I feel really stupid after this morning's revelation.

Walking up to my office from the car, I saw a discarded wrapper from some type of office supply, bearing the Staples logo. And it suddenly clicked why they'd picked that name for their store -- not only are staples an item frequently used in a paper-pushing office, but in another dictionary sense they are the basic necessities of any subset of society.

This place has been in business for 20 years, and I have been pursuing writing for at least as long. How is it that I just now noticed that clever play on words?