Questions so stupid, they border on existential

[slipjig3]

Caller: Operator, my clock says it's 25 after nine.
Me: That's correct.
Caller: [pause] It is?
Me: Yes.
Caller: Oh. [pause] Well, how long is that going to go on?
Me: ....

Unrelatedly, I paid my taxes yesterday. I feel so responsibly grown-up, I think I'll put on some wingtips and listen to a Leonard Cohen album.

Confidential note to daev: Do you have a satisfactory reason why you're not running an mp3 blog at this time?

Early bedtime tonight....