archives for Wednesday 31 January 2007
overheard at health & human services: revisionist history lesson
Wednesday 31 January 2007 | I like a cookie
Little Girl [about four years old, standing in front of gumball machine, outraged]: Look what happened! Girl’s Dad: What? Girl: I wanted that one! Dad [shrugs]: You don’t get your pick. Girl: But this isn’t the one I wanted! Dad: Well, they pick for you. You get what they give you. [Dad walks away. A [...]
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elle est arrivée
Wednesday 31 January 2007 | 2 cookies in the jar
Ms. Pyewacket, that is, who slept and drooled for most of the twelve-hour drive home, only beginning to yowl plaintively somewhere around Clines Corners. She seems to be adjusting fine, other than a tendency to follow me closely from room to room (so closely that she’s already been tripped over and stepped upon multiple times; [...]
