Questions at the ball game

--[when walking to our seats past all the tempting vendors] Can I have a hot dog, french fries, pizza, AND ice cream?

--[when walking up and up and up to the very top of the stadium] We are so lucky because we get to sit all the way on top. Why are all those people sitting way down there?

--[when looking down at the field from our extremely high seats] Those people look like toys. Look! A toy flag! Why do we have to stand up [to sing the National Anthem] when it's only a toy flag?

--[after watching the Assistant [to the] Regional Manager of Harris Teeter throw out the first pitch] Why didn't anybody bat?

--[When Jay brought back only one bottle of water] But we each have our own cup holder! We need three waters!

--[When the announcer said the [people dressed up as long-dead] Presidents were going to run around the baseball field] When you talk about Obama and everybody running for President...you don't mean that kind of running...do you? Is Obama going to run around the field or is he going to add up the votes?

--Why isn't anybody here rooting for the Marlins?

--Do birds fly higher than the stadium?

My Marnie

We got something new for the wall above the couch in the living room. We think it's the most beautiful and most obvious thing and we comment on it almost every time we walk into the house. However, we had guests the other night, and they didn't notice. Jay and I are discussing it. How could they not notice?

Jay: Well, maybe it's not that noticeable. Maybe most people who come over won't notice.

Me, begging to differ and, in my haste to disagree, forgetting for a minute that Marnie changed her name: Marnie R----- will notice within 3.5 seconds of walking into the house.

Simon: Whose Marnie is that? Is that my Marnie?