Best quote ever!!

So-called "global warming" is just a secret plot by wacko tree huggers to make America energy independent, clean our air and water, improve the fuel efficiency of our vehicles, kick-start 21st-century industries, and make our cities safer and more livable. Don't let them get away with it!
-Grist.org founder and president Chip Giller

Quoted here
http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2008/12/my-favorite-comment-of-day.html
in a comment by "mudnessa."

I am soooo old!

Gregory's birthday cake is in the oven right now. The fact that my youngest child is turning seven is not really the problem, though.
My sister-in-law, Dawn, makes this great cake the kids all love. Until today the kids have always been able to charm their aunt into making the cake for them. Gregory waited too long to bring the subject up, so I figured my number was up. I would have to do the honors. Dawn told me the recipe was on the back of the box of Hershey's cocoa. No problem, I have one in the cupboard, I'm golden. Until I tried to read the recipe. At first I hoped I couldn't read it because it was in an unfamiliar language. Or a strange, elaborate font. Turns out it was just really, really, really small. I had to print the recipe from the web in order to decipher it.
Happy birthday, Greg. I'll try not to hold this against you.

My new favorite blog*

"Cake Wrecks"
If you've never been there, check it out; and see this listing in particular, to find out why I wish I'd called my own blog "Perverted vegetable rodeo."

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2008/06/naked-mohawk-baby-carrot-jockeys.html

Warning: Do not look at this blog while drinking a beverage. Hot or fizzy drinks can be especially painful in this context.

*Favorite blog not written by a book club member.

Meeting Jeffrey

Inspired by Emilia, here is the story of how I met Jeff.

Disclaimer: It's not as good a story as Emilia and Todd's, and I'm not the storyteller Emilia is, but I do have a certain fondness for this tale.

June 20, 1986. Crappy south campus apartment. My first year of grad school is drawing to a close. My roommate, Kathy, and her brother, Dave, are going to a movie. Kathy invited me, and Dave had invited a friend of his. Kathy and Dave were on the back porch and I was inside, so when the someone knocked on the door I answered it. My first thought-"He is tall."
We walked up High St to a theatre which no longer exists-it's now a gym. By the time we got there, Jeff and I were already trying to figure out how to ditch Kathy and Dave. Which we did, soon after the movie ended.
Unlike Emilia and Todd, who kept meeting repeatedly, Jeff and I have been together since that first day. Of course, Emilia and Todd met while their ages added together made a single digit number. It would have been odd if they'd started dating immediately.

Note- the movie we saw was called "Morons from Outer Space." I think it's safe to say that if it hadn't been for meeting Jeff, I wouldn't have remembered this movie. I would have actively tried to forget it. ECT might not have been out of the question. To call this a bad movie is an insult to bad movies of all genres and eras. I think I've made my point.

Another note- We still haven't figured out if we were set up that night. Kathy has denied it, but...

Communing with Franklin

So we had communion again this past Sunday. Frankly and I both reached for the tray at the same time. Let's just say I'm glad I was wearing navy blue. And even though the cups are tiny and hold just a little bit of juice, it can, somehow, go everywhere.
On the other hand, Gregory did let me listen to the sermon with only a dozen or so interruptions.