I took Mia to the Toy and Miniature Museum over the weekend. At one point the docent, a 300+ pound gentlemen, approached us. Mia, with her usual bluntness asked "Who are YOU?" He replied "I'm a guy who walks around in here." Now Mia has some speech difficulties, but what she said next was clear as a bell: "Why are you so fat like that?"
While I was, quite literally, paralyzed with horror, the docent replied "I was just made like that." Mia got back in his good graces by promptly responding "I'm little, I was made like that." I'm glad she had a reply, because I was speechless.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Small Tent
I talked to my favorite liberal Dem yesterday. We were chatting amiably about politics when I mentioned that I had always considered myself a Joe Lieberman Democrat but had started voting Republican since it became apparent that Joe Lieberman is the only member of the Joe Lieberman wing of the Democratic Party. She replied, with no trace of irony, "We're trying to get rid of Lieberman."
So she desperately wants the Dems to win elections because she is sincerely committed to liberal ideals. But she sees no problem with purging all those conservative Dems who haven't already voluntarily deported themselves to the Republicans.
Update: Lots more on the move to oust Lieberman at The Influence Peddler. (Via Ace)
So she desperately wants the Dems to win elections because she is sincerely committed to liberal ideals. But she sees no problem with purging all those conservative Dems who haven't already voluntarily deported themselves to the Republicans.
Update: Lots more on the move to oust Lieberman at The Influence Peddler. (Via Ace)
Monday, June 12, 2006
Garden Trains
With no moving to do this weekend, we were free to check out Kansas City's Garden Railroad Tour. Since last year's tour, we've acquired a G-scale train and about 10 feet of track that we run on the deck, but we aspire to something like this:
It's a time consuming and potentially expensive hobby. Most of the practitioners seem to be retired. It may be 30 years before we can really get rolling with it ourselves, but it sure is fun to check out other people's layouts.
It's a time consuming and potentially expensive hobby. Most of the practitioners seem to be retired. It may be 30 years before we can really get rolling with it ourselves, but it sure is fun to check out other people's layouts.
The Eternal Move Draws To A Close
The buyers closed on the old place over the weekend and all our worldly possessions are piled up in the corners of our new place. So I think we're done. Now for the unpacking, the furniture rearranging, the decorating and, of course, the weeding.
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