We're getting our house painted. So we've splatted colors all over our walls to see what colors we like. We kept them in the back so people don't think we've gone all militia-like and started painting our house in camo or something.
We thought we knew what we wanted - an understated, stone-like color. With white trim. So we got quarts of three different things and splatted them on.
Well, they looked - not bad, but just incredibly boring. My husband labeled each one with pencil so we'd know which was which. After looking at them I re-labeled them "Battleship barf," "Gloomy grey" which could also have been "Liquid boredom," and the last one was simply "Eh."
I think they should hire me to re-name their little samples for them, so we could save people lots of time. Instead of "Autumn Sage" we could put "Bleah." Instead of "Dusty jeans" we could put "Dirty laundry." And so on. See how much time that would save?
Alright, at this point it is routine to see ads on TV for Cialis and Viagra and that other drug that I forget its name during baseball games and other programming. Putting aside the weirdness of that in general, I have a question. One of the ads says you're supposed to seek medical help if things don't, um, settle down for more than 4 hours. 4 hours? Okay, so when do you make the call to your doctor? At 3 hours? That still seems like an awfully long time. 2 hours? Do you wait 2 hours and then become concerned that it might go for another 2 hours? And then when you've made the decision to actually seek medical help, what medical help do you get? I'm not sure I want to think about that too much. 
Then there are all these other ads for drugs which, as far as I can tell, turn you into a smiling person playing at the park. They don't really say what the drugs do, although you shouldn't take them if you are nursing, pregnant or may become pregnant. And they all give you a dry mouth and nausea apparently. But you won't notice, because you'll be happy playing at the park. Unless you're seeking medical attention.
