- How do you do a recap a calamitous morning without sounding like you’re whining?
- I mean, you can’t, right?
- You just don’t tell the story.
- I will tell a little.
- This morning, I drove up and down the length of Harvard twice.
- First time to take the Teenager to school.
- Second to take the Teenager her glasses, without which she basically can’t see the whiteboards.
- (Whiteboards, not blackboards. Old.)
- I’m uncertain how the two of us did not realize she didn’t have her glasses on.
- That’s what happens when you try to leave in a hurry.
- Co-editor Snacks and Emmy the Psychodog are downstairs doing their caterwauling. Sorry, howling.
- I feel you, dogs.
- (But not you, Emmy, not after you whined literally all night.)
- What I’m saying is Harvard is the worst morning commute driving experience in Tulsa.
- The worst.
- It could be the main reason I’ve been clenching my jaws so much.
- And there are a couple more things I could tack on here, but … It’s Friday.
- Sorry. Friyay.
- Don’t want to harsh your vibe.
- 😀
- Hi, guys. What’s happenin’.
- Everyone enjoying Employee Appreciation Day?
- Got your cool swag yesterday, right?
- I snagged one of those giant Otis Spunkmeyer blueberry muffins, then scurried back to my office cave to eat it.
- Then I looked at the label … 440 calories.
- Calorie guilt set in.
- Didn’t eat it.
- Brought it home with me.
- Am eating it now because it’s Friday and the guilt don’t scare me anymore.
- Or something.
- I dunno, man. This is what happens when the dog tortures me all night and then they make me do two laps on Harvard.
- “They.”
- I have this plastic Batman hanging from a rope, at the end of which is a suction cup with the Batsignal on it.
- I’ve had it since my senior year of high school, and it’s gone from car to car to car ever since.
- (One of my best friends has one, too. Pretty sure his is still hanging in his car.)
- Right now, mine’s not hanging in the car for some weird reason.
- The point here is I’ve been a bit of a Batman fan for a while.
- But the movies … hit and miss, right? Been some good ones, been some bad ones.
- The Dark Knight? One of the best superhero movies ever made.
- Batman Forever. Well, that’s all we really need to say about that, isn’t it?
- I’m cautiously optimistic about the new one that opened today.
- Not sure if we’ll go see it in the theaters.
- Funny how the pandemic changed that.
- I have a great TV and a great sound system. I don’t really need to go to the theatre anymore, other than for that delicious, delicious overpriced popcorn.
- But you really don’t need to go to an actual movie to get that. Just go in, get your corns and leave.
- Get your popcorn and leave this weekend. You’re the boss of you.
The Length of Harvard
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