Bits of Miscellany

I. Birth Announcement

Belated congratulations to my friend Kirby and his wife Suedehead on the birth of a daughter, Una Lou.

With a name that adorable, she's genetically predetermined to be a superlative cutie.

And therein lies Kirby's problem.

II. More of a Help or a Hinderance: Undetermined

So last weekend I helped my friends the Ottermans move into their new digs. I forgot as I went home that an enormous box representing all of their clothes hangers was tucked away safely in the cavernous trunk of my antiquated automobile. This goes on for five days while they search frantically everywhere, including both their old and new houses, for the missing hangers.

Have I just ensured that my number won't be called the next time they move?

III. That Kind of Summer

Last night Ali opened the DVD closet and stood there looking for something to watch while ironing. I guessed what she was going to pick before I heard the opening rock song from upstairs. Three Kings. It's been that kind of summer for her. Since June she's read Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Kite Runner, Persepolis and Persepolis 2 and we've spent several nights over the past couple of weeks with Kiarostami's 10. Not to mention whatever news is available to a household with one newspapaer subscription and no cable. Sure, a couple of those books have been pimped in the mainstream press quite a bit (my own reading progress from that list is limited to Persepolis and being in the midst of The Kite Runner), but it's been a middle east summer.