You snooze you lose.

Apparently while I was cleaning the house out today, I missed this little gem:

Power-dressing man leaves trail of destruction
Fri Sep 16,10:30 AM ET

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man built up a 40,000-volt charge of static electricity in his clothes as he walked, leaving a trail of scorched carpet and molten plastic and forcing firefighters to evacuate a building.

Thanks to JET and my boyfriend for that tidbit.

Also amusing - my mother, in the midst of running the dishwasher today, informed me that it had never worked right since my ex had done dishes there one night many moons ago. Gotta love it!