My Life on a Legal Pad

Got some leather dye on the pads of my fingers so I went to the sink and used a Brillo pad on my hand, like you do. (If, like me, you worked in a bus garage for a few years.)

Whenever I open the dishwasher door and push the start button so there's a beep and the glowing red numerals begin the countdown from 90 minutes, I feel like a character in a Michael Crichton thriller.