Real Life Adventures (7/23/09)

I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I only have two postures when sitting in a chair. One of them is slouching and the other is sitting at the very edge of the chair while doing my best to concentrate on the task at hand. I’d like to say that slouching is the less common of the two, but I can’t. Things got so bad that one of my coworkers thought I was out to lunch the other day because she could no longer see my head above the top of my desk chair. I suppose I should take that as a sign that it’s time to sit up straight.

Real Life Adventures (3/27/09)

This strip made me laugh out loud, primarily because the woman’s observation that bad ideas “have nowhere else to go” aside from her husband’s brain felt like a perfect phrased response. I’m intrigued by the notion of ideas (both good and bad) wandering around aimlessly until they find a receptive audience. A brilliant novel, for example, might land in the head of an exceptionally talented and hardworking writer. On the other hand, a “nose diaper” might take refuge in the brain of someone willing to tape cloth to their face in order to avoid the arduous work of sniffling.

Real Life Adventures (6/19/08)

Say what you will about cell phone companies, but they have introduced a valuable concept, namely that a person’s time – albeit in the form of his cell phone minutes – is valuable. Who would have thought that Verizon, T Mobile and AT&T would be so progressive? It almost makes up for the poor reception, distracted drivers and lengthy contracts they’ve unloaded on us.

Real Life Adventures (5/14/08)

I don’t envy anyone trying to sell a home in today’s market. Sellers are being forced to lower their prices, meaning they’ll have less money to purchase another home and that subsequent sellers will suffer as well. Not to be a pessimist, but I’m convinced prices will drop significantly before we know the true value of American homes. The good news is that $400,000 condos and million dollar parcels of land may be a thing of the past. The bad news is that a lot of people are likely to get hurt in the process.