assorted ponderables

business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.
there are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4am: it could be the right number.
i've reached the age where "happy hour" is a nap.
no one says "its only a game" when their team is winning.
the trouble with bucket seats is that not everyone has the same size bucket.
how frightening is this: in 30 years we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos.
money cant buy happiness, but somehow its more comfortable to cry in a mercedes than in a yugo (below).