Went out to brunch this morning with Tamar, Dan, and Damian. Damian and Sophia are like gasoline and a match together. It was pretty much non-stop insanity from 10 this morning to 6 this evening, but at least most of that time they were entertaining each other.
We finished the day at a Mexican restaurant around the corner from Tamar’s. Food: pretty good. Service: not so good. Ambience: dark. Funniest/more exhausting moment: in the middle of other hilarity going on, Simon managed to pull a glass of beer on top of himself.
“Another typical Saturday night for him,” said Darin.
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A few days ago we drove past a pet supply store that had a giant sign painted on the window: All Meat Diet, Human-grade.
“Those damn Atkins people,” Darin said. “Now it’s the pets.”
I cracked up. “That is so not where my mind went,” I said. “I was thinking, Soylent Green is people!”
(Sorry if this ruins the movie for anyone.)
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Man I least want to meet in a dark alley: Tom Fontana.
(We’ve been watching the final season of “Oz.” And every week I’m like, Why am I watching this again? It’s a soap opera filled with rape, drugs, and gory violence.)
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True story:
I went to the library to pick up some books I had on hold. As I approached the reserve room…
“…it’s a famous novel, by a famous writer.”
Speaking was the library volunteer who always works the reserve room, with two teenaged volunteers.
“I’ve never heard of it,” said one of the teenagers. “What’s it about?”
“It’s about a very friendly French lady.”
I would have raised an eyebrow, had I the muscular control. “And this book would be?”
The library volunteer gave me a world-weary glance. “Madame Bovary.”
“That’s quite possibly the most interesting summary of that book I’ve ever heard,” I said.
He shrugged.
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Anyone know a good place to buy personalized stationery? I want to buy some personalized notecards for Sophia and Simon and I don’t know where to go.
Try here – they’re affiliated with artistic checks, which I adore…
Just to clarify, what I actually said was something along the lines of, “Human grade? I guess they’re trying to broaden their clientele beyond pet-owners to Atkins dieters.”
I received a lovely custom card from someone recently. When I asked her where she got it, she told me she just bought blank card stock and printed the text herself using a Mac and a color ink jet printer. It looked quite professional to me.
This company is somewhat formal, but very high quality: http://www.cranes.com
Just found your site through the talking dog. Keep up the good work.
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