That explained that

I saw a fake mustache lying on the ground yesterday. I found that odd.

I recently saw a bumper sticker that said “My child received the Monthly Attendance Award at X Elementary” which got me to thinking. So, your kid had perfect attendance for a month? What is that, four and a half weeks, maybe 23 days? Is not missing school for 23 days really impressive enough that someone not only makes a bumper sticker to celebrate the occasion but someone else actually puts that bumper sticker on their car?

I think everyone has one song on their Ipod that they immediately skip if it comes up on shuffle when they are listening to it with another person, pretending to not like the song because they are embarrassed, but will bust out singing it if they are alone. For me, that song is “Foolish Games” by Jewel. OK, I also have one or two Michelle Branch songs. And an Ashanti song. And a couple of Avril Lavigne songs. Alright, fine, I think everyone has five or six or fifteen songs on their Ipod that they immediately skip . . . .

I went wine tasting a couple of weeks ago and this past weekend I drank a bottle of wine I had bought on the trip. I was pretty disappointed, actually, because I had remembered at the time I tasted this wine it had been delicious. Then I realized that at the time I tasted it originally, we were on our fifth winery of the day and I had been drinking for a solid seven hours. That explained that.