Monday, April 25, 2011

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

More Sugar

Michael's been working long days and odd hours, so sometimes he'll come home late and in need of sustenance. 'Are you hungry?' 'Whatcha got?' is a common exchange, so I've been striving to have cookies and chocolate milk on hand despite our unofficial (meaning I intended to, but didn't quite commit to) sacrifice of sugar and grains for Lent.

Recently we watched Men In Black together, so we've also been quoting Edgar: 'Sugar. More sugar!' It's helpful to have quotations when you're too tired to formulate coherent conversation. Or, as Lord Peter Wimsey observed, 'I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.'

Friday, April 01, 2011

National Atheist Day

Per Psalm 53:1.

I wish I had thought up some really clever pranks for today. Unfortunately these occasions simply creep up on me; it was many years ago that I decided, next time, to bake a pie on March 14th, and I still haven't done it. Here's a good one from the archives:






















Katy looks (and acts) so much like Jane that it's like deja vu: