"And I said, Well, excuse me, I didn't know you had a copyright on the bow tie."

August 20, 2009 by The Clever Kris · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Everyday 
Do you hear what I hear?

Now, you may not believe this, but I really do try very hard to be nice, to be kind, to be a friend, to be polite, etc. It's just that I have a great deal of trouble sometimes in doing anything even remotely nice, or kind, or friendly, or polite, etc. And sometimes, it's not even really my fault. It isn't. It's just that I'm, every now and again, a tiny beat behind the music.  I'm not even sure I hear any music, so God bless my poor little drummer. Of course, I don't hear very well, either, and I know that doesn't...

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Endangered species: Men who snap their fingers.

April 27, 2009 by The Clever Kris · Leave a Comment
Filed under: That Which Bears Repeating 
This is what he was doing.

I saw something rather unusual today.  Actually, it was no less than ten minutes ago.

I was walking, taking a short cut to my very dull office, via the library; it's close to my office on campus.  And also, I have several several friends who work in the library, so I was anticipating speaking to one or two of them, namely Amanda, who is my best friend.

And so that's what I did, and I spoke to her for a few minutes, begged her to bring me some lunch (on Mondays and Fridays I get...

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