Thursday 13 #5 - 13 very random thoughts…

Hear ye, hear ye - once again it’s Thursday and time for the Thursday 13.

13 very random thoughts

1 - A search term that led someone to my blog was “seduction mathematician panties”, that’s going to keep me up at night. I’m very very curious as to what they were looking for and how those terms led them to my blog

2 - I know someone who has started taking Alli. I just don’t get it, is losing weight so important that you’re willing to risk a little anal leakage? Nothing like soiling yourself while standing in line at the coffee shop.

3 - Speaking of weird side affects… does anyone else laugh when the prescription ads run on tv and they finish up the ad with a disclaimer that the medicine you’re going to take for migraines “may cause blindness, deafness, ringing in the ears, hair loss, gangrene, cancer, pregnancy, loss of limbs, explosive diarreaha, x-ray vision, loss of love life, erections that last more than 4 hours, loss of employment and death…”

4 - I really don’t like social smokers. It’s completely unfair that some people can just smoke once in a while when they’re at a bar or a party. Those of us who are smokers just can’t do that, one smoke is just the beginning of a slippery slope for me. Not that I really want to smoke, but it’s still irritating.

5 - Caller ID sucks. I’m sick and tired of it not displaying the name of the caller. Half the time it only displays the name of people in my directory that are calling me, I don’t really care about them, they’re not usually the calls I’m trying to avoid.

6 - I love web check-in. I’m in Chicago on business this week and I just love the ability to check in for my flight the day before, change my seat and print my boarding pass. Then once I get to the airport all I have to do is go to the bag check kiosk and drop my bags and go through security. Saves a lot of time and when you travel a lot it’s all about how fast you can get through the airport.

7 - Speaking of the airport. I’ll get one of those security cards when they become available. A card that lets me go through a faster, shorter line at the security checkpoint? I’m all for that.

8 - On the other hand, I’m paranoid and guard my personal information closely. Do I really want to provide the Government with all that information? Sure they probably already have all of it, just not necessarily in one nice convenient spot. Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that they’re not out to get you.

9 - What the heck did we do before Google and the internet? I remember when we got a set of encyclopedias at home, we were so excited to be able to look stuff up at home instead of having to go town and go to the library. On the other hand I mourn the loss of our libraries, I loved going there as a kid and worked in the local library for several years in High School and College.

10 - It’s Pride weekend in Seattle. Not that I’ll do much more than go to the parade on Sunday, but in years past there were parties and tea dances and concerts and festivals. Oh and the lack of parking, the hangovers and the late nights. Yah I think I’ll just stick to the parade on Sunday afternoon thanks.

11 - I have a weird memory for numbers. I can still remember my grandparent’s phone number even though I haven’t called it in about 20 years. I can remember birthdays for high school friends that I haven’t seen in 20 years.

12 - Speaking of high school. My 20 year reunion is next year, no don’t do the math. I’m not going, I didn’t go to the 10 and I’m certainly not going now that I’m older, balder and fatter. My question is why on earth would I willingly go spend time with a bunch of people that on the whole I hated 20 years ago and couldn’t wait to get away from? I told my mom that if anyone from the reunion committee (yes, my parents still live in the podunk town I grew up in) asks for my address that she should tell them that I’m dead. She doesn’t want to do that for some reason… oh well I’ll just recycle the letter like I did 10 years ago.

13 - I think I have bloggers block. I haven’t blogged about anything interesting in a couple of weeks. In fact my only posts have been memes and quiz results. Maybe I’ll have something interesting to write about next week…