This is life ...

So did anybody watch 'The Office' last night? Yeah. We had sexual harassment training at work today too. ... It was like living a 45-minute episode of 'The Office' or any other workplace sitcom. You know -- the overly cheery leader of the session, the mind-numbing surveys and tests you're told to fill out and the cheesy video...

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I was driving during my lunch break today, behind this little red Geo-like beater of a car. Now this guy was trucking a long pretty good as we're nearing a stoplit intersection. The light turns yellow, and this guy's showing no signs of slowing down. THEN, at the last mili-second, he slams on his brakes and does a slight fishtail as his car screeches to a halt on the crosswalk lines...

My jaw had barely finished dropping when I noticed a cop car waiting to turn on the adjacent street and smirking at this guy in the beater. The turn signal for the cop's lane turns green and he turns left in front of Beater Guy, politely waving and continuing on.

For a few seconds, it was as if everything stopped except for the guy in this red beater and the cop, while all the rest of us around the intersection waited to see what would happen ...

When the cop was out of sight, Beater Guy does this exaggerated wipe of the sweat from his forehead, clearly aware I'm watching him through his rear window. ... I burst out laughing, raised my hands and applauded. ... the light turned green, and I was laughing for blocks.

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After weeks of badgering, my cohort finally let me borrow the new Coldplay CD from him (cue angel chorus) ... But I started listening to it over my lunch break and I, sadly, wasn't immediately impressed ... I was so blown away when 'Speed of Sound' and 'Fix You' hit the radiowaves, and all the other buzz surrouding the new album that I expected it to be, well, phenomenal. ... Aw shucks. Here's hoping it grows on me...