What a great family portrait Sparky. You all look so happy and content. As for the spit cloth, you may be on to a new fashion trend...printed spit cloths (in addition to the obligatory cloth diaper, of course) in Burberry plaid, or from 'chameleon' fabric that reflects the garment it's draped over. Every hot mama wants them!

What lovely small children you Buffistas make, including the ones who are still on the inside!

# Mama is large and in charge (taken last week - 23 weeks):

You're making the glamboy!

All of us, this past weekend:

This family has both cute and patoot.

Ok, so the Random Kitten Generator is currently functional - did they get the date wrong, or are they in the future?

actual call: "I rode my bike to work so i'm really far away from home and i think i might have left my burner on. can someone go check that for me?"

Um. No. Actually. Call a neighbor.

Power is out here, so the law school is running the generator and won't let us have computers on.

A friend just told me Ricky Martin was at Sonia Sotomayor's investiture as a special guest of the family.

A friend just told me Ricky Martin was at Sonia Sotomayor's investiture as a special guest of the family.

I heard that on NPR yesterday. Living la vida supremo.

Well, she looks like a flower and stings like a bee.

Hm, so the saga of the scratch on my new car has taken an interesting turn. Two weeks ago, I sent a letter to the president of the dealerships and received no response. Last week, I sent a letter to Mazda and received no response. This morning, however, I got a call from Oak Tree Mazda asking to set up an appointment to fix my scratch, as they were supposed to have done it when I came in for my oil change, but they must have "forgotten" or "overlooked" it. She informatively pointed out that they'd had my paperwork since February 14, and it was now September, but she didn't comment further on that fact.

I asked the guy at my Oakland Mazda if a pre-existing scratch would be covered under warranty, and he said it wasn't, and it had to be taken care of the dealer (who signed off on the car when they got it). So it looks like the only way to get the scratch fixed is to go back to the bastards in San Jose. I haven't called to see whether they actually plan to paint the entire door or doors to make it look new and scratchless. I really don't want to go there again and run into that salesman, but maybe I can avoid him.

Save me, my job is killing me. The Dean just questioned something I researched by sending me a Wikipedia entry. A wrong Wikipedia entry.