Joblessness low, but lasts longer. Result: bastions of salaried idiots asking jobhunters why they're still unemployed.

Okay, enough bitterness and weighty topics. Here's a completely inane moment from my Sunday morning, after staying over at a friend's house:
Got my toothbrush. Got my little travel tube of toothpaste. Hey! They've got Tom's of Maine toothpaste! Hmm, I'm only going to be here for one morning, surely no one will mind if I take a little. Brush, brush, brush...AAARRGGHH! BLECH! What is this terrible...FENNEL?! Ugh, don't brush the tongue! Don't brush the tongue!"

I walked out into the living room and announced to the other two overnight guests to beware of the toothpaste. "Yeah," said one, "I tried it, too. That was nasty. But it does keep the guests from using it more than once..."