…handing the young cashier $24 when the bill comes to $13.50 and watching the confusion set in.
My Nonsensical Thought of the Day
Sorry, but sometimes fiction is stranger.
Charlie Sheen, an American actor whose rise to fame spirals into a cycle of drug overdose, alcoholism and debauchery. Charlie Harper: a fictional jingle writer whose salary affords a luxurious beachfront house in Malibu, a full-time housekeeper, and room and board for his free-loading chiropractor brother.
Now, tell me one more time what they say about truth and fiction?
Children should be held to the same standards of behavior as football players.
A couple nights ago I learned of a thing called “excessive celebration.” I’m wondering if the same penalties apply to a carload of jubilant children when I can’t make it up our skating rink of a driveway in time for school.
Fifteen yards is a start. But their schools are a lot farther of a walk than that.
“Breaking”? Not so much.
“Breaking news! Police Investigating a Homicide in Hartford!”
How much longer will the word “news” apply to this headline?
Note to all broadcast media: if you’re looking for a story about Hartford, go into your archives, change the names and roll the tape.
In the meantime, dig deep! Roofs are collapsing all around us.