Ciao is not pronounced see-ah-oh.

The handrails on the escalators move slightly faster than the stairs, stretching you out like a life-size Stretch Armstrong doll.

An Italian optometrist cannot fix your camera, but he will lend you his tiny screwdriver (cacciavite) so that you can try to do it yourself.

If you take too long in the bathroom at the Vatican Museum near closing time, you may find yourself escorted out by security guards.

The Circus Maximus does not have clowns or elephants, just Italians. Still fun to watch though.

I had always heard that it rained a lot in Seattle, but I assumed that it was at least partly a cliche. I guess I was wrong.

Considering that the local Pizza Ranch caught fire earlier this year when their broiler malfunctioned, I found their latest advertising campaign (for the new Smokehouse Chicken Pizzas) amusing:

My wife just used the "Forgot my password" form on the MNCPA's website. The automated response was, how you say, not very helpful:

This is definitely a candidate for WorseThanFailure.

The other day, I overheard an older relative refer to the act of copying and pasting something as "storing it in the mouse." I had never thought of it that way before, but that is probably how it appears to new computer users.

I know that when I press Ctrl+C, I automatically hold my hands differently until I hit Ctrl+V, so I might as well be storing that data in my left hand. Occasionally, while I'm typing, I'll realize that I'm feeling a little tense and I don't know why. Usually, it turns out that I copied something and never needed to paste it.

Does anyone else alter their posture based on the contents of their clipboard?