Spotted on 50th Street (or thereabouts) in Midtown Manhattan, the placard and matching standpipe heads made me think of that scene with the Siamese Cats in Disney’s Lady and Tramp.

This is where Groupon fails. I do NOT want to know that there are 189 other couples about to have the same experience.

In thinking about the life that astronauts lead when they are in space, I wonder about how well they adapt to the day-to-day of existence once they return to gravity-effected earth.

I’ve made a short list of some pros and cons about returning to life on earth after an extended stint on the international space station.

Pros

1. Not having to drink recycled piss
2. Being able to go for a walk outside without an extensive ‘getting dressed’ session

Cons

1. Actually having to walk everywhere and all the time if wanting to change locations
2. Not flying
3. Not being able to pick up and throw everything
4. The standard hum-drum of the office routine
5. Not being allowed to throw food at the dinner table

What pros and cons would you add to my list?

I am not sure who Don 1 crowded is? Or, what Don’t crowded means?

This sign made me question how you avoid crowding because once you are in a crowd it is generally hard to get out.

Often you are crowding to look at something cool and you don’t want to miss out as you’ve paid for it … or you don’t want to get out of the crowd as you are trying to get to work in rush hour and you are already late and crowding is the only option …

I saw this bathroom of a coffee shop in Chicago. There are a lot of things I look for in a bathroom. At the same time, I can think of plenty of instances where a room full of mirrors might be handy (trying on clothes and taunting James Bond come to mind). I’ve never imagined those two worlds colliding.

What do you think possessed the owner to fill a bathroom in a coffee shop with mirrors? A interior decor ploy to give the impression of more space? A way for customers to analyze their performance? I’m just thankful none of them were carnival fun house mirrors.

The whole concept of using a public phone of any kind to send money seems so 1980s, or at least in 1980s in the USA. The cheesy display, the 1985-era telephone and the shocking price — you can send $50.00 for $5.00 — made me very suspect of the whole set up.

And doesn’t the red phone look like a slightly modernized Batphone?

Classical music was playing softly, coming in from far away, yet setting the mood perfectly for romance.

I thought I saw something gleaming on the floor, down amongst a collection of rare and exotic flowers that someone had clearly put a lot of time and effort into arranging for me to see.

And as I moved in closer, I saw written on a tiny note, “Smell me, I’m fragrant!”

I tell you what, if I was not in a plant conservatory and being given this message by a nice-smelling plant, I’d be a little creeped out right now.

With apologies for the slew of posts about Walgreens, I wanted to check something with you. Does it seem reasonable that Andre Champagne is $5.99 and a Whitman’s Sampler is $4.99, but that a Chia Pet is $15.99?!? And, is that with or without the 50% sale?

You may not be surprised to learn that it took me some time to get home that night.

(NOTE: I blurred out the destination in the top left corner of the screen as it is the home address of a family member.)

This empty box usually holds simple pamphlets with directions to the nearest hospital (or so we assume, given the label).

Seeing that it is empty makes me think, on the plus side, that directions were clearly needed from this place, so it is great that this was here!

On the negative side, for anyone who may have an emergency here now, I hope it is not TOO MUCH of an emergency!