December 2005 Archives

From the Mamas:

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL MEMORY OF YOU AND ME.

It can be anything you want--good or bad--BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.

When you're finished, post this paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people DON'T ACTUALLY remember about you.

Google earworms.

Last night, my dear husband was watching a DVD about the Irish Brigade and some of the music got stuck in my head. All night long. Nothing like staring at the ceiling in the middle of the night with a melancholy fife-and-drum tune playing in your head, especially when you can't remember the title.

So around 6:00 AM, I decided to ask him.

Peony: Psst! Honey! Are you awake?

Posco: Uh?....I am now.

Peony: What's that music from your DVD last night? You know: La-laaaa la lalalala la la la, La lalaaa, la lalalala lalala....

Posco: I don't know. Google it.

Peony: How can I google a tune I don't know?

Posco: Search on Civil War Irish music.

Peony: *thinks* But wouldn't it be cool if you could google a tune? They could call it Google Earworm! You could sing into a little microphone....

Posco: I bet Bill Gates is working on it right now.

Peony: Bill Gates doesn't own Google. I bet they're mortal enemies.

Posco: He's probably more concerned with Dan Snyder.

Peony: *wonders if Bill Gates owns a football team*

Posco: *smiles at having successfully distracted his wife and goes back to sleep*

I did figure out what the tune was later this morning. It was...

Peony: Just to make it clear, we're not getting a dog. But if we did get a dog, and we're not, it's going to be one of these dogs. (Shows husband the new Lands' End catalog with the Boston Terrier on the front.)

Posco: You want a dog with antlers?

Peony: I don't want a dog, and this one is just wearing a costume. But if I did want a dog, I would want one of these little black and white ones. Without the antlers. And I could name her Bellatrix!

Posco: Great! I know what you're getting for Christmas.

Peony: No! I don't want a dog. I just wanted to show you which one I would want if I did.

Posco: Bellatrix. But what if it's a boy dog?

Peony: It would be a girl dog. So I could name her Bellatrix.

Posco: And what kind of dog is that?

Peony: A Boston Terrier.

Posco: Well, if she's a Boston Terrier, you'd have to name her Bellertrix, wouldn't you?