- i went to the laundromat the other day. there was a woman there with a young child, a boy, sitting in a stroller. there was also a rather strange man who, as my father would say, did not look crazy enough to start a fire but not clever enough to put it out either. you could see the man was very much fascinated with the child and, whenever the mother had her back turned, the man would bend down to kiss the child on his forehead.

- i passed by a car with a man sitting in it, the engine on idle. i'm pretty sure i would not have notice the car had it not been a in strange spot, with the engine on for no apparent reason. i peeked inside the car and every empty seat was full of mail, papers and envelopes. a single occupant in what seemed like a see of papers.

- joan of arc, jeanne d'arc, my grandfather's sister has decided to move away to another old folks home. she says her 90 something year old husband has been charming the ladies a little bit too much. she apparently walked in to one italian woman's place and started screaming at her. the italian woman just turned her hands and hushered her out. the only polite way to say i think you are absolutely nuts between two people who do not speak a common language.