Precious Mo'Ments

Saturday, November 24, 2007

FLY Fusion Pentop Computer

http://www.flyworld.com/index.html
Where was this contraption when I was in college?

Friday, November 23, 2007

As most of you know, my son is damn near grown. He's gotta be 6ft tall, very dark skin, lean muscular build, hair (longer than I care for it to be) in braids, twist, etc., & he's 4-eyed. I guess he must be "in-style" because my phone rang like he paid the damn bill.

Anyway, a while back I was preparing to do some thangs & checked my condom stash, like I normally would {nothing like getting all hot & bothered & needing to run the damn drugstore}. I pull my stash & it's rather light. Now I know what I've been doing & not doing. There's only one explanation, the boy has been in my stash!!

1st let me say I was a lil heartbroken because after all, that's my baby boy. 2ndly I was relieved that all my safe sex preaching didn't go in one ear & out of the other.

Keep in mind I'd ask him periodically if he was having sex & he always said no. I figured he couldn't lie his way out of this one.

I did him just like Mama did me. I cornered & asked him point blank, "Are you having sex & did you take my condoms?" Imagine his shock. He just stood there looking dumb for a moment. So I asked again. He replied with the usual, "Well....err.....ummmm." I politely told my child that even tho I was disappointed that he didn't come to me 1st like I've been asking for the last 5 years, I was glad he had sense enough to protect himself.

I asked him why didn't he just tell me he needed condoms. He replied, "Maaaaaaaaa, that's just not something you tell your mother." I reminded him that I was 17 once & not that long ago. The only difference was, at 17, I was cradling him in my arms.

We talked a lil bit more & my final words to him were, "If you must go to my stash, leave a note, send a text message or something, letting me know what you have taken." He asked why. I simply stated, "I like to fuck too." I think I scarred him for life. {Served his thieving ass right, don't cha think?}

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Moral Dilemma

I needed a folding chair & had a coupon for 25% off at a local office supply store, so off I went.

I get to the store, see the chair on display but not on the shelf. A CSR comes over to help. He locates the chair, in a box, behind some other items. He carries to box to the check out for me. He even waits & carries the box to my car.

I get home & in my attempt to remove the box from the trunk, the contents slipped out. I never realized the box was open, since I never laid hands on it. Much to my surprise, there were two (2) chairs on the box. I flipped it over & realized the box originally held four (4) chairs. I've never worked retail, but I'm guessing ole boy was supposed to pull a chair from the box since a SKU was on the chairs and not give me the entire (I'm thinking inventory) box. Oh well. Lucky me...2 for 1 right? Well maybe not.

In a casual convo with a friend, I mentioned my accidental luck & he asked, "Are you gonna take the extra one back?" *insert Silky's patented record scratch here* My reply was, "Hell naw! It's not like I stole it. I never laid hands on it. I'm a good customer so I see it as a tiny reward for the hundreds of dollars I've spent in that place." He replied with,"It's dishonest & you need to take it back. You might cost that young man his job." Again, I've never worked retail so I'on really know.

So here I sit, with my 2 for 1 folding chairs. On one hand, wondering if my keeping this $21 (after discount) chair could really cost the CSR his job. On the other, remembering my grandpa telling me to, "Never look a gift horse in the mouth."

Lie Bumps

These painful red or white bumps on the tongue are called transient lingual papillitis in M.D.-speak. (They're called lie bumps in the South because of an old tale that telling a whopper would bring one on.) The true culprit: sharp or crusty foods that cause teeth to scrape the tongue's papillae, or taste buds. Irritation also occurs from over-consumption of acidic edibles such as tomatoes and orange juice. The papillae will heal on their own in a few days, but you can ease the pain with OTC protective gels such as Orabase or Zilactin-B.

....and here I am, 30+ years later after my mama & granny told me the "lie bump" tale, trying to figure out what I lied about & when. I guess my daily intake of orange-pineapple juice to avoid colds & flu backfired on me.

No comments from the peanut gallery on my au naturale photo either...I used it for the effect.