it's good to be scary

(Continuing our "Latest Must Have Dressing Up Fashion Trends" series, here is a stunning outfit in orange.)

This is quite the most wonderous lobster I've ever met in my whole entire life (and I've met a few). I could just gobble her all up right this instant--or have her on toast for my tea.

(And she's not really scary. she's only pretending.)

it's good to be furry

(This the first in our "Latest Must Have Dressing Up Fashion Trends" series.)

Seen in this photo are the quadruplets: Daniel, Andrew, Thomas and Sarah. I don't know which outfit is my favorite. They're all so good. So I'll just say what children say when they're asked that question: "They're all my favorites!"

The quadruplets, of course, star in HOW TO BE A BABY (appearing on the pink sofa as the Big Sisters' "Real Friends" in contrast to the poor Baby who doesn't have any real ones, just pretend ones like stuffed bears, etc.).

The only one missing here is The Baby Herself... but stay tuned... she's coming up in this series and in a quite stunning outfit...

health books

"Be careful about reading health books.
You may die of a misprint."

— Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Burger Magic Trick

how on earth? all I know about this is that it made me want to rush out and gobble up a big mac...

Gold Moonbeam Award!

The Jesus Storybook Bible has won a Gold 2007 Moonbeam Children's Book Award in the "Religion/Spiritualilty" category.

“The Moonbeam Awards are designed to honor the year's best children’s books, authors and illustrators, and to bring increased recognition to exemplary children’s books and their creators. Our ambition is to support children's book publishing and to promote childhood literacy and life-long reading.”

Does this mean me and Jago get to wear a crown now with sparkles on? And give speeches? And cry?

(nah, just kidding)

it's thrilling news and a great honor — and there's no question of Who is getting all the glory here...

UK's Greatest Wit

Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde (that really is his whole name I didn't make it up) was just voted UK's Greatest Wit. He said awfully witty things like: "I can resist everything except temptation" and other clever stuff like that.

He beat Spike MIlligan who came in second (one of the "goons" and a brilliant comedian, who had engraved on his tombstone the epitaph, "I told you I was ill"), Stephen Fry and Jeremy Clarkson (third and fourth), Noel Coward, Sir Winston Churchill and Shakespeare.

Margaret Thatcher was the highest ranked woman coming in at 12 (she once quipped: "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.")

So there you have it. Or, as we say in the UK, Bob's Your Uncle. And more on that later. For now, a great quote from the UK's Greatest Wit...

"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." — Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

words that are too big

"Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite."

— C S Lewis (1898 - 1963)

horribly bossy and depressing fortune cookies

Have you ever?

Made by Wonton Food in Queens (who apparently were just trying to be "more contemporary") these gloom cookies have been spreading their poison far and wide, showing up in restaurants all over the country.

Couldn't they think of something nicer to say to you, before you eat them?

I like your hair. nice shoes. something. anything.

Reminds me of the joke about the complementary peanuts. They're the peanuts that say to you stuff like, "I like your sweater" or "you look pretty tonight" or "you are such a cool person". Maybe these naughty cookies could learn a thing or two from peanuts.

Read more about these disturbing misfortune cookies here