Mike Rowe was on Sesame Street this morning! It made me happy, anyway.

I also wonder why Emmett wants/needs a tux.

mr. flea has finally gone out to Christmas shop for me. As long as it's not perfume (which I don't wear)...

Trudy, she did blog it - apparently you are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke after a big meal, so you should never eat a big meal. @@

Our neighborhood was so white-bread Catholic/traditional Protestant that the "exotic" religious people were the Mormons who lived down the block.

We didn't have any Jews living in my home town that I knew of. (No African-Americans either.) Since I went to a private Protestant school, for us the "exotic" religious people were the Catholics. Confession seemed the weirdest thing to me. (My dad has an anti-Catholic bias that affected me as well.)

I also wonder why Emmett wants/needs a tux.

I just assumed it was that Emmett + tux = Awesome!

Why does Emmett need a tux?

He doesn't need one, but he loves to dress up. He loved the tux he got for our wedding, wore it to pieces, and has recently been falling in love with the entire James Bond mythos. He longs for the brooding and elegance and adventure and attitude, and so he wants a tux. And, based on past Emmett experience, I have no doubt that once he gets it he will find, or make, a reason to wear it.

(My dad has an anti-Catholic bias that affected me as well.)

The whole concept of this still amazes me, from a Jewish standpoint, I guess. You're all Jesus people! It's the same thing! I mean, I understand there are differences in what you all believe about Jesus and how you worship, but still! With the Jesus! And the Easter! And the boogedy boogedy back from the dead nyah nyah Romans! You have so much in common! Like ham!

FCM:

The Ghost of Christmas Past
The Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

FCM:

...

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

There's a joke in here somewhere....

Oh! And if Megan is about, I need to know how to say, "I have a terrible crush on you. You're ridiculously sexy. You should move to the US and work at Caltech so I can do filthy things to you. I mean, not to be creepy or anything" in French.

Mike Rowe was on Sesame Street this morning!

Did he get dirty?

You have so much in common!

Wouldn't you think? I've finally (I think) got the difference between Sunni and Shia set in my head, and there's a part of me that's all, "Okay, I can understand that... and it makes a difference now HOW?" And then I remember the violent conflict between people who think the bread becomes God and the people who think the bread becomes a very important symbol of God, and I go, "Oh right. Never mind then."

(Although we all mostly get along, bread or no bread.)