Okay, so it’s only 9:11 in the morning (on 9/11 — weird), but this is still cute. You just send a photo of a kid (yours or otherwise) and they put it into a pretty little story.

So far, they only offer the one story with fairies, but this month a pirate story is coming out! And the price seems reasonable for what you get. If only my nephews hadn’t grown up so fast.

Found via Photojojo.

I sure wish I could enjoy a pleasant lunch full of noodly goodness without being distracted by rude people all over the place.

There are three types of people who annoyed me at the pho place today.

1. Guy who’s eating alone, but chooses to sit at a table for six so he can “spread out with the newspaper.” I can guess why he’s eating alone. Eventually, the place got so crowded, he was forced to share two seats with a mother and child, while he still occupied the space of four place settings. I left before the mother and child got their food, but I’m hoping the little boy splished noodle juice all over Mr. Considerate’s newspaper.

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I can’t quite come to terms with Fred Thompson running for president. I mean, he’s the guy on Law and Order. He’s the stalwart and compassionate-yet-tough-on-crime District Attorney. I think his character would make a decent president, but the real him is republican. Yuck.

It’s tough, because he looks very presidential. Doesn’t resemble a monkey at all. And I gotta like his taste in TV shows.

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I’m grumpy and restless and fairly certain I’m encountering PMS-land. I’ve been told I should write stuff down, get out everything that’s frustrating me, irritating me, worrying me, annoying me, angering me, and so on. But it seems as though all of my posts here have been negative. At least an unhealthy percentage of them. When I’m in a good mood, there are other things I’d rather do besides sit here and write. But when my mood goes south, all that’s left to do is whine about it.

But maybe I should try to put a more positive, hopeful spin on things. Write about what I want to be able to do, write about what I’d like to get sorted out and cleared up. That’s probably a better idea than just listing my complaints. It has an illusion of forward motion, anyway.

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