Short subjects from another long day

[captainsblog]

I won a "being stupid" contest this morning. Or lost, depending on how you count. Once again, I got incredibly behind during the morning with more people calling me with out-of-the-blue inquiries of me the day before I leave, and I was running about 10 minutes late for an 11:00 court appearance when my phone ka-dinged an email....

from my opponent, who was emailing me at that moment from his office. He'd missed the conference scheduling altogether.

In the end, we both got there, and made relative nice-nice, but it's either reassuring or frightening that I'm not the only one getting flummoxed this time of year.

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I'd actually had a productive morning before all that. Did my last pre-5K session, 30 minutes straight (less maybe three not-quite-minute walks for passing traffic or fiddling with the phone), got home and fought with Network Solutions over renewing my never-used personal domain name.  As someone suggested in comments when I first brought up this issue, it was going to be fun if a live human being ever had to deal with me on this- and sure enough, I was asked what my challenge questions were before I could turn off the gorram auto-renew.

"This is going to be fun," I told her (and in the end, she was a pretty good sport about it).

After answering the one I am NOT going to disclose here, she paused appreciably before asking the second:

"Where would you like Network Solutions to die?"

"In a fire!", I answered brightly.

It's paid up for another year, the settings are fixed, and my picture likely has several hundred darts on it in the call center bathroom by now.

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The kids began taking affirmative steps to deal with the fact that Cameron has, in all likelihood, lost his wallet for good.  Since the last place he's sure of having had it is Wally World, I wouldn't hold out much hope.  Also, it's probably not the best idea to get a camouflage-colored wallet, because it kinda makes it harder to find when you're actually looking for it:P

I got them a quote on renters' insurance today, and will follow through on that tomorrow- one of my eight different Getaway Day errands I need to run before I can actually head east late in the day.

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Weirdest story of the day, proving that ugly shoes have consequences:

The ultra-rich founder of Crocs shoes was SO DRUNK when he was arrested for DUI this weekend, he told cops to "f*ck" themselves "in the ass" ... and delusionally insisted he was dating Taylor Swift ... this according to the insane police report.

The police docs show ... cops in Boulder, CO responded to a call about a man who was passed out in front of his 2010 Porsche Panamera Saturday night.  When officers arrived to the scene, medics were already treating the man ... and described him as "drunk as crap."

The man turned out to be 51-year-old George Boedecker ... and the night was about to get A LOT crazier.

According to the police report, obtained by TheSmokingGun.com, George initially told officials he had just pulled over to take a nap ... but later insisted his GF was driving the car ... and described her as "batsh*t crazy."

When cops began to ask about the mysterious GF, George reportedly told police she's a really f*cking famous” singer ... and then asked the cops if they were familiar with Taylor Swift.

When asked for his address, George reportedly replied, "I have 17 f*cking homes."

As cops decided to arrest George for DUI, the man allegedly told cops he "knew his f*cking rights" ... and told one officer, "Go f*ck yourselves in the ass."

Cops say George told one cop he was now his "enemy for life" and hoped he would "f*cking die."

And the kicker ... cops say George was wearing flip-flops at the time of the incident.

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One more half-or-so day of madness, then off to where I can say "Neener neener" to these people:)

Comments

[thediva-laments.livejournal.com]

I always knew you were awesome, but this...

After answering the one I am NOT going to disclose here, she paused appreciably before asking the second:

"Where would you like Network Solutions to die?"

"In a fire!", I answered brightly.

I think you win something for this. I don't know what, but you win something.