An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the premise of “Angry Birds,” a popular iPhone game. In the game, slingshots are used to launch birds to destroy pigs and their fortresses, not to shoot down the birds.

Correction to an NYT article.

Yikes, Theo. How scary. I'm sorry, and hope for the best possible outcome for your brother.

That's terrible, Theo. May it please be something limited.

An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the premise of “Angry Birds,”

Clearly the Times staff is not wasting enough time.

My husband's first world problems: Football, baseball, Walking Dead, Dexter AND Boardwalk Empire tonight. No way to watch and/or DVR it all!

Our neighbors got a deer two days ago. He brought us the inside tenderloin yesterday. I put it in a simple marinade of olive oil, vinegar, sea salt, coarse ground pepper, garlic and onion and then broiled it up with roasted red potatoes.

HOLY BALLS! DELICIOUS!

Oh shit, Theo, I'm so sorry. All best wishes that it turns out to be as nonthreatening and easy to handle as possible.

And thanks for the ~ma for my friends, y'all. S's wife just posted to say that they're all doing OK, just taking things slowly, and labor has not started yet. Now that I know everything is OK and she hasn't been laboring for two days, I'm kind of hoping the baby holds off until tomorrow so it can share my birthday!

Theo, I hope your brother's cancer will be as localized and non-malignant as possible.

I'm usually reticent to play the "keep the news from family member" game, but currently my Mom is not only not doing well healthwise, but she's having panic attacks that she's under a doctor's care for. At this point, she's having major upset if a home health aide is a half hour late, so waiting a couple days till we can tell her a definitive version of what's going on seems to actually be a good idea, for once.

I didn't know tonsillectomies were that major in an adult, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. He's had to have a tracheotomy to let him breathe easier at this point, because of the swelling from the surgery, which also isn't much fun.

Oh, Theo, I'm sorry to hear that. All kinds of ~ma for him. And I agree that holding off telling your mom for a few days is a good idea.

Also tonight: the start of Once Upon A Time, and also for me, The Amazing Race and The Walking Dead. And my roommate is recording both The Good Wife and Desperate Housewives.

I didn't know tonsillectomies were that major in an adult

Apparently after about age 21, we do not tolerate pain in that area of the mouth as well as kids do. My ENT told me that adults have died from that surgery and the recovery period is very long.

Freaked me right out and I did everything to avoid having surgery.