At work, this woman I work with was laughing about a typo in a client email where they referred to a coworker named Tom as "Tome." She was pronouncing that "Toe-ME" and thought that it was a funny word. I pointed out that 'tome' is a word and is pronounced "tohm." She says, "In what language?" I reply that it's an English word. She doubts me and goes to look it up in a dictionary. Of course, the word is in there. I'm stunned that a grown woman who was born and raised in this country wouldn't know that word. Later, I'm retelling the story to my supervisor only to find out that he doesn't know the word, either. In asking around, no one does and now I either feel incredibly smart or that I've really over-estimated the intelligence of people.

We belonged to several adoption groups when I was growing up because we had adopted a lot of kids from foreign countries. One of the other families had a Vietnamese son who only had one arm. He had lost the arm as a child, it was not a birth defect, but I'm really not sure the details. Anyway, my crazy mother emails me to tell me he and his wife had a baby girl. She adds to the end of the email, "And before you ask, yes, she does have both of her arms." What? Why would I ask such a thing? Who would ask such a thing? Of course she'd have both her arms. What an inappropriately weird thing to think of your own son. I should have emailed back and said what I really wanted to know was whether or not she had only one set of genitals or was it born as a he/she. My mother is clearly insane.

Tonight's the night, baby! Season finale of America's Next Top Skank! We're quite pumped about it.

It doesn't help that this day is dragging slower than....something really slow. Zzzzzzzz. I just made an appointment to see the dentist for tomorrow. I'll get my teeth cleaned and one of my teeth feels rough like it's chipped. I'm sure I'll get yelled at for not flossing enough. I'm sure it's a mistake to get my teeth cleaned right before lunch. They always floss for you and they do it so hard. I doubt I'll be in the mood for chewing after that.