Last week I bought a couple of bottles of mouthwash at CVS (along with about $100 worth of other stuff that the kids loaded up the basket with – hair care, candles, notebooks, etc. – they are way too expensive to take along). It wasn’t until I got home that I realized one of the bottles was missing its little plastic security collar. I debated for about 3/10ths of second whether I should dump it down the drain or take my chances. Being ever risk-averse, I tossed it. You never know what could have gotten in there. Even speculating makes me gag.

The Eagles have won some football game that is apparently important in the football scheme of things. Which just prolongs the amount of time we’ll have to spend at the beginning of staff meetings dissecting the game, listening to the prognostications, and hearing about how cold it was in the stands, all while my ears go numb and I start wondering if anyone would notice if I put on those Bose noise-cancelling headphones. Is there a reverse-Tivo that will automatically fast forward through the game and just let me watch the commercials? If they can get those faux blue and yellow lines to appear on the field, you’d think it would be possible.