1. I've had the theme from Electric Company stuck in my head for the past two days. I'm in Oncology this week, where there's no radio in the IV room. So it's pretty much just me with my thoughts...and the theme song from Electric Company.

2. Dominic tried an electric guitar for the first time, tonight, thanks to secret_malady . It brought to mind the saying "The first hit is always free". Dominic is hooked. He doesn't know what lust is yet, but he has it in spades for an electric guitar. 

3. Newman Os have officially out-Oreoed the Oreo cookie, in my opinion. They are what the Oreo wishes it could be.

4. I've been rehearsing bully-related scenarios with Tony, due to a certain kid at school picking on him by accusing him of masturbating and of being gay. So last night, I found myself coaching Tony on how to give withering looks, followed by "If you say so..." and "Who doesn't masturbate?" Of course, my first impulse, and Nick's when I told him, was to have Tony say something along the lines of, "You wish, sailor!" in his most fey voice. We really should not be allowed to parent.

5. Since it's free, I'm running the half-marathon in April. I've been running up and down the four story staircase at work, and running up to campus in the mornings, to get myself re-conditioned for hills. The echo and lung studies were normal, so I guess I'm just really de-conditioned when it comes to running uphill.

6. I watched Fast Food Nation with the boys on Saturday, and there are a couple of scenes where people are smoking pot and a few sex scenes. Since the sex scenes were a little crass, I had the boys cover their eyes. When the pot smoking scene came on, Dominic turned to me, all bug-eyed, and said, "But my teacher says smoking pot is bad! It will kill you, right?" I really didn't know what to say. I thought for a minute, and finally told Dominic that pot is not like heroin or meth or cocaine, but that it is not good for growing bodies and it is still illegal and can land you in jail or get you fired. He seemed okay with that, but I could see some mental reshuffling going on in his head. One of those Oh No! Differing Opinions From Beloved Authority Figures! moments. Poor kid.