absent-minded husband

Today I ransacked my own grocery cart, mid-shopping. I was on the phone with Allison, talking about what to buy, when I realized I no longer...

In trying to go too fast, I ended up spending time cleaning... (an act I’ve starred in before) Of course, I did this right after the floors ...

 My goal was for the granola to go 𝒊𝒏 yogurt, not all over the counter. 🤭 I failed, but as usual, my failure led to an unexpected benefit...

We're in a heat wave. Yesterday was 110 degrees Fahrenheit, which is very hot for where we live. My office is the hottest room in our ho...

Loved this post from a great editor I've worked with before: With so much bad news I want to share this good news: After searching ever...

Man loses USB flash drive with data on entire city's residents after night out  Note to self: don't go out with every city residents...

Today we went for a beautiful hike in Santa Fe. Loved it. But there was snow and ice in places.  In one of those spots, Allison, who was wal...

When Allison went to feed the dog, she dropped his food bowl. Unfortunately, it landed right side up, making the picture only moderately int...

When Allison went to open the microwave to retrieve her warm food, she ended up with something different than she expected: the microwave ha...

Darling, I lost my wedding ring, because my shoes were too smelly. How convenient that Sir Andrew Barron Murray OBE lost his wedding ring an...

Volume miscalculation. I should have taken a picture of everything that ended up on the floor, which was substantial.

Allison and a colleague were surprised to find out that their research article was published online with the abstract to a different article...

We are painting our house. Allison exited the house briefly to put something in her car and, when she returned, the painter had the dog in h...

Last night I woke up at midnight to do a virtual keynote on growth mindset for senior leaders in Europe and Asia, but the power in our house...

I got an email notifying me that a suspicious person tried unsuccessfully, three times, to unlock my phone:   There was 3 attempts to unlock...

I drove over 4 hours each way to Amarillo, TX, to get my first COVID vaccine, because NM was taking a long time to open up availability to p...

 My wife's key to my car was broken, so I took the initiative to have a new one made, along with a clicker for my car which she has neve...

We traveled to Amarillo, Texas, for me to get my COVID-19 vaccine. We arrived before dinner and we were hungry, so my wife found a place wit...

We're spending a few days in Sedona and we're enjoying the natural beauty. We've hiked so much. We didn't expect it to also ...

Allison walked to our mailbox today, which is about a quarter mile away, and found a treasure: my bluetooth headset, which was on the floor ...

 My wife has a birthday and I'm the one to get my first AARP solicitation?  

Wife: it's warm out today, but for some reason I feel cold in here. Husband: Me too! Oh, now that I think about it, I think I know why. ...

This evening, Allison realized she had spent all day with her pants on backwards. Then she drove to Target, 20 minutes away, and when she pa...

As I was putting dirty rags in the laundry machine, Allison passed by. I said: “I’m going to wash these, ok?” To which she replied: “S...

This morning I woke up earlier than planned, so I checked Google Maps and saw that there was an earlier train than the one I had planned to ...

When I make popcorn without noticing that Allison just refilled the salt container but hasn't yet put the cap back on... ...

Luckily no blood spilled today.  :)

Finally someone with some common sense .

This is not the instrument I used this morning to brush my teeth. It is the instrument I used this morning to brush my hair, after my c...

I was so excited for the perfect cachapa.  My mom had cooked it and I had prepared carefully by placing the perfect amount of cheeses on top...

Allison went into my office saying: "Can I borrow your keys to my car?  I can't find my keys and I don't have energy to look fo...

Usually when I can't find my phone around the house, I use another phone to text a special code to my phone that takes it out of silence...

Oops.  Cheese anyone?

Today at Renaissance Faire San Jose , we sat down on the grass to eat lunch.  When we finished and stood up we realized that Allison had bee...

We left St. Canice's Cathedral and were a third of a mile into our leisurely walk toward Kilkenny Castle when we stopped to eat and I re...

When keynote to over 200 people yesterday, I told them we would do an activity that involved my reading a passage to them.  I gave them inst...

Allison has a headache so she decided to take an Advil. But after she took the pill, she realized it wasn't an Advil, but an Advil PM....

A programming error in a South Carolina's Christmas Day lottery game generated an overabundance of winning tickets.  $19.6 million worth...

Pennsylvania woman receives $284 billion electric bill "We had put up Christmas lights and I wondered if we had put them up wrong....

I was wondering whether the parking lot was flooded. Luckily they had a sign to let me know.

"I have to get back, I have a lot to do", thought Allison to herself.  Then she realized she was half asleep in the bathroom in th...

This morning I woke up and went to eat my staple breakfast when I'm traveling (a Chipotle burrito bowl) and I realized I hadn't brou...

Where did I leave my keys now?...

" You're talking a lot. ", said my wife, as I tried to make conversation in the car. Back to silence.  Stereo on.  That s...

Have you ever wondered how much gas in New Jersey costs when you throw in the cost of the pump?  A friend just found out, per her Facebook p...

Yesterday, while passing through security at JFK airport to fly to Denver for Lauren's bridal shower, Fran realized that her license exp...

"Are those your socks on the street?" , asked my wife, as we approached our car after attending the San Jose Earthquakes soccer ga...

" Be whisked away by one unfolding surprise after the next ", read the brochure for the hotel where my hosts lodged me.  And indee...