Note: No Kara report last week, I was interrupted by my dad calling about my granddad; so I was there for about three trash pulls.

( Cut for drama )

To: Parents
From: Local ER doctors
Re: Letting children play with fireworks

FIREWORKS ARE ON FIRE.

I haven't bought the kid new books-of-her-own in a while, except a neat hardcover copy of Charlotte's Web (some pig!). I am looking for some ideas on what to get her for her upcoming birthday, but that's only tangentially related to my real question.

Do feel free to rec anything you like, of course, but my question is this:

What book do you remember liking best as a child that you CANNOT remember the name of? And why did you like it?

( I'll start, below the cut. )

Every night, I listen to the voices of those who have lost someone they loved, and while I prayed for them, I did not share their names.

Today, I have one to share.

My grandfather, J. B. Corvin, passed from this life to the next this morning.

He enjoyed a full life with his wife of nearly 65 years and their family. He was a devout member of the Assembly of God church, participated highly with the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Good Sams, and was visited by his friends and neighbors until the end.

I will be at home with my family today.

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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

The best Prince Caspian parody evar

Sample quote:

PETER: I had to fight them because they shoved me. Also they did not bow to me or offer me tribute as their High King.
EDMUND: O High King, I offer you some tribute. It consists of these four magical words.
PETER: What?
EDMUND: SHUT THE HELL UP.
SUSAN: Let’s just face the fact we are never getting back to Narnia.
DRAMATIC IRONY: Oh really?

For those of you who aren't knitters, allow me to explain.( rant )

I don't want to talk about knitting, I just want to share that I'm grown-up enough to buy certain products, but silly enough to think that a soft yarn case is all I need to protect them against the ravages of my purse.

So, apparently, I'm a prude for thinking that a knitting community is not the correct place to inquire about the packaging of prophylactics.

Why, yes, actually, I AM a prude among strangers, and sometimes I wish more people were as well.