American Speller

While watching the tryouts for American Inventor (or as it's turned out, American Sob Story) this man came on with his invention: fabric straps you glue/tape/velcro? to your remote controls to keep them from getting lost.

I can picture the prep work.

Dad: So, I've got my presentation all set up for going on American Inventor tomorrow.

Teenaged Daughter: But you spelled "loosing" wrong.

D: What? Are you sure?

TD: Dad, I spend six hours a day on MySpace and I've never seen it spelled with only one "o".

D: Well, WalMart is closed so I can't get any more poster board. Maybe if I just sneak a second one over the "L"...

Two things you don't want to have happen within 30 minutes of each other

1. Remembering the dream you had that morning where a large, black, furry spider walked over the corner of an adjacent pillow and off the side of the bed.
   
2. Having the cat go into one of her spastic, scrambling, pad-squealing chases across the hardwood floor.

Dude, seriously. Including legs, the thing was like two inches in diameter.