Assorted strange things

Today CJ did something he’s never done to me before.  For no apparent reason, he walked over to me and bit my big toe.  Not a real bite; more of a "pay attention to me" kind of bite.  I wondered what his problem was, and went to check his food/water/litter box situation, and sure enough, he was out of food.  Pretty clever move, I’d say.

He got brave enough to walk upstairs today, and of course, he was tip-toeing around, all scared-like.  In a turn of events that somehow didn’t surprise me, someone managed to set off the smoke detector during the 10 seconds he was up there, sending my already-high-strung cat flying back down into the basement.  Poor meow mix.  But he also finally got brave enough to go outside, and he’s been out there since about 11pm.  He usually stays out all night at home, so I think (hope) that he’s doing the same thing here now, and he’ll be right back here in the morning.

After a few days of taking these new dumb vitamins, I discovered something weird.  If you put one of them (or presumably any similar item) in your mouth, and then take a big sip of liquid, you can get the pill to float to the back of your throat and just sort of fall right off the edge, without having to swallow at all.  It’s really awesome and handy, if a little unsettling at first; the secret is to not fight it.

I really like the Nissan Murano.  That car is about the only vehicle I’d consider driving that isn’t a Volkswagen.  But since VW has the Touareg now, the Murano would have to be really exceptional in some way in order to make me choose it over that.  And come on, Touareg has three consecutive vowels in its name.  What could stop it?

Speaking of driving, I propose a new mandatory test for all persons who currently drive, or who would like to drive.  This test would require the taker to correctly define the terms "passing lane," "turn signal," and "passing lane."  What you’d see is a 90+% drop in driver stupidity, as 90+% of drivers are no longer on the roads.  (As a bonus, by seeing which people put down different answers for #1 and #3, you identify those people who should not only be off the roads, but should be summarily executed.)

In even more random news, I seriously love these 10-10-987 commercials with John Stamos.  They’re so laid-back and conversational and funny, and the people say the dumbest things to him.  In one of them, a bunch of people are like, reluctant to try it or something ridiculous like that.  So the one guy is like, "How do I know it’s that cheap?"  And John goes, "You know how you’ll know?  Try it."  And then a lady is like, "I just can’t believe it’s really that cheap."  John says, "I PROMISE it’s that cheap."  That’s just not something you ever hear in a commercial, someone doubting what they’re selling, and the guy saying "I promise" to reassure her.

One last piece of ridiculosity: the music teacher asked another absurd question last week: regarding the word "hybrid," she asked, "For how many of you is this a new term?"  Come on.  She might as well ask, "How many of you have completed grade school and/or high school before enrolling in college?"