Everyday Life Explorer Gifts

Kenwood Park

Subscribe to The Times? Girl Scout cookies? Donate to the food bank? Bob only needed a few items, but first he had to walk the Solicitor Gauntlet.

"The dryer giveth and the dryer taketh away."

"If it doesn't happen on Facebook, it didn't happen."

"Did you get my tweet?"

"A sentimental journey of a thousand miles begins with the first martini."

"Faster! Middle age is gaining on you!"

A baseball player is too busy checking his smartphone to catch a ball.

Book of Life, Answers in Back.

'I wish I were your age again, and knew what I know now.'

"I don't remember him or the meal or what movie we saw. All I remember is I wore the right jeans."

"Who's been nibbling at my kale house?"

"If he didn't live each day like it was his last, he would have lived another 40 years."

'Next time you hear confession from that barmaid say, Tut-tut not COR.'

"You have arrived at your destination."

'It's been a rough day, my shirt button fell off, the handle of my brief case came off... I'm too scared to go to the bathroom!'

"...as the devices were nestled on their chargers with care,..."

"I took the road less travelled just to avoid the potholes."

"I told you never to call me here."

"Thanks Mum, but I prefer to use twitter to enlarge the microcosms of daily life."

"To tell you the truth, I never thought downward mobility would be so, well, downward."

Danger Quicksand

Desk of an urban farm manager

People crossing the street while texting use white canes.

How to injury yourself as an adult

"I love talking to you about my problems. We should do a podcast."

'Oversensitive Car Alarm'

Olympic Diary: The London traffic snarl could not have happened at a worse time.

"I am exercising. I'm doing some online walking around an online mall."

How?

'Please tell me there's more to this than this.'

'Too acidic? On the contrary, I find it well balanced.'