this is what happens when you don't get enough sleep

First day of Spanish camp. Meh. It's not all that - at least not the Kindergarten class that Justin is in. Hopefully it'll get more fun as the week progresses.

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I know I've been living under a rock lately, but somehow it escaped my notice that for the new L&O incarnation, not only is Jerry Orbach going to reprise his role as Lennie Briscoe, but Carey Lowell is going to be Jamie Ross. In a "starring" role, no less - not just a cameo to suck people in for one ep. Hm. This could be interesting. Just hope it doesn't suck muchly.

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We've been OD'ing on LOTR in this house. It had to happen, what with us now owning two of the extendiversions and the kids eager to lap up whatever they can on it and asking about a dozen questions per minute when we actually watch it. I think I'm going to start dreaming in Elvish.

So the other day, somehow we ended up talking about Gollum and... well...

Daniel: What was Gollum's real name?
Chris: Sméagol.
Daniel: And his cousin's?
Me: Déagol
Chris: You know, they had a pet together.
Me: What?
Chris: A beagle.
Me: The Déagol-Sméagol beagle?
Chris: Yeah.
Me: Oh, and a wizard put a spell on their dog.
Chris: Yeah?
Me: Yeah. Transformed it into a half-dog, half-bird creature. An eagle-beagle.
Chris: The Déagol-Sméagol eagle-beagle?
Me: Yeah. And they needed a licence for it. Like a dog licence.
Chris: Why?
Me: To make it a legal Déagol-Sméagol eagle-beagle.
Chris: That wasn't the half of it. It got sick.
Me: With what?
Chris: Urinary incontinence. Had to do pelvic exercises.
Me: Legal Déagol-Sméagol eagle-beagle kegels?

We had to stop there. The kids sure loved trying to say the whole thing, though ;)

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And Daniel wants to know all about all the monsters in D&D. He had a tough time distinguishing between goblins and hobgoblins, and figuring out what was so bad about the huge gelatinous cube that we were supposed to be wary of (it's a ten-foot cube of mindless, gelatinous matter that slides from one place to another, absorbing everything in its path).

He was even more puzzled when I told him an evil wizard had once crossed a cube with a goblin. Bringing forth a creature so hideous we feared to even say its name: the Bloblin.

I probably oughtta stick a fork in myself, 'cause I think I'm done.

Is this a kissing book??

OK, this? Is brilliant.

The Lord of the Rings meets The Princess Bride.