Random Thoughts

Funny how many “final notices” you get on a car warranty.

Believe it or not, Spanish-speaking telemarketers tend to be every bit as annoying as their English-speaking equivalents. Even if you're Hispanic.

Yes, morticians have to make a living, too, but it's still seems tasteless to receive unsolicited advertising from such a person. Especially if you've lost a loved one quite recently.

The more different you are, the more likely it is that you wish to seem ordinary. The more ordinary you are, the more likely it is that you wish to seem different.

The older you get, the faster time goes, which explains why it flows like molasses on a winter day when you're young and like mercury on a summer day when you're old.

Is it worse to be a supporting character in someone else's story and wind up with a happy ending or to play the lead in one's own story and wind up with a tragic ending? And what about those poor souls who don't get a choice?

Which is greater: the writer who uses a vocabulary that can be only understood by a thousand people or the writer who uses a vocabulary that can be understood by a million people?

It's easy to be in favor of offshoring when it's not your job which is in jeopardy.

It's easy to be against unions when it's not you who has to put up with lousy pay and working conditions.

It's easy to be in favor of unions when it's not you who is being held back by the seniority system.

In short, it's easy to be happy with the status quo when it's not you who is being inconvenienced.