The week gone by — Nov. 24

A random person whose identity vaguely rhymes with “Suzi’s mom” has, on occasion, seen the parking lot in a restaurant and worried it would be crowded when, in reality, there was hardly anyone in there.

So when we all arrived at IHOP for breakfast the other morning and saw the lot was maybe half-full, Suzi and I started joking that they were “swinging from the ceiling.”

The song on the loudspeakers when we got out of the car?

I’m not talented enough to make this stuff up, folks.

WHAT I WROTE THIS WEEK

Tricycle at the train station — Where I find myself surprisingly concerned about something a child apparently left behind.

Totems of childhood — Sometimes, you see things that just take you back.

Looking for advice on being hip? Look elsewhere — Where I acknowledge perhaps not having fashion sense, and other things I’m OK with.

THIS WEEK’S BLAST FROM THE PAST

Mustache misadventures — Some ideas are … just not good.

SOME STUFF I READ

Lady’s 5 Festive Self-Guided Christmas Walks in London (A Lady in London) — Walking in London is cool all the time. I bet it’s awesome at Christmas.

Deleted my last post (Millennial Life Crisis) — Vee writes lots of interesting stuff, so I’d recommend checking her out, but I chose this post, even though there’s not much to it, because I’m pretty sure I read the post she was writing about. It was harsh. It was unkind.

It was harsh and unkind … about herself, and how she needed to be better. Whatever she got, she didn’t deserve.

Out of the blue (A Dating Dad) — Life remains unfair.

I’m 48, and this is one of the few places where I’m the “young guy.”

I haven’t had any in recent years, but they suck.

FUN TWEETS

Grandparents can be fun.

My nana just spelled her first grandchild's name JordOn so I guess there really is no hope.

— Jordan | Blogger (@_CupOfJoJo) November 17, 2019

And you thought there were stampedes for flat-screen TVs?

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— britt (@nyybritt) November 17, 2019

Does HR know about this? Shhhh … don’t tell.

1) Working a 5 day week means you work 261 days a year.

2) Taking a toilet break, for 10 minutes every day, will get a 2610 minute break a year.

3) Which is 43.5 hours.

4) If you work a 40 hour week, going to the bathroom for 10 minutes, gives you an extra week off a year.

— Talk To The Hatter (@Talk_To_The_Hat) November 24, 2019

HELL REMAINS HOT … WATER, WET

For those who list their home address as “under a rock,” travel around Thanksgiving may be just a little difficult.

Again … just in case you haven’t lived consciously in the world for the past however many years.