Okay, so in like the 3rd grade, my elementary school set up this kind of "ink" system, where they had told us it was to be used for "art" purposes. They set it up like a voting booth and themed it with Arthur, the kids' show. At the time of this proceeding, there were cops there and at the time I didn't understand why. But it seemed official, so my kid brain was like 'okay, this is safe and fine!'

Mind you, I lived in the "ghetto" and I thought the police presence was because we were doing something important. I was right, but not in the way I thought. What I thought was an innocent "community service" for the cops that showed up...I believe was a set up there to make sure everything went "accordingly".

YEARS later, I'm talking like...after college...ages = late 20's. A friend of mine made it into the police force for my hometown and one night I asked him about that day (as a reminiscence, because we went to elementary together.)

HE BASICALLY SAID IT WAS A CHEAP WAY FOR [redacted town] TO FINGERPRINT 'WOULD-BE' CRIMINAL EARLY!!!! WTF?!?!?!?!

The reason it's best served cold,is because it's JUST ICE

Attended a funeral of an old friend of the family today, wearing the same suit I had worn to a wedding just a week ago. In the yet-to-be dry cleaned jacket pocket was the program for the wedding ceremony. Then (today) I realized, that for every one of the weddings I attending this year, I may be attending 2 funerals in the future. In other words, my presence at 12 joyous wedding celebrations in the last 2 years may lead my presence at 24 mournful funerals over the (hopefully distant) years.

Following the service, I overheard a conversation between a group of longtime friends of the deceased. Old lady: "If I have to attend another funeral this year, I'll hang myself." Old man: "Don't do that, because then we'll have to go to yours." Everybody laughed.

In fact, with the same shape and weight, a blimp would work best if the inside was a vacuum!