GIFTS: I have no advice here except get some colored pencils from New York Central, tie em up with ribbon from M&J. Everyone likes colored pencils. Don't you? You might be an artist.

Also, scissors. Everyone always needs scissors. I saw some nice ones at Fishes Eddy. Real heaft, sharp blades. Gold handles. Real nice.

And one last thing...riding in a car today staring up at the sky I was marveling at how vast our universe is...and that through a complicated process of water and minerals and other stuff we came to be humans who developed a language that contains the phrase d$*che bag. I'm not sure why, but this phrase has crossed my lips quite a bit lately and I'm not sure how i feel about it. [You can relax because my mother is in Panama and won't be reading this.] Eric says I must be watching too much Entourage. HA! Please. We all know I watch one show, and one show only.

As my friend Sara said, it's simply a very useful term. Care to discuss? No?