I told her she could go to court and change her name when she grows up if she's still mad about it then, and she said tearfully, "Mommy, when I grow up, will you show me where the court is and take me there?"

You should get that on tape to show at her wedding.

Sauron. Instill the proper respect in the other pre-schoolers.

And yet again I look for the Like button on a post.

Hippo Birdies Allyson.

Hippo Birdies Allyson.

and she said tearfully, "Mommy, when I grow up, will you show me where the court is and take me there?"

OMG she's so adorable. I know it's difficult to deal with, but seriously, I've gone all gooey.

ION, that contractor who submitted too high a bid? It's six times what I had estimated. It's for design work only, and they submitted an estimate that exceeds the cost of construction. I'm astonished.

What's wrong with kids these days? Back when I was little we just announced what we were supposed to be called. Fuck the law, man. Fuck the law.

You know what I enjoy? Idly thinking about what's for dinner and what I'm going to get at the supermarket after work, and clicking on Serious Eats to find a recipe labeled "Dinner tonight" that will TOTALLY be my dinner tonight! [link] I should do more poached eggs on things.

I should do more poached eggs on things.

Yes, you should!

Random: Is Jim Beam relatively inexpensive, as whiskey goes? (It is whiskey, right?) If not, what would be?

Never mind -- found it.

Someone will eventually name their child after Clovis. Eventually.