jotsheet

Periodically, this incomprehensible and annoying icon would suddenly appear on my Nokia 6010 cell phone. Situated in the upper-left corner of the LCD screen, it was a picture of a blinking envelope. Two problems here: (a) I had no idea what a blinking envelope meant (intuitively I would think “new message,” but that was wrong) and (b) I could not get rid of the damn icon. It was probably the single thing I hated most about my phone.

Then I got with the program and did a simple web search. The answer? The message inbox was full.

Kinda wish they would’ve been clearer about that.

Every few months, you come across a simple fact that everyone but you seems to know. Such was the case for me last week. Who knew that brown pots were for caffeinated coffee and orange pots were for decaf? Evidently, everyone but me.

It started when I was making a fresh pot of regular coffee at work. John, who drinks regular, walked up to get some coffee, but saw that I was using the orange pot, so he assumed I was making decaf. “Aw, I need a cup of coffee—too bad you’re making decaf,” he says.
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