I was so drunk one time I tried to leave a cute waiter a $30 tip. He prevented me. I now drink on a cash basis. It's better this way.

DH HATES sharing tabs for precisely the reasons listed above. It's impossible to do it fairly when some people drink, others don't, as well as to take into account the differences in entrees versus salads, etc. We always try to get separate checks but if we can't do that, we add up our bill, tax and a hefty tip and always, always settle before we leave. To do otherwise is just plain rude.

Today, I adore bi-lingual childrens' programming. Owen's started answering his play cell phone with "Hola!"

This sounds nummy:

Jellied Gin and Tonic:

1 frozen lime

2 oz simple syrup

1-1/4 tsp citric acid

1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/4 tsp confectioner's sugar

1-1/2 sheets of sheet gelatin

1 oz gin

2 oz tonic water

Freeze lime and cut into thin chips (even infinitisemally smaller and smaller chips if you want to be all calculus-like about it). Coat slices in syrup and 1 tsp citric acid, then bake at 150 degrees until crisp. Mix bicarbonate of soda, sugar, and remaining citric acid. Soften sheet gelatin in cold water for two minutes. Warm gin and add gelatin. Pour into shallow baking pan lined with plastic wrap, add tonic, and refrigerate for two hours. Cut into 1/2 inch cubes. Put cube onto lime chip, sprinkle on sugar-soda-acid mixture, and serve.

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Today, I adore bi-lingual childrens' programming. Owen's started answering his play cell phone with "Hola!"

Bwah!

Wilmer Valderrama does the voice of Handy Manny so that's where he's getting it. His regular voice is so much sexier than his Fez voice.

Let's say you're walking down the sidewalk, minding your own business, when a guy in a chicken suit waves a sign in your face. Is it OK to punch him in the beak?

Yes. For backup, ask msbelle.

What do you do with a white moose? Some Norweigans think they should shoot it.

"It is surely entertaining to have an albino moose wandering in the woods but in purely breeding terms it is not right to let it live," Morten Brommdal, manager of the animal section at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Oslo told Moss Avis.

"That so many people want the white moose to live is an emotional issue. It is exciting to have such a rarity rustling around. But if it is spared we risk the moose’s breeding qualities spreading. Soon we might two, three, four or five albino moose in these wooded areas, something which in the long run can weaken the herd," said Brommdal, who pointed out that an albino moose is really a kind of ‘mistake’.

"If we let one moose be albino, soon other moose will be albino. It'll be anarchy!"

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What do you do with a white moose? Some Norweigans think they should shoot it.

Or, you know, put it in a zoo or somewhere else safe for it and not involving death by gunshot.

HOW TO - Build your own cat teleporter

Cool. Of course, it's just smoke and mirrors. OK, just mirrors.

Video of cat teleporter in action: [link]

His regular voice is so much sexier than his Fez voice.

Stephen Hawking's regular voice is much sexier than Wilmer's Fez voice.

Matt, now you made me think of David Cross' Stephen Hawking imitation. Which is wrong like a wrong thing. So what are you doing for your birthday this weekend?