Nevergirl's

I was looking up the different types of whole life insurance — for work, so it’s bound to be boring, so never mind asking me what I learned. But yeah, I was looking up insurance lingo when I ran into this quote, “You can’t have a good conversation with someone who refuses to generalize.” I had to laugh at that one. I know generalizations are rarely, if ever, dead on but goshdarnnit, are they interesting! This reminds me of my high school teacher, Mr. S. He was so enamored with generalizations he starts and ends class with one. “All Filipinos are idiots, said the Spaniards,” he would begin. And then, just before walking out of the room, he’d say, “So all Filipinos are idiots, but all Spaniards were even bigger idiots for thinking that.”

I know that as a History teacher, Mr. S probably did minds more harm than good with his generalizations. However, I have never met a more interesting educator and what I didn’t learn in his class (or learned wrong, as it turned out), I learned on my own from the books I read.

So yeah, I enjoy generalizations. I’d mind a lot if I were pelted with them (with me for the subject, to boot), but I think that all things considered, generalizations make life more interesting – at least the written side of it.

Do you ever come across those posts that tell you to click here to learn more? I do, all the time. But I don’t click, oh no. Or, okay, I try not to. I hate being led by the hand and nosed into doing something. It makes me feel dumb and all of five years old. If the link really is that important, why don’t they just give it without routing you someplace else? I know this is a silly thing to be huffing and puffing about but it’s a Sunday, my nose is all clogged up, and my head feels like it’s about to fall off. Let me gripe for a bit. I feel entitled.

1. I ate pizza for breakfast. If you know me, you know how passionately I loathe pizza. I worked for Pizza Hut for all of 5 days. I came out of it with an intense dislike for anything doughy and pizza-related. I’m not sure why I can live with thin crust pizza now. I just know that there are days now when I actually eat it.

2. I received two packages from Air21.

3. We ran in the rain. Now it’s not even lunch yet but the kids and I are sitting here, sneezing and wheezing. Playing in the rain is fun, but it’s not a good idea if you have the immune system is all gooey and messed up like ours is.

4. I bought electrical supplies online. It’s a first for me. I hope I don’t regret it.

5. We watched three horror movies in a row.

So, I’m at it again, eBay-ing like mad and not just for girly stuff, I promise. My eBay interests are pretty diverse. While I ogle shoes and look for Loreal Pink lip gloss, I trawl the online store for industrial handles, too. I blame Myth Busters for this. Wett watches Myth Busters religiously which is how I end up watching it, too, by default.

Now, what’s so interesting about these handles? Well, in that episode I saw, the myth busting guys said that these handles are so strong and secure they won’t slip out of your hands even if you’re holding on to them while hanging from a helicopter! I want one such handle for our closets. The girls play hide and seek with our closets almost daily (read: Charlie wriggles inside the closet while Alex looks for her, opening one closet after the other). They end up banging the closets up in the most horrendous way so it’s not surprising two doors are now missing a handle.

So anyway, I’ll get these handles whether or not I find the lip gloss to go with ‘em. Thanks to online shopping, I can buy items from the U.S, have them shipped, pay via PayPal, and all without getting off my chair! I think I love you, eBay!