They stock halloween stuff by 9/11, don't they? I'm thinking plastic, glow-in-the-dark fangs.

They usually do. There's also a good chance I have packages of them hidden away in a box somewhere.

Kara I don't? Oh. But I askeded and askeded the tooth fairy to bring me big green vampire teeth for my birthday!

Also, has Kara ever heard the song "Mrs. Dracula", off of the Really Rosie album? I think she'd like it.

You can definitely get glow in the dark vampire fangs at your average novelty or magic shop. I'll check the one in our neighborhood.

She has not yet heard it, Jilli, but I'll get it. Thanks. She loves music.

I should do a vampire themed birthday party for her. She'd love it. I'd never even heard of a vampire at the age of 3 almost 4.

Harper Lee is doing a signing at my building next week for the 50th anniversary of the LA Central Library.

Harper Lee.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I should do a vampire themed birthday party for her. She'd love it. I'd never even heard of a vampire at the age of 3 almost 4.

You are raising her well! =)

((askye)) I'm sorry, love. But as others have said, don't let this set you back in your move. That's important.

Nora, sight hounds are sweet and gentle dogs, and for the most part, very low energy. They have little body fat, so they like to lie on soft surfaces and conserve their energy...for when they're outside and catch sight of a squirrel or the neighbor's cat, and take off like a shot and run like hell till they catch it and kill it, or right into traffic...

...not that I'd know anything about that. Seriously, the Scottish deerhound up the street used to seriously lean on me when her owner was walking her. Exactly as if she was exhausted and simply couldn't make it all the way back two houses up the street to her own soft bed. Didn't I have one inside she could use? Until she spotted the cat and quivered all over wanting it to run so she could chase it. A friend's whippets are a little more highly wired, but they also will basically chase anything that will run.

So if you're going to own a sight hound (wolfhound, deerhound, greyhound, borzoi, Afghan, whippet...and I'm not sure but I suspect the smaller-than-whippets Italian greyhound may have the same attributes) you need lots of soft places for them to lie down, and a yard fenced too high to jump, or a place to tether the dog to a line when it's outside. Or be prepared to always walk it on leash. They are very sweet, but breed attributes can make them problematic.

Harper Lee is doing a signing at my building next week for the 50th anniversary of the LA Central Library.

Yikes, I didn't even realize that she was still alive. Did she EVER publish another novel? Not that she needed to - TKaM is one of those books that can be the only one you need to write.

I was just worried, I was being an awful possessive girlfriend for getting upset last night.

I don't think so. People just are used to certian things, or expect certain things. You'd have been an awful possessive girlfriend if (and I have a friend with a psycho ex who actually did this) while walking somewhere together you passed a girl and you weren't holding hands. You decided you must immediately stake your claim lest random girl on the street decide to have a go at him so you reach for his hand just as he's swinging it (as you're wont to do when you walk) the other way. This causes a meltdown when you get in the car on the way home. That's awful and posessive- you were just trying to feel out your fairly new relationship.

She has not yet heard it, Jilli, but I'll get it. Thanks. She loves music.

(Looks at iTunes)

Ah-ha! The song is called "The Awful Truth":

The awful truth
Concerning me
The creature-feature mystery
Is simply this
In the worst way
I wanna play
MRS. DRACULA