Worth its weight in volume

My mother recently bought half a gallon ice cream from the local dairy for us to try--again, that is, since we actually have been buying some on and off in the past several years. First she bought the strawberry flavored one and then, because that turned out to be good (in fact, much richer than the ice cream that commercially available in the supermarkets), chocolate. But as I was scooping some for dessert after dinner, I noticed a major boo-boo on the label: it read "Net weight: 1/2 gallon."

Tranquilizer overdose

I brought along my CDs of Gregorian Chant and other sacred music hoping to stay relaxed while I work by listening to some peaceful music. (I'm expecting things to start getting hectic soon here at work now that the summer term is just about over and the regular semester starts in three weeks!) But I'm afraid my plan kind of backfired: I'm now finding myself yawning and practically dozing off here while working at my PC.