Leif really is very sweet, he just has a talent for mischief.

I just meant mischievous! My father is completely unable to claim he wasn't a smart-ass as a kid, because you can see it in ever single photo of him.

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Heh. Didn't NPR do a piece on that this morning? I heard it when my alarm went off (some mornings I get my RDA of irony without even getting out of bed) and just giggled. Then I picked up the phone and called in to work and went back to sleep.

Now it's The Beautiful Ones by Prince, which always mellows me out.

I made a mishmash Prince mix CD for the car, and I've been listening to it nonstop for about 2 weeks.

Leif really is very sweet, he just has a talent for mischief.

Gud, you do have an amazing capacity for understatement.

Thanks to talk of Prince and covers, I have Nothing Compares 2 U in my head, but it's alternating between Sinead and Prince.

I can't say I like being proselytized, but I'm glad I can be.

Yep. There's a Ministry of Religion here. I live across from the "Greek Pentagon" (their Defense department, which, um, has four sides) and there's a big church on the Pentagon grounds.

Good-looking children! Go you!

That's fantastic, Allyson.

My goodness. Gudanov kids are so. cute.

My father is completely unable to claim he wasn't a smart-ass as a kid, because you can see it in ever single photo of him.

Oh, man. This is my sister. Every picture of her screams imp. Of course, to me she was more unholy terror. But to the rest of the world, mostly just imp.

I have Nothing Compares 2 U in my head, but it's alternating between Sinead and Prince.

I like the Sinead one much better. It's not improved by making it a duet, and Rosie's not as vulnerable as either Prince or Sinead.

I made a mishmash Prince mix CD for the car, and I've been listening to it nonstop for about 2 weeks.

Now you make me want to do that. But I have a bunch of new music (well, new to me -- Outkast from 2000? I'm a fossil) to go through so it can be rated and put on appropriate playlists.

Of course, I'm not listening to them right now, but I can pretend.

Pfft. No. Off to Usher, then.

I like the Sinead one much better.

Yeah, I think I do, too, but I don't think I own it, so I end up with Prince and Rosie popping into my head instead. Or the latest version I have from the Loser's Lounge.

Oh, man. This is my sister. Every picture of her screams imp. Of course, to me she was more unholy terror. But to the rest of the world, mostly just imp.

The other funny thing from my family was my mother claiming she wasn't bossy -- until the old home movies got transfered to video. The WHOLE THING is her telling her younger siblings what to do, where to go, how to stand, what to say. Hi-fucking-larious.

I like The Atari's cover of "Boys of Summer". Speaking of covers.

Also, Happy Birthday, Kalshane!

Happy Birthday, Kalshane!

You know who else's birthday it is? It's Franny's, too, so Happy Birthday to Buffistina Monkeypants!