I think I want someone to high five me every time I accomplish a task and then give me a gold star, and after I reach a certain number of gold stars, that person should bring me a cupcake or some curly fries for a job well done.

That sounds like an excellent system that should be instituted immediately.

I mean, there's something called Cannibal! The Musical, but I don't know anything about it.

I think I've seen that. A movie by the South Park guys? If it's what I'm thinking of, it was pretty good: funny, with a good emotional through line and some catchy tunes. I still go around singing how my heart's as warm as a baked potato sometimes.

I know I have an umbrella liability policy but I forget for how much. I think it's pretty high, just in case, but the policy payments are not expensive. My insurance agent suggested it when we were getting homeowner's, and it was such small change in comparison it seemed to make sense. I similarly have a life insurance policy just so my heirs will have some money to spend on selling my house or court fees for settling probate or whatever, because insurance does not have to go through probate. I do need to change the beneficiaries of that, though, I mean for it to go to my niece and nephew - she's still a minor but he's 21 so he should be on it.

Why It’s So Hard to Get Great Bagels in California

The story of a sad New Yorker in LA, trying to find a taste of home.

I know The Guy from Arkansas Who Ordered Delivery BBQ Ribs in Milwaukee turned out to be a horror story.

I think I've seen that. A movie by the South Park guys?

Oh yeah, that is what it is.

My mother should have gone the "let's not get insurance involved" route, because after three fender benders in two years, her insurance got canceled. Oops.

Congrats, Sheryl and Gary.

We are in St. George, UT, on our way home from a week long trip to Idaho. I will be thrilled to be home soon. Until then, I'm hiding from the 101 degree heat. In Idaho Falls this AM, it was in the 50s and rainy. WHAT?

shrift, did you find a new place?

I think I want someone to high five me every time I accomplish a task and then give me a gold star, and after I reach a certain number of gold stars, that person should bring me a cupcake or some curly fries for a job well done.

I thought your company did that. I'm so disillusioned.

The inside scoop on all the perks Google does not, in fact, offer its employees is kind of a bummer. No IV caffeine for the commute; no high-fives and curly fries incentive program. Sad, really.

shrift, did you find a new place?

I did, Kat! I signed a lease on a 1-bedroom in Inner Sunset.

I thought your company did that. I'm so disillusioned.

I can get the high fives and stickers. I have yet to experience a curly fries cart. Things that I have been offered on a cart: beer, donuts, popsicles, ice cream sundaes, appetizers.

I'm hiding from the 101 degree heat

Yup, sounds typical. If you're going to be in town tomorrow, you can celebrate Pioneer Day.