Something that has been bothering me

This has been irking me for quite some time now. Usually, it takes a lot to get under my skin. However, congratulations to this guy. This man has succeeded in something very few can do.

I am talking about the Shamwow Man.

Every time I see his commercial I just get the unbelievable urge to destroy something. He's got this whole cocky persona/Jersey tough guy thing going on, and it doesn't make me want to buy a shammy. If I did buy a shammy, it would be only to wet it, then twist it up and whip him in the face with it.

Lessons You Learn From Work

This summer I've been working full time as a residential adviser at the university for a program that takes high school students into the dorms and provides them college life experiences. I love my job, it is very rewarding and fulfilling. However, working with high school kids has taught me one very important lesson.

NEVER TELL THEM GHOST STORIES NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY BEG FOR IT.

One of the kids asked me for a ghost story, and so I told him one of my shorter ones about the dorms (You can find this story and more at weirdhawaii.com, my other blog that my girlfriend and I devote to Hawaii ghost stories).

What started as a ghost story about a pillow that flew across the room, turned into a story about a girl that hung herself in the girls' dorm. The next thing I knew, students were crying and telling me that they can't go to sleep because they feel an "evil presence" in their rooms. I was up until the wee hours trying to convince students that the dorms isn't haunted. And of course, some students weren't helping by going around and spreading more stories and sneaking up behind people and scaring them.

Last night was one of the longest nights of my life. I will never again tell anybody under the age of 17 a ghost story.