even when i'm not looking for it, i stumble over despair

today i went to Spanky's for lunch. the four-pack-a-day waitress was working, and i overheard the following conversation between her and a couple of guys at another table:

waitress: I'm sorry!

guy 1: Why?

waitress: Because I took too long to get over here.

guy 1: Oh, that's okay.

guy 2: Are you married?

waitress (laughing): Not anymore, I'm not.

guy 2: So, no one to order you around anymore?

waitress: No one to abuse me anymore..

guys 1 & 2: [startled silence]

waitress: No one to give me pretty flowers anymore, either.

guys 1 & 2: [more startled silence]

waitress: Let me know if you need anything else.

soon after, they got up and left.

sigh.

so i was feeling all happy and pleased with myself because i worked up the nerve to take the files for my new business cards to a printer and get them ordered. then on the way home i spotted a cat in the road. i stopped to check on him, and he was already stiff, so i moved him into the median. since he had a tag, i called the owners, who came to get him. poor little guy. he couldn't have been more than five years old.

why do people let their cats run loose in neighborhoods surrounded by busy 4-lane roads with 45mph+ speed limits?

some people have too damn much time on their hands

http://www.beans-around-the-world.com/

note:

the beans have not yet been photographed in Quebec City.

nerdsholmers, start your engines!

why, yes

as a matter of fact, i'm quite aware of the amusement value of the two posts juxtaposed below. but, after all, i am unemployed at the moment.

oh, sorry... self-employed. totally different.

*cough*