Vague enough title? Don't sit there shaking your head. You've done it. You've "uh-huh"-ed your way through a phone conversation while you were really, I don't know, let's say, shopping online or reading blogs. Maybe you're doing it right now.

Thing is--then you hang up and you aren't really sure what you just said "uh-huh" to. You might have volunteered to bring desserts that require pastry chef skills to a dinner or said that you wouldn't mind puppysitting for a few months. Dammit.

But sometimes you just do it. Blame it on the ADD or the lure of the glowing computer screen while people are drolling on, but it happens.

Sometimes you just realize "Damn! I am still on the phone!" and then you try real hard for a few minutes to have people skills and engage in real grown-up conversation only to lull yourself back into the occasional but perfectly time "uh-huh." Just enough so that they know you've really been listening. If you have kids you have mastered this skill and honed it to the point of perfection.

Don't worry. I didn't do that to you. I did it to them. I would never "uh-huh" you. You are way too witty and clever.