a search engine on your computer, and the results come back, “Save on Veterans at Walmart. Free Shipping Site to Store.”?
No, neither do I?
Word Problem
Problem: You are walking at four miles per hour, approaching a crosswalk that is thirty feet away.
A car is coming toward you at twenty-six miles per hour. It is three hundred feet away from the crosswalk.
Which of you will reach the crosswalk first?
Answer: The car. They’ll speed up to ensure they won’t need to stop for you at the crosswalk.
Regrets
You ever get rid of something, and forget that you had, and then spent time looking for it before giving up, telling yourself, “Well, I must have gotten rid of it.”?
No, not me. Never, right? Right.
Accatpaniment
Accatpaniment (catfinition) – a feline that will embellish or support an activity or another creature with its presence.
In use: Thomas expected Ashley as an accatpaniment whenever he put on his socks, used the restroom, and other activities.
Michael Seidel, writer 