Ice-T

It’s funny how every few years, Lipton tries to break their iced tea line in Britain. It never works though.

There I was in Hanley, daydreaming about whether it'll be a good idea or not to build a statue of myself in Animal Crossing New Leaf, when I saw people in yellow t-shirts, probably students, giving out free samples of Lipton's signature beverage. (These same people variously give out flyers for nightclubs or try to get you to sign up for charity donations, depending on who pays them.)

I kept my head down and tried to march past them when one of them got me. Should I say something? Make an excuse? No, I just shrugged my shoulders and walked on, looking (and feeling) sheepish.

I can see how Lipton tries this, Britain is a tea loving country, and you'd think the product would work here. I guess we're just not ready for the iced version of tea.

Tom Cruise vs Will Smith

I had a dream the other night that I was in a car with Tom Cruise (he was driving) and as we were pulling into a parking space at the Co-Op, Will Smith drove up and stole the space. Cruise was pretty crestfallen about this.

I told him he should use his influence on Smith. "What influence?" Cruise asked. "Well, the fact that you're higher in the Church of Scientology than he is," I said to him.

Cruise got out and went over to Will Smith as he was getting out of his car looking pretty pleased with himself (as he often does). Cruise whispered something in his ear (I don't know what), and the cheesy grin was wiped from Smith's face. He got back into his car and moved away. Cruise came back and we took the space with text-book parking. We high-fived.

I don't know, or want to know, what this dream means. And no, I'm not gay.