Have you committed a text faux pas recently? Texting, the short-hand for "text messaging via a mobile device," is such a common communication method now that a whole new set of manners and etiquette has arisen.
How many of these do you break regularly?
Did you know that the Earth was almost struck by an asteroid this week? Unless you follow science news closely, you may have missed it.
The asteroid, designated 2009 DD45, is less than a third of a football field in diameter (approximately 20-30 yards). After watching movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact, that seems pretty small, doesn't it? It's no Texas-sized Global Killer like in Armageddon.
The impact of 2009 DD45 would still have been disastrous. "The force of multi-megaton nuclear blast," wrote one reporter. Striking a city would have leveled it and killed millions. Striking the ocean would have caused a horrible tsunami that devastated coastlines.
Yikes!
Here I sit,
broken-hearted.
Came to shit,
only farted.
I was minding my own business when seven words caught my attention:
"And then she went down on him?"
How fortunate. I'm on my laptop right now, trying to come up with something to write. Thank you sweet fate for offering this titillating story to me via eavesdropping.
Ever get a phone call from a ghost?
A friend of a friend did. True story. Here's what happened.
Now here's a controversial topic. It incites flames, trolls, and every other little ugly side of human psychology you can squint at. It is the topic of interracial dating between Asian girls and white guys. Now let's begin.
"Why do you think people are close-minded?"
I regarded the question like a fresh forehead pimple on a first date. "Because people are idiots, that's why."
"What a close-minded answer," my friend answered.
"How would you rate this year for you?" my friend asked. "From a scale of one to five: one being the worst, five being the best."
I scratched my chin and cleared my throat. Then I gave my answer.
Weekly random rambles, musings & writings of Mike Lee in San Francisco, CA