On the radio

If we could wrap our kids in bubble wrap, we would. Because we love them and want to protect them.

...and want them to smother. ---Lila

...but don't love them too much. ---Ernie

Thus begins the storm!

Visiting home is the only situation where I am exposed to television. On this visit, I haven't actually watched any television, but it has been a frequent conversational topic. M. mentioned the show Jon and Kate Plus 8, whose stars are a family with eight children from only two pregnancies (twins, then sextuplets). Nevermind the fiddly details or our ridiculous conversation. The take-away message was this: it would be improved if, each week or month, they all voted one kid off the show.

Please?

This post begins the fontesefontes co-vacation. Expect more!

Passive-aggressive recipes

My favorite of these 14 passive-aggressive appetizers (hat tip: A.):

Top thick slices of country bread with fresh goat cheese. Sprinkle with herbs and bake until crusty; serve to everyone but Jeff.

I invite you to add your own passive-aggressive recipe in the comments. A quick brainstorm of everyone at the table yields jalapeño fudge brownies as (1) an excellent experiment, and (2) quite passive-aggressive, if inaccurately labeled ("fudge brownies! try one!").

Existential gchat opening

Ernie: Lila you there?

Lila: Yes, are you there?

Ernie: no

Ernie: aaah!

Iranian Photoshoppery

At this point, probably everyone has seen the report that Iran's publicity photo of their supposed four-rocket test contained only three distinct rockets. Here is a link to the NYT blog on the subject, a link to their original article. The picture is no longer included in the second link, but you can see a snapshot of their cover page with the original image in the blog link. You can see the obvious edits made in this picture from the NYT blog:


The BB coverage of the photoshoppery includes several selected upgrades to Iran's job. My favorites include a commercial re-edit


and this rather fetching, classical interpretation.


To see more cleverness, check out the BB comments.