Oh, no no no Gar. Don't even go there. These are sooper special waffles from the Joy of Cooking with all kinds of arcane Hec-ly procedures and rituals and mysteries layered on top, and if you get him started on toaster waffles vs. his waffles he'll go on for hours. With dramatic gestures, a PowerPoint presentation, detailed slides to show the vast gulf between those waffles and his even at the molecular level, and probably puppetry and interpretive dance.

Please. I beg of you. Let us never speak of it again, or he may never stop speaking of it.

Sue, I was recently talking about iTunes gift certificates as possibly a good present idea for that age. But I dunno.

somewhere hidden there I think I saw a peeking out good-natured @@, but I can't be sure.

Sue, I recommend KISS cards.

For the nephew, a book about hockey or wrestling?

I have made a cow-intensive cake. 2 sticks of butter in the cake, and six eggs. Plus butter for the frosting. The health is supplied by the blueberries and strawberries (of course it is a flag cake). It had better be good.

Later, zucchini bread. The zucchini have begun their deluge.

It is 95 degrees. I am not leaving the house for anything today.

Sue, I recommend KISS cards.

OMG, those are Genius! I'm thinking I might try a few card/comic shops around here, since because I don't think they'd get here in time from Ebay. (And that reminds me I've never registered my new CC with PayPal.)

Sue, I was recently talking about iTunes gift certificates as possibly a good present idea for that age. But I dunno.

I think he's young enough that he would prefer presents still. But in a couple of years, he's getting gift certificates ahoy!

I have had Hec's waffles, and they are indeed damn good...

So I told her about you, and how once upon a time we discovered that our dating stories and group dynamics aren't all that different, despite the even larger difference in our dating experiences.

Hee. V. true, v. true. Did you hear I went on lesbian speed dating? It was craaaazy. And one of the women was the new voice of the Metro system here ("Doors opening!").

Did you hear I went on lesbian speed dating? It was craaaazy.

No, I didn't. Crazy in what way? Did anything come out of it?

one of the women was the new voice of the Metro system here ("Doors opening!")

Did everybody make her say those "Doors opening" lines over and over again, just because it was her and how strange it is to hear it in real life as opposed to the machine? She's probably so tired of this, but that's kind of impossible to resist, in a way.

Love the pictures of your apartment Tom.

I think the Kiss cards and an itunes certificate would be a grand present.

I can tell I am still very migrainey, because I don't want waffles.

Hee. Well, it was just when she'd been recently selected, so it was pretty funny. Crazy in that there were CRAZY people there. Like the woman who told me she liked science fiction (hey, I'm into that!) and then admitted the only science fiction she read was the Star Trek books....and she's "80 behind". Um. Or the woman who told me "I'm a writer" and when I asked what kind said "I'm a poet. I hate saying that. I should just say I"m a librarian". WTF? Etc. Etc.

I did end up going out on a date again with one of them...who turned out to be ex military (not a problem)...who supported both the war, and Bush. Um. NSM. Plus she kept harping about her own weight and how she needed to lose it. Which, sure, but it's not like I hadn't met her before and already agreed to go out with her again. At which point, I obviously am at least vaguely OK with how she looks...

For the nephew, a book about hockey or wrestling?

A book about wrestling might work.