Because that's what scientists do, they learn the important facts

"I was walking around after work today, and I realized I never even think about the fact that I'm in New York City half the time I'm there. Like, I can see the Empire State Building when I get off the train, but I never thought to look. And then I was walking down 6th Avenue and there were all these people sitting in Bryant Park having coffee, and it was so-" "Remember when we hung out near Gramercy Park?"

"Yup."

"You know who lives near Gramercy Park?"

"No."

"Ann Curry."

"Really? How do you know-"

"With her husband, and her-"

"Why do you know all this?"

"And her two children, and-"

"Stalker."

And then, just like that, he's back to his old ways (When I forwarded this to my brother he promptly responded "What the hell is a bottie?")

I received the below email from my father this afternoon. A few notes:

Sue is my parents' neighbor. She's wonderful. The email includes a couple of the baby names recently suggested by my family. Those names (which will, by the way, probably not make the list) will tell you that J and I recently found out we're having a girl...

From: Fred Rotondaro To: Cara McDonough Date: Fri, May 2, 2008 at 4:38 PM

Just told Sue about little alfreda or is it bambi. She's going to sew botties for you. Pops