One odd Tuesday

Today fell into a "weird" day all before 2:00pm.

First, my assistant at work gave her notice.

Second, I was reading a machine translation of a Japanese patent. This was something from another planet. The translation included phrases like "the terminal stations that were boiled" (not usually done with cell phones) and "judges whether there is any kana which became the time of day to which transmitted power is changed" (that's OK, I have no idea what that means either).

Third was the woman at a nearby table at lunch. I was on Joe's II for pizza (the one in the 1700 block of Chestnut; the map is close), and this woman had a large table all to herself with papers spread everywhere. It was somewhat noisy, but this woman insisted on conducting her business in a very loud voice. I guess that's better than the men who talk on their cell phones while in the restroom. (Does this happen in the Women's too?)

Finally, on the bus ride on the way home, those of us towards the back of the bus were treated to a couple arguing, with the woman basically ripping the man a new one and using plenty of "colorful" language.