the right way

i firmly believe there is a right way, a better way to do most things. it's ingrained in me, and i get it honest from my dad. sure i failed out of engineering school, which means there's probably a better way than the one i came up with and you can prove it with math. so i go through life as a perfectionist, worried about doing something the right way rather than just getting it done. but in all my years of wisdom, i've come to know that my way isn't always the best.

exhibit a:
the toilet paper

the best way to put the toilet paper on a roll is with the end coming over the top towards you. it makes it so much easier to grab. you don't have to reach behind it aimlessly searching for it. i'm sure this is likely a debate in many households, and one company even devoted an advertising campaign to it. well, before meg and i got married, we settled the debate, and she learned to do it the right way.

life has it's way of humbling you, and cosmo the cat managed to slap my arrogance in the face with this:

so now, the right way is no longer the best way. 'tis much easier to "search" for the end than go through a roll a night.

song of the day
day 3 - a song that makes you happy
ben harper - steal my kisses