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We had Krispy Kreme doughnuts delivered to our office this morning.  As I was picking up a wonderful, warm, soft doughnut with a napkin, I was being careful not to grab it too hard.  I didn't want to ruin the  pastry ring with a grip too tight.  I also didn't want too much of the delectable surface covering to attach to the aforementioned grasping material.  Unfortunately, my grip was too minimal.  As I swung my arm towards my face, in an effort to stuff it, the heavenly torus slipped it's bounds and gravity forced it to the floor.  It was like slow motion, my jaw gaping as the pastry projectile sailed the short distance to the carpet below.  As it landed, top down, a small weeping sound escaped my already open mouth.  A quick thought passed through my head, "FIVE SECOND RULE!"  Then I remembered I was not three years old and regretfully retrieved the mid morning treat and placed it in the trash, all the while, making sure no cow-orkers...

Yesterday, I took the boys to meet a friend at a local park.  While waiting for this friend to show up, my son asked me if he could get the soccer ball from the car.  So I gave him the keys and he went to the parking lot to retrieve the ball.  Upon his return he tried to toss the keys to me.  His launch was either too powerful or the trajectory was not calculated correctly, maybe even both.  Sitting on the bench, watching the keys sail past me, high in the air and then hearing a thud above my head as the keys landed on the roof of the building, I must have had a look of shock. As you can see, it is a flat roof building, so the keys would not be sliding off.  I immediately said something to the effect of, "look at what you have done to us."  The wife was out of town, so rescue from her was beyond possibility.  Also, the roof was approximately 11'-2" above the ground, no way I could jump up to the roof.  I walked around the building hopi...

I watch a lot of "fail" videos.  Recently, while watching the "Fails of October," I thought to myself, "Are we, as a species, getting dumber, or are there just more cameras now than ever before and all of this has been going on in some form or another for a long time?" Some other thoughts also occurred to me while watching the video. I don't want to be a rally car driver I don't want to be a rally race spectator I don't want to ride a motorcycle on the highway Maybe we should ALL have dashcams Sometimes you need less speed Sometimes you need more speed If I am doing something potentially dangerous/stupid, make sure nobody is recording video