I first heard the term schadenfreude on an old episode of The Simpsons, where Lisa explains its meaning to Homer.

old episode of The Simpsons

This makes me feel old.

I have blisters on my fingers.

unrelated statements? Yes.

I am unreasonably annoyed that an article in the Vallejo paper mentions kiwis as something you can't get at farmer's markets because they aren't locally grown when I know there is a kiwi farm in Suisun Valley. Tsk.

Everything about workflow and assignments in my office has changed in the last two days, and we're using the crappiest, clunkiest software to manage the documents. And I have to learn All New Things.

Blech.

Am I correct in remembering that some study or other found that sleep deprivation contributes to errors in judgement and specifically overspending?

Currently tempted by Groupons for paintball, wine tasting, and "Victorian-style tea".

Eta: I'm sorry, Amy. Learning All The Things is always kind of daunting, clunky software can't help.

Most episodes of the Simpsons are ANCIENT, though. I remember watching it in a group in Montreal when we didn't all have our own TVs.

For some reason our entire company just got sent this oh-so-inspiring story about ducks and eagles and it's totally not clear who the first person in it is. Is Harvey Mackay everyone's friend?

However, my primary reaction was two-fold: "What's wrong with being a ducks? Maybe they like being ducks just fine." "Raping bastards."

Do eagles have any "bad" habits I should know about? Never assume your animal metaphor is clear of baggage.

We have a contractor company on the phone. It's remarkable how bright some of them are and not the others.

When The Simpsons started, basically my whole dorm would cram into the room that had a TV and space for some seating(most of us did not have TVs and we kind of aggressively didn't have one in the lounge).

Surely I was just in college a couple of years ago, is my point.

The bald eagle in particular is a scavenger. A friend of mine used to direct tourists to the dump when they asked where was a good place to spot them.

When The Simpsons started, there was a bar in Madison that would show it. So we'd watch it there most of the time.

Later, a bartender at that bar got in trouble for selling cocaine from behind the bar. I don't think this is related to them showing The Simpsons.

They eat a lot of fish, bald eagles, when they can. There's one that has been nesting near a fish farm for years because of the easy pickin's which I find extremely clever (and allowed Nat Geo or someone to film him over a fairly long period of time).