Isn't that odd?

I've got a longer commute now (a hour each way) and I've noticed that some drivers arrange their rear-view mirrors so that they can't see behind them selves with out moving their head. This seems odd to me. I have always made it so that the view through my mirror is right out the back window. The side mirrors are slightly spread to reduce the blind spots. If I had to lift my head up or move it left or right in order to see, I would miss stuff. Important stuff, like flashing red/blue lights, kamikaze drivers of sports cars and motorcycles, or big, nasty, out-of-control trucks coming up fast behind me.

Another matter. My mom wants me to sing the ABC song (or Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star) while washing my hands. This is so I give the germs a bit of entertainment while they die. But I've noticed a bigger problem. At the sinks at work, we've got three basins with liquid soap dispensers between them. The liquid soap works best if your hands are wet, so I used to do the following: 1) Turn on water (mix of hot and cold) 2) Wet hands 3) Reach over and get soap 4) continue...

The problem is, this leaves a trail of water from the sink to the soap dispenser and back again. Messy. A better way is to 1) Turn on water 2) Get soap on one hand 3) get the other hand wet 4) rub vigorously (while humming of course!). Violá!

I love efficiencies... Just ask my wife about loading the dishwasher!