I'm checking out my cousin's facebook page. Two weeks ago, she and her fiance shocked her family with a surprise wedding--they got everyone to a local park with a tiny chapel and just got hitched without a big to-do. So awesome and fun and a nice alternative to eloping. I hope I can attend the reception when they get back from their honeymoon.

I haven't watched this, but this excerpt cracked me up:

Chris Rock Compares Roman Polanski To OJ Simpson (VIDEO)

On 'The Jay Leno Show' Thursday night, Rock made the fair if hilarious point that even the most sensational trial in recent memory didn't go places that some Polanski supporters are headed.

"People are defending Roman Polanski because he made good movies 30 years ago?" he said. "Are you kidding me? Even Johnny Cochran didn't have the nerve to go, 'Well did you see OJ play against New England?'"

As we're riding the elevators up, he looks up at an elderly couple sharing the ride and says, "Are you old?"

A couple of weeks ago we were walking through the park, past an elderly lady sitting on a bench. C. beamed at her and asked loudly, "Bist du eine alte Oma?" (Are you an old granny?). Fortunately the lady smiled back and said that she was, but oh boy, that could have gone either way.

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C. beamed at her and asked loudly, "Bist du eine alte Oma?" (Are you an old granny?)

But that's the highest compliment a kid can give you! That means they think you are the source of all comfort, hugs and warm laps, cookies and cocoa, bedtime stories and puppet shows! Bring C. on over here, I'll let her call me alte Oma anytime.

C. beamed at her and asked loudly, "Bist du eine alte Oma?" (Are you an old granny?)

I'm trying not to be a mom who shushes the kids. They tend to make some pretty obvious observations about people. But they're honest and society gives them a lot of leeway. I want them to understand and celebrate the fact that everyone is different without actually, you know, saying it aloud.

McSweeney's - Ethical Dilemmas Involving Klondike Bars

Dylan spent a LOT of last summer calling one of my neighbors Bubbe. And she does look enough like my mom that I can see where he was coming from. But it was still pretty mortifying.

(And saying "Oh, but my mom was only 24 when she had me, and she's very athletic and dyes her hair so it's not like he's calling you old!" while true, is not so much an option. Because, really, not helpful.)

That happened to my mom in the grocery store once and she did say "Wow, that kid must have a young grandma."

(delurking here, too; wow, this may become habit forming...)

Two days ago, whilst picking up my daughter up from preschool, 2 other little girls approached and asked if I was [daughter's] grandma or mom. When I answered that I was her mom, they responded as though I'd just settled a bet. I'm not even 40 yet. Sigh.

Hugs to thems that needs 'em. Stoopid Fridays.