It happened one day

Life, my dears, is an interesting ride. The things you see, the things you hear, the things you get to do—all of them are wild and random and sometimes, really, really weird. So let’s talk about a few things I’ve experienced over the last couple of days.

• Yesterday, on my way to meet Alisha to run, I saw a 20-something guy walking down the sidewalk. What made this odd was that it was about 4 p.m., he was dressed in full work attire, including a long-sleeved button-down, tie, and skinny dress pants with some shoes I can only describe as being slightly “metro.” Under his arm, he was carrying two or three folded up sheets or towels. Which was what struck me as odd. I mean what happened to inspire this moment for him? Did his wife kick him out and only let him take the three ratty, mismatched towels he’d brought into the relationship (from his college apartment, which was a pig sty) with him? Was he on his way to an office pool party? Had he been called about an emergency and told “bring towels, there’s a lot of clean-up”? Or was he moving apartments piece-by-piece—during work hours and in work clothing ? Who knows.

• Today on the elevator up to my department’s floor, I overheard this conversation starter: So, last night, I dreamt I was at Comic-Con. . .

• Also yesterday, on my way home from running, I saw a man out mowing his yard with the riding mower. He was wearing a hat. Not so unusual, huh? Yeah, he was wearing a sombrero. I’ll let that sink in: a SOMBRERO. Big, straw, and very noticeable. He was not Hispanic, in case you were wondering. I can only surmise that his decision to wear that hat went something like this: Hmm, I need to wear a hat. With a brim. Gotta protect my ears from skin cancer. Where’s my Crocodile Hunter hat? Oh, the wife put that in the yard sale. Hm, would this work? Yeah, I think it might. Well, when the wife sees me mowing the lawn in this, she’ll relent on how stupid she thinks the Crocodile Hunter hat is and get me a new one! Genius!

• On the radio this morning, two of the DJs were discussing a name his wife had suggested for their unborn baby that he didn’t like. That led to people calling in with the strangest names they’d heard of children being named. One lady knew a child named “Question” (just imagine this scenario: Do you have a question, Question?). She also had been in Wal-Mart one day and heard a mother calling for her child: “True Worship? Where are you? True Worship?” Really? This also brings to mind my discussion of stupid things people name children, like that little girl named Le-a (that’s LeDasha. The dash apparently has sounds now). Someone also told me about a name they’d heard a family had given their child: Ladynasty. OK, there’s two ways to read that: Lady Nasty which is not appropriate at all or LaDynasty (as in La and Dynasty), which was what the family intended. But wouldn’t it have just been easier NOT to go there? And I’m all for creative naming (I am the person who would name daughters things like Ryan and Emerson), but those are still real names. And don’t scar your children for life. 🙂

So what are some of the interesting things you’ve heard or seen lately? It’s Friday. We all could use a good laugh! 🙂