Galileo

Betsy noticed that our neighbors have red binoculars placed in the window directly opposite our living room. If they'd looked in this weekend, here are some of the things they may have seen:

homemade apple pie (by Erin) and French movies with red wine, bacon corn muffins (by Erin) and stories of obsession and good conversation, one good phone call and the skinny mirror, meeting the future Mr. Becca, rearranging furniture by myself all afternoon and the attending forms of frustration, Kenji sans projector but plus sushi and Jen's face when she tried it for the first time, midnight strikes by Marieka, "the Eye-talian butt release" and massage tables, Craig in overalls and the hugest pot of sausage and peppers anyone has ever seen, the "Thirty-Minute Mojito" by yours truly, not enough hip for that hop, etc., Four on a Red Pillow, Trivial Pursuit -- done in by Pearl Jam.

Betsy, upon removing Ralph the Beta Fish from his tank with a spaghetti strainer: "The quality of Ralph is not strain'd."