Tippecanoe

Why is it that whenever a design resembling a human face is found in an unlikely place, it is always either Jesus or the Virgin Mary? A grilled cheese sandwich just sold on eBay, and the seller claimed that it displayed the face of the Virgin Mary. Couldn't it be someone else?

I think she looks like Bernadette Peters in her "Pennies From Heaven" days.

Here's the latest dream:

My wife and I were in an airport, and we each had airline tickets in hand. We decided to see who could get back home the cheapest by exchanging our non-stops for a flight with some intermediate destinations. So we went our separate ways.

At each city where I landed, I traded the remaining tickets for another flight with more stops - lowering the price each time. I think the goal may have been to end up home for free.

I was in an airport that looked like the 2-gate affair in Carbondale, IL (where in real life my cousin held her wedding reception in the mid 70s. Yes, it was a big hall with plenty of parking. Why wouldn't the doctor's wife hold a reception there?) where I lost my ticket. I couldn't get on a plane or trade for anything else.

I hate those frustrating dreams!

• I hate eating lunch by myself
• News stories about farmers coming together to harvest the crop of a recently departed neighbor always make me tear up
• It really bothers me when someone brings a laptop to a meeting and types incessantly (work unrelated to the meeting) while others are talking. It was all I could do to stop myself from reaching across the table, taking the computer away, and telling him he couldn't have it back until the meeting was finished