Coffee Is Evil and Other Nonsense

This entry may have the longest title in journal history. This is a compilation of odds and ends that seemed too short to warrant entries of their own. Consider them entrylets.

First, when I say coffee is evil, that's really just my nagging cough talking. I'm supposed to be drinking plenty of fluids to clear it up and apparently the cup of french roast I'm having doesn't count (or help), but it tastes so much better than your average water.

Last week, I was listening to Billy Joel's Fantasies & Delusions. One of the credits on the album sleeve read, "All Music Composed by William Joel". I imagine he used his formal name to be taken more seriously, but it only made me laugh.

Somebody once told me that people cause 90% of their own problems. This is probably true for most folks, but I'm an overachiever, so I'm thinking my percentage is closer to 95.

This morning's fog was as soupy as a bowl of clam chowder. Driving in the fog isn't too bad, but I wish people who choose to speed through it would at least use their headlights.

Finally, here is a Calvin and Hobbes strip I've kept for a while and thought I'd share. It echoes my sentiments exactly...

Calvin: This connect-the-dots book really makes me mad! Look at this.
Hobbes: It's a duck.
Calvin: I know! Who wants to draw a duck?! I sure didn't! They made me! I've been manipulated! My natural artistic talent has been used against my will to create some corporate entity's crude idea of waterfowl! It's outrageous!
Hobbes: Another blow to creative integrity.
Calvin: From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way.