Simon laughs at Jay The Hack Master

3G network

The scene: We are playing games in the basement after dinner. Simon asks a question that neither Aunt Marnie nor Uncle David can answer.

David: I don't know, sorry.

Simon: Can you look it up on your iPhone?

David [feeling lazy]: I could. But I'm not getting any wifi down here in the basement.

Simon: But aren't you on the 3G network?

Simon the pianist

Location: The dinner table. Uncle David is describing the scene at El Pinto, the 1,000-seat Albuquerque restaurant that has become a community institution.

David: Every politician who stops through New Mexico goes there. And every rock star and movie star. They have photos of the wall of every famous musician in the world hanging out there.

Simon: Was Beethoven there?

Following this conversation, Simon delivered a magnificent piano performance.

Tempting Teal is not dull and boring

If Simon could paint his bedroom any color, it would be Tempting Teal, which, as he explains, is a "bright and lively" color made by Glidden.

I'll take four kinds of Parmesan cheese, please

For his 7th birthday, Simon wanted a dinner party. There was pasta, homemade sauce, four kinds of Parmesan cheese and Bébé Prosecco for the adults.

Nanosecond vs. millisecond

Location: The Silver Spring Regal Majestic 20. We arrived early and secured seats (Simon prefers the last row) and then realized we had to go back to the hallway to get a booster chair.

Simon: C'mon.
David: We've got time. We won't miss a second of the movie.
Simon: Okay.
David: Actually, we might not actually notice if we miss only one second.
Simon: Well, we could miss a nanosecond. But I don't want to miss a millisecond. Or a second.

Cherry Blossoms...and shapes

Here, Simon explains the contents of his paper he's been carrying around during the Cherry Blossom viewing, it seems to be about topology, or shapes, or polyhedrons, or something of that nature.