tic toc.

if i can hear my neighbor's grandfather clock strike midnight, then certainly he can too. and so can his daughter. and so can his mother. and so can his girlfriend who sometimes stays there, sometimes not.

grandfather clocks defeat all laws of rationalization, as far as i'm concerned.

while i can appreciate their craftsmanship, what i would not appreciate, if i had one sitting in my own livingroom, is being woken up every hour on the hour. and even worse, every fifteen minutes throughout the entire night -- every night -- if i happened to own one of the models that strikes some chime at the quarter hour, half hour, three-quarter hour, and hour.

that's some serious bags under my eyes that no treatment of witch hazel and Preparation H can treat.

let's also acknowledge the fact that besides screaming at you 1-4 times per hour, granddaddy clocks are also kinda creepy. like haunted house creepy.