Actually, I haven't. I just saw mention of it on a Twilight Zone ep. And wished I had cube sugar.

Hmm. I may have to try this. Maybe Sunday.

I think that's especially true if there are only pretty young kids.

My father would totally yell at me if I'd neglected my mother, but he was feeling way put upon at the idea he'd have to do anything.

My mother ... she probably taught me what to do, and then left me alone once I could shop by myself.

I certainly know people who get Mother's Day and Father's Day presents from their infants. Precocious credit-card users, no doubt.

wives stage-manage the kids through Father's Day and husbands do the same for Mother's Day

This is how it is in our house, although now the kids are old enough to select their own gifts to give just not fork over 'da cash because they usually are very spendy with their own money (cf: oldest's iPod)

your husband has some damn good taste

Just caught up. Will undoubtably fall behind again.

Re VM (I'm cheating and copying from an e-mail to a friend.):

Veronica and Wallace's reactions in the teaser were great. Not liking the Logan/Veronica thing, though. I mean, I can understand he's in a messed up headspace right now after losing his mother. And while coming to her rescue was nice of him, he's still got a year of being a jackass to atone for. Plus, whether he annoys me or not, Leo is better for Veronica than Logan. (I like Logan the character better, but not as a love interest for Veronica.) I don't know, it could work, but it seems way too soon. I noticed Veronica smiling at his jokes in the class and thought "Good, she's not seeing him as an enemy anymore" but this was too much too fast. Glad to see Meg and Mac in the episode though.

Also, someone said something it would be nice to see Veronica wrong for once. She's been wrong before, in both "Rusky Business" and "Mars vs. Mars". Granted, it's not the standard state of affairs, but she hasn't been infallible.

Kalshane, you want to whitefont the discussion of VM's fallibility? It's spoilery.

I often send gifts to my parents on Mother & Father's days. Usually just an excuse to send them something I found I figured they'd like. Of course, probably 75% of the time, I also get a card FROM them, often with a giftcard inside.

Same was true when I was little, too.

Timelies all!

I'm glad the Veronica Mars talk is being whitefonted, seeing as how the ep was pre-empted here in DC for a Nationals' game.(It's supposed to air Saturday afternoon)

Aah! My folks will be arriving in a week. (Did I mention that G and I are hosting the first passover seder this year?)

Hivemind question: Has anyone ever heard of people being stopped from leaving the country (USA) if their passport is expiring soon?

Someone just told me that and it's freaking me out since I'm leaving next week and my passport expires the end of May.