5 collected thoughts

with more emphasis on collecting than thinking

I believe that when I die, I will go to some version of the great Bed, Bath and Beyond. I will have access to some cool websites and apps, like one that can make a web of all the words I have ever used, and can sort them by frequency of use. I hope my most essential phrase is "monkey butts."

Here's an idea for a scene -- a new guy is being walked around the office and shown things by a veteran employee. For each person to whom the veteran introduces the new hire, the veteran includes some racial or cultural stereotype, but he keeps applying it to the wrong ethnicity ("that's Chan -- he's Chinese and you know how they control the media").

OK, how about this one: an NHL goalie falls in love with an NHL ref. The resulting class action suit changed the way professional sports dealt with employees, and forced it to reword its morality clause to force all relationships to be put on ice.

Part of the fun of hunger is that you get to think about food all the time, with no restrictions about how you combine foods. No one can say anything! You can imagine combinations, relive memories (true or not), make wishes and dream up any scenario you want in which you eat whatever you want. People who aren't hungry can't really appreciate that freedom.

The NFL has acceded to my demands! I have complained about the scheduling of games, pointing out that there are entire days of the week that are bereft of pro ball. But this season, if you look across the entire schedule, there have been games played on every day of the week (I watched 2 on Wednesday). The system works!