I wonder if Rice gets the irony of what she is saying. I was in one of those one hand, one foot wacky balancing yoga poses listening to NPR (national public radio, like the CBC but way less public funding) this morning when I heard that and I almost fell out of the pose with my snorting of irony.

Glad the parents are ok! Love text messaging. I've converted my dad - I had to explain to him recently that the reason why the youths in his show don't read his email messages is cause they think email is for old people - they're all about the IMing. He says he IMs them now and it's all good. He rolls his eyes while doing it though, and I don't blame him at all.

Your parents are seriously like the 20th couple/person I know(ishly) who've visited Hawaii this year. Last year I swear, no one I know went there. What is up with that? Is the universe trying to send me a message? Is it suddenly like retro cool? My friend, Eviltiff, said she wanted to see volcanoes and it was there or Costa Rica. We all know, I think, what I would have chosen (a new stamp in the passport, please!), but she chose Hawaii, had a great time and brought me earrings - yay!

I got out of jury duty by saying I don't believe in objectivity. Never knew that was going to come in handy - thank you Sociology.