Because You Deserve to Remember to Laugh

Ever watch something hilarious and then forget how hilarious it was? Kinda like the first twenty times you watched The Big Lebowski and found a new reason to laugh every time? You didn't do that? Well screw you anyway.

The greater feeling is realizing that after a long hiatus, after the laughter has flocculated aside the dust of time, you still find humor in something you used to enjoy so much. There is some comfort in that stability, knowing that either you or it have not changed so much as to become vague or unrecognizable.

For me, unfortunately, this is one of those moments.

I'll check back on you in a couple of years, Tourette's Guy.

Until then, fare thee well.

Meeting in the Aisle

I forgot about this one completely for too long.

I Hear Voices.

Google Voice.

It's a great idea that is usually paired with equally impressive performance. And, it gives "El Goog" unfiltered access to every voice mail that I receive...but that's a story for another day.

If you're not familiar with Google Voice, here's a primer. You can set up a GV phone number that your voice mails get sent to, bypassing your cell carrier's VM service. Once a voice mail is received, GV uses speech recognition to create text from the audio of the message, and emails it to you if you so choose. Which I did.

Like I mentioned, it usually works well. But when it doesn't, it can result in some cryptic, creepy hoobady-joobady. For example, I received a voice mail while in a meeting last night. When I turned my phone back on and checked the email transcription, the message read:

They don't think we just need to get back to you. So talk to you soon, please.

The original message was:

Hey, Johnny K., it's just me. Just getting back to you, so I'll talk to you soon. Peace.

So, maybe they're not after me, after all.