A Banner Wednesday (with 3 pesky exceptions)

Today is a banner day! I finally figured out that I could adjust my Google settings to maneuver multiple Gmail accounts simultaneously. For nearly 2 years now, I’ve been manually switching back and forth between my 2 accounts, all the while wishing there was a way to keep both open at the same time. Luckily, some smart Google employee also thought of my brilliant idea and—much more brilliantly—figured out how to make it work. It’s a little silly how happy this makes me feel.

Speaking of smart people, did you see the genius kid on Yahoo! News yesterday? Dizzyingly perceptive: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110329/ts_yblog_thelookout/for-12-year-old-astrophysics-prodigy-the-skys-the-limit.

On a not-so-banner note, Wednesdays I’ve been doing my weekly weigh-ins (violating my New Year’s Resolution to stay off the scale for the first 6 months of 2011). On this particular Wednesday, I am 3 pounds heavier than I was last week. (Sigh!) How does this happen? Sugar and salt are my strongest suspects. Mostly sugar. Sugar is my mortal enemy. OK, that can’t be true—it’s inanimate, it’s neutral. But sugar—or, rather, the over-consumption of sugar—brings out the villain in me, as Pearl so perfectly put it! Moderation is not my strong suit. And so, for today (er, um, for the rest of today), I shall abstain from the ingestion of my mortal enemy!

Speaking of enemies, I meant to mention the other day that Pearl’s use of the term “villains” rather than “bad guys” might have struck some readers as odd. I’m not sure why my kids say “villain” (instead of, say, “scoundrel,” “rascal,” or “thug”), but they do.

And another thing about that post: When Pearl says “what in the hills,” she’s not merely repeating some Southern expression of disbelief (such as “what in the Sam hill…”). No, I’m pretty sure it’s her misinterpretation of the plain-old expletive now known for its abbreviation, WTH. Since Will and I don’t talk that way, she must have heard it on TV, but not quite right—and by-gum, I’m glad!