Insult: Realizing that the… uhm… anti-fungal spray is kept behind the counter in Swiss pharmacies, and having to ask and mime to the assistant pharmacist who didn’t speak English and the pharmacist what the problem was.
Injury: Paying 16 CHF (14 USD) for it.
Rubbing Salt In The Wound: The spray contained alcohol.
To put Alex to sleep, I sang “99 Bottles Of Beer”. I got all the way down to “-4 bottles of beer on the wall” before I was sure he was asleep. I think it’s the first time that I’ve actually exhausted all the beer on the wall.
Recently received a letter from one of our credit card providers along the lines of:
Your account has been inactive for a while, we have closed your account to help you better manage your credit cards.
The blatant B.S. reason bugs me.
Synopsis of an argument with a (now ex-) friend
Nick: I’m annoyed at the ratio of attention given vs. attention received (by me) in this friendship.
Foo: Can’t talk right now, I’m on vacation.
Nick: [Doormatly waits 'til vacation is over, repeats statement]
Foo: Can’t you let me be, I’m obsessing over bar, who gives me near-zero attention.
Nick: [Waits for strike three, repeats statement]
Foo: I don’t have time for this now.
Nick: Hmmm… this should be a learning experience for me…
I’m a patient person (and I know many of you are rolling your eyes / snerking / whatever right now), but at a certain point I expect better from life.
If you have 52 squares, how do you organize or map them into a grid?
OK… I give up… tell me…
An 8 x 7 grid with the corners removed? Really? Because you thought it’d be cool?
Disconcerting: Paying a bill written in a language you don’t understand.
This leads to all sorts of annoying web site behaviour
Alex: [mumble]
Nick: Say what?
Alex: What!
Frosty the snowman,
was a very happy snore
Alex encountered a relative that tends to snore over the holidays :-)
Huh?
Dina’s pregnant again.
When?
Due in early June.
Gender?
It is most likely female.
So she will be Swiss!
That’s not a question.
Will she be Swiss?
No. That process takes about 12 years. Seriously.
When can we see her?
You can come visit (email us if you want crash space, we need to start scheduling as immediate family is visiting too). Alternately, we’ll probably be in North America (Montreal, Boston) in September 2009.
Anything else?
If you have more questions, post them in the comments and I’ll answer if I can.
When in Montreal before Christmas, Starbucks had a “Latte au Lait de Poule”. I thought to myself, “What’s so special about a latte made with milk that comes from chickens?”
I only realized my mistake about 10 minutes later when talking to Dina.
Son, people will tell you things like “Size doesn’t matter.” Well, it does sometimes. You just need to figure out when it does and when it doesn’t.
Ideally you want to hear:
Size doesn’t matter… <gasp /> Oh my!