Tales from DC: Morning Conversation

So the other morning, I was having my breakfast (newspaper, Raisin Bran, coffee -- in that order left-to-right) when I received a call from my boss.
I looked at the time. 7:45 a.m.?

Boss: Greg, I have potentially the strangest request you've ever received from your boss.

Greg: (pause) I'm going to wear underwear today. I don't care what you say.

Boss: You're CLOSE! You're so unbelievably close!

Greg: I...am?

Boss: I bought some new stone-washed jeans from amazon.com. I was driving into work, felt a draft, and when I looked down they had RIPPED OPEN. And it's in a strategically inappropriate place.

Greg: Oh.

Boss: My wife is too far away to get me pants before our morning meeting. I know there's that new shopping mall near your house--

Greg: You want me to buy you pants?

(Greg pulls phone away from mouth to laugh aloud)

Boss: I wear 40 x 32's in a LOOSE FIT. I don't like them too tight.

(Uncomfortable mental image)

Greg: Should I bill this to work?

Boss: I think it would be hard to sell this as a work expense.

Greg: You'll have trouble giving lectures without pants. It's one of those expected necessities in the classroom nowadays.

Boss: True...But why don't I just pay you back?

Tales from DC: Bears in the Garbage

At the Columbia Heights metro stop this morning.

Yeah, police were confused too. Homeless polar bears eating out of a garbage can?

I think there might be a message here.

Worst Ideas of All Time: Guitar Praise

Worried about the potentially destructive power of secular music? Kids playing dangerous video games? No Problem! Check out Guitar Praise!

No I'm not joking.

Tales from DC: The Service Project

True story: students are required to do community service in the program. Yesterday a student came in talking about his service project and so I asked him how he liked it.

"I work with seriously mentally-handicapped adults..."

(pause)

"...tomorrow we're taking them to the zoo."

And I burst out laughing. Award for worst person in the world? Yes that's for me.