It's A Question Of Timing

Sometimes in life you just can't get answers to things, like these two questions:

1. Why is it that the entire day, when there is nothing on TV, the cable picture comes in clear as a bell, but that night - when the game which you actually are interested in the outcome of comes on - that is when the cable decides to become sensitive to wind? Also, how does a cable become sensitive to wind when it is buried underground?

2. Why is it never until 10 minutes after the washing machine has started it's spin cycle when you remember that piece of paper with the phone number that you really need on it is in your pants, which are now in the washing machine? And this happened despite the fact you reminded yourself three times while making tea this morning to double-check your pockets before doing laundry, but then came upstairs and got distracted by silly things, like seeing if the guy in Transformers is the same guy that was in Point Break (it is not).

-There is an often over-looked after-Christmas tradition that must be taken care of every year and I have to say, I've done a pretty good job with it this year. No, it is not the returning or exchanging of gifts, nor is it the self-shopping for all the things you found for yourself while out shopping for other. It is instead the yearly ritual of finding places to put all your new trinkets. You have to find a free shelf space for those new DVDs and books and also closet space for those new shirts. After that it's wall space to hang new pictures and then storage space for all the boxes which can be used to wrap gifts next year. Well, I've gotten it done in timely fashion this holiday season, with just about everything put away before the new year. I guess you could chalk it up as one last Christmas miracle.