You know, when I was a kid, I always got in trouble for not showing my work in math. Like, I'd get the right answer but still get points off because I didn't write enough down. And I still have this problem! I took someone's budget and reformatted it, and she can't figure out what I did. I really tried to lay it all out in steps, but still didn't actually put enough of them on the paper someone else to figure it out. Der.

And since it's pretty smartly written, I'm going along with the obsession for now. The songs are sort of annoying but having Owen explain to DH how the "pterodactyl" is actually a pteranodon is worth it.

Right? I mean, it's almost sickeningly educational, so if he's going to be obsessed with something, it may as well be this. But boy, I could really do without the earworms.

They totally did! In the same episode with the annoying song! Owen has added "carrion" to his vocabulary.

Heh - they also tend to soft-pedal the exact implications of "carnivore" in general. (Which I completely understand - I don't think the target age group is quite ready for an episode where Mrs Pteranadon has to explain to the other kids why Buddy ate Tiny on their last fishing trip.)

And since it's pretty smartly written, I'm going along with the obsession for now. The songs are sort of annoying but having Owen explain to DH how the "pterodactyl" is actually a pteranodon is worth it.

I think they'd have said it's the other way around. Pteranodons were a single family within the wider order of pterodactyls.

Man, at work now. Wet, because I left my umbrella here and sore because my back is all ouchy.

I think they'd have said it's the other way around. Pteranodons were a single family within the wider order of pterodactyls.

I clarified that for DH--he was still laboring under the assumption that winged pterasaurs were all called "pterodactyls."

I have to take Owen back to the dentist again today. I hoping to at least get him to open his mouth for the dentist. Working on a proper bribe.

I'm not coming here anymore if ita keeps posting seemingly innocent links to horrible Rick Astley videos. I was swearing at her the whole time I was trying to close down that damned window! Bad ita!

Aw, you weren't about to outrun a lion or hyena anyway. Your people are going to keep the predators away while you're tossing your cookies. May I recommend the discovery of fire to assist in thie venture?

Ok, we may not be able to outrun a lion or a hyena, but there are at least three of us, and I think we could take out Billytea... Just saying. :P

• hands Sumi a warm towel and the phone number for a sexy masseuse* Feel better!

Dear Guy I Used to Go Out With:

Maybe your WIFE wouldn't appreciate you making comments about my ass on Facebook.

Is it really fair bring up her donkey phobia and how can someone not comment on keeping one in NYC?

I have been trying to get rid of an earworm of James Cagney singing "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" for THREE YEARS! The other earworms are just on top of it.

I have been stuck with "Sister Golden Hair" and a Finesse commercial for going on 20 years. Other earworms may come and go, but those are always there...waiting.

The fatigue strikes me as being a really dumb move on evolution's part. Hey, lets make the people responsible for the continuation of the species too tired and nauseated to run from any predators for three months! Intelligent design my ASS.

Intelligent design would rock. Let's face it evolution is all about good enough, like a lazy contractor. Things will get better when we're a race of cyborgs.

Things will get better when we're a race of cyborgs.

It's gonna be the future soon / Life won't always be this way