Ruminating Slav

Overheard

1. In the children's section of the local library, while reading board books to Baxter. A six-year-old or so little Asian girl came in with her white mom, and the little girl sat down next to me and Baxter and we all looked at the books together. Suddenly, apropos of nothing: "My mommy got me when I was 10 months old." I wasn't really sure what to make of this spontaneous adoption unburdening, so I replied, gesturing towards Baxter, "He's 11 months old." Nice.

2. My mother-in-law, after marveling that we only feed Buster 1½ cups of dog food a day, since she feeds her own morbidly obese dog -- which is half Buster's size -- two big Ole Miss tumblerfuls daily: "I wanted to slow her down." Also nice.

3. On the way out of School for Scoundrels last night as the credits were rolling: "Oh! Ben Stiller! He's, like, my favorite Jew!"

A list of some things

1. Baxter had his first haircut this past weekend. He didn't like it:



2. amazon.com's new unbox thingy is offering a free tv show download or $1.99 credit. If you're one of the lucky ones who can actually use their proprietary player (read: Windows user), have at it!

3. What's up with doctors who induce labor before the due date and then give you 10 hours to have the kid before slicing and dicing? I'm just sayin'.

4. BK is going to London and Milan in October. If Baxter's passport gets here on time, should we go with? Because, London and Milan, yay! Nine hours on a plane with Baxter, boo.

5. BK is obsessed with the U.S. Open this year for some reason. I'm tired of my living room being filled with surround-sound rhythmic grunts every night. [insert your own porn joke here]

6. The Stanimal is currently on a three-week spa retreat somewhere in Poland. I got an email from him last week detailing the 84 treatments he and his wife will be receiving while they are there. Two days later I got an email asking if I'd received the first. Damn. Now I have to come up with something to say about underwater massage.

7. [ENORMOUS NERD WARNING] Looks like DirecTV will finally be updating the software on the HR10-250 (their TiVo-powered HD DVR). This means soon I will have my folders back and setting season passes will no longer take for-fucking-ever. Ahhhhhh.

8. Does anyone known what it is about the mailman and the UPS man that insipres my dog's fierce hatred and desire to maim? Is it because they come up to the house but don't come in? Does that make them suspicious somehow? And how can he smell them all the way from the backyard? I think some fancy googly-moogly may be in order, because I want answers.