In the restroom at Nathan’s soccer game last weekend, the guy in front of me didn’t flush. Irritating. Then I saw why he didn’t flush. Really irritating. (Also, I believe I can safely say this is the first photo I’ve ever taken at a urinal.) Measuring gallons per flush is just so passé. How about … Read more
I know a guy who makes pretty good money driving around neighborhoods that have homeowner associations looking for violations of the HOA regulations, then reporting them. If you belong to an HOA in the area and your neighborhood is less than ten years old or so, there’s a non-negligible chance he patrols it. So these … Read more
I am not a fan of the valediction “Respectfully.” In fact, I don’t much like it at all. Never have. It seems to me that “respectfully,” more so than any other common complimentary close, calls attention to all of the other ways the writer could be. Every time I read correspondence that ends “Respectfully,” the … Read more