Overheard, yesterday, in San Jose:
-- My life, basically, is all about herding cats.
-- Oh, really? How many cats do you have?
I had no idea that cat-ranching was an actual career path. Then again, maybe...
If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if your very essence were distilled and bottled in a crystal decanter and then sniffed enthusiastically by a Celestial Soul Portrait artist who, becoming high on the fumes of your celestial essence, proceeded to Photoshop the shit out of a picture of you, well, wonder no more… (UPDATED to include excerpts from Celestial Soul Questionnaire.)
Tomorrow, Emilia turns five.
Tonight, she said to me, "Mommy, tomorrow I will be five. I hope I don't toot at my party."
"Toot?"
"You know, when your poo blows, and it makes a noise."
"Oh."
"If I toot...
