Timelies all!

Just lounging around in my nightshirt...at some point I will shower and dress.

At what age do they get cereal themselves on Saturday morning?

At the age of four and eight, my sister and I used to knock on my parents' bedroom door at 7am, every Saturday, to ask if we could have a biscuit (i.e. cookie). And then we'd knock again to ask if we could have two.

It only recently occurred to me that my parents could have sat us down one Friday night and said "YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE TWO BISCUITS"...

Depending on the child, automatic permission to have two cookies could induce a desire to ask for a third cookie, though.

Eggs benedict was very nummy. (When I was a kid, I thought Dirk Benedict's nickname should be 'eggs.')

I am still the only customer here. I was just about to write that I needed more coffee, but the waitress just brought me some more. Life is good.

All you need is some computer program that notices any pauses in conversation, assumes they're waiting for a response from you, and plays a recording of you saying, "I agree."

That could be dangerous in the case of pauses after, "I think sarameg should take on this time-consuming, frustrating new project/clean out the wasp nests under the eves/take an unpaid leave of absence." Or even more problematic, "You all are wankers! Has any company ever had such useless, moronic management?"

Quiche with cheese and artichoke hearts:

I think there's a Buffista working for USAID. At a conference session yesterday, a USAID rep. said, "These figures show that, beyond the participating members, we have a number of non-participating people on the site. We call them "lurkers". And a number of them have sent emails supporting our project." (From my spotty memory, but I think it's pretty close to verbatim.)

That could be dangerous in the case of pauses after, "I think sarameg should take on this time-consuming, frustrating new project/clean out the wasp nests under the eves/take an unpaid leave of absence." Or even more problematic, "You all are wankers! Has any company ever had such useless, moronic management?"

Well, that's the risk associated with cutting-edge software. See, this program would learn from its mistakes. But how can it learn if sarameg never tries it?

From The Onion: Oh, No! It's Making Well-Reasoned Arguments Backed With Facts! Run!

mac could get cereal by himself, he won't. Just as he will not just get dressed and turn on the tv. I have told him many many times. you can always turn the tv on in the morning, once you are dressed.

now we are off to karate. more importantly, I get coffee on the way.

summer dress day - one of the old vintage ones. also wearing slides - Yay! also also, hair in pigtails.

I love pigtails!

Also WRT making breakfast: Frances is quite able to make a bowl of cereal for herself and her brother. She's more likely to try to feed herself later in the day, which is fine when she goes for something healthy, but I often find her rummaging around for cheese puffs or cookies. Isaac's self serve choice is usually fruit.