will . . . act my age. . . will . . . not . . . try to be funny . . .

here in canada people say 'take care' about 12 times a day. same kind of principle, i guess, but i think your boss' habit would start bugging me too. maybe it's just a verbal tic of the kind that can sometimes be addressed by saying 'listen, could you do me a favour ' (pleasantly) if a nice occasion presents.

i don't usually attract enough interest to get patronised. but i admit i'm still kind of irked from last week's encounter with the fellow baseball mom at the supermarket. i think my bike and i can get 1.5kg of corn pops home by ourselves without aid from an suv.