Because Lists Are Easier

1.  I thought of another "moot point" I used to use.  I thought it was "On the Devil."  Not "on the double."  Example.  Ken would say, "Can you get me an Oreo on the double?"  As in super quick.  I heard- "Will you get me an Oreo on the Devil?"  As in the devil will cover the charge.  When I finally broke down (after being married for 6 years) and asked him why people say "on the devil"... I was extremely humiliated.  It has nothing to do with temptation or the devil picking up the tab.  At all.  As you all know.

2.  My sister, Victoria, is getting married in 2 weeks.  I have been looking for a shrug mercilessly for at least 6 weeks.  A shrug is a mini sweater- that covers up the fattest part of your arms.  Which is why I want it.  I need one in ivory or beige or a light light pink.  Do you have one I could borrow?  Or a link to where I can buy one.  Desperation in sinking in.

3.  Andi, the DJ at 26.9 The Fantasy Line, sent me this little gem-let yesterday.  The e-mail just said "You're Welcome."  Andi has been running her imaginary radio station since she was probably 9 or 10.  She'd sit in the living room and replay the intros to Air Supply's Greatest Hits until she had her intros timed to right when the lyrics started.  We were encouraged to "call in" and make requests.  Off that set of tracks I like "Lost in Love," "All Out of Love," and "Making Love Out of Nothing At All." I think her inspiration was Delila After Dark.  Delila was the evening DJ on Pittsburgh's Soft Rock Station: WISH 99.7.  I think Andi has honed the art.  Am I the only one who thinks it's funny that the station frequency is 26.9?  Which doesn't exist on a real radio dial.  And she called it The Fantasy Line?  But it is in no way similar to a 900 number.  Andi didn't know these correlations when she kicked off her radio debut.  But I'm glad she hasn't changed them in the last 15 years.

4.   I think Kole is back to normal.

5.  I'm really into Breaking Bad right now.  A couple of those episodes in Season 2 I had to sit out.  I have Post Television Stress Disorder and Walt was not helping.  But now that I have safely entered Season 3 through Netflix... I can't get enough.

6.  I just finished reading The World According to Garp by John Irving.  It was stunning and horribly sad.  And I feel like Garp is real.  Next in line?  Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer.

7.  Last night I went out with my friend, Celeste.  We went sans kids.  We ate (I over ate) at Texas Roadhouse because Ken is too much of a food snob to ever eat there with me.  I ate 6 of those incredibly soft rolls with their cinnamon-y honey butter.  It was the perfect refresher.  We talked about new houses and old boyfriends and things that will get better and things that will get worse.  And we didn't talk about our kids at all.  Which was deeeeeelightful.

8.  I think I am putting on one pound per day.  I'm getting blimpy up there in front.  When I am pregnant I feel like as my stomach gets bigger the rest of my body gets smaller.  My face is thinner, my plump peach bum recedes, my legs are skinny and toned, my back has a beautiful curve to it.  I know it can't be true.  But when I look in the mirror.... I see it.  Oh yes.  I see it.

9.  Thanks, Beth, for evening us off at 65.