I'm dying with laughter here. Dad just walked into my room and said, "y'know, it's tough to get into college these days". He's been taking Chinese courses at a local college in his spare time, and he just went back to sign up for the next level. Well, he went online to register, and it said his account was blocked.

So he called the college, and the person on the other end of the phone said, "oh, that's because you have to take the reading test". He asked what kind of test, figuring it must be a test from the previous class he'd missed, but also thinking that it was odd his teacher hadn't mentioned it. The person on the other end said,
"Well, it's a basic English comprehension test. May I ask what level of education you've reached?"
"Well, I have a Master's."
"Where from?"
"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign."
"Oh." (silence) "I'll take that block off, then."

So now, of course, we're laughing. He totally should've told her it was a Master's in the Teaching of English as a Second Language, and that his thesis was published as a book, Theater Arts and the Teaching of Second Languages. "Yes, and I'm a published author. Obviously, I write just fine, but I can't read too well."

Quote of the day: "Physics is like sex. It might have practical benefits, but that's not why we do it." - Richard Feynman

Best bumper sticker I've seen so far: "either you're an entymologist, or you have suicidal tendencies and need help". No one in my family got this until I explained it, which was hard, as I couldn't stop laughing.

On another bumper-related note, I've noticed that all the non-vanity license plates I've seen in California (with the exception of large vans) have the same format - 1 number, 3 letters, 3 numbers. Example: our rental car's plate is 5GFD803. Weird.