Happy Halloween!

 My cat Bailey loves to dress up! Have a safe Halloween!

Holy Earthquake!

Last night, J and I were at dinner with our uncle K. At around 8:00 when we were seated, we felt this shaking going on. My first thought was that the train was passing by, but when it lasted for about 15 more seconds, we realized we had just felt an earthquake — it wasn’t just a small earthquake, it was big enough that it was broadcast all over the news and CNN. It was a 5.6 on the Richter scale. Wow. At least there was no real damage done to anything. When we got home from dinner (yes, instead of leaving the restaurant like some other patrons, we decided to stay put), I noticed a few things had fallen off the shelf, but that was it — not much else.

This is the 2nd earthquake we’ve felt since we’ve been out here….I just hope we are elsewhere when a bigger one comes. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

Men’s Bathroom Etiquette

The other day, J and I had lunch at Buca di Peppo with our friends M&N. J and N started a discussion on the proper way men go to a public restroom. It was a very enlightening conversation (HA!), but all the while entertaining and I had to share. These are the rules:

1. If you go into the men’s room and there are 3 urinals (A,B,C), you never go to the middle one (B), either to the one on the left (A) or the right (C).

2. If a man enters the bathroom and sees urinal A is in use, he must use urinal C, thus leaving the middle one (B) open. (If there are 3 urinals and only 1 is occupied, no man should ever use the middle one — must leave urinal between 2 men unoccupied.)

3. If a man enters the bathroom and sees 2 men at the urinals A & C (with middle one unoccupied), he then must use the bathroom stall.

This is the proper etiquette of the men’s restroom. These are the rules according to J & N.

This is the funniest shit I’ve heard in a long time. Pass the word.

Peace.