Nilly, I know your beautiful boy looks little to you in those pictures, since they're 4 months old, but all I can think is "He's so BIG!!!" And beautiful, too, of course.

Apparently he wasn't legally allowed to drive without the surgery. I mean, they were going to give him the license anyway, but they shouldn't have, so he had the surgery. Jesus.

My dad is a scary driver, for a lot of reasons, and one of them is his vision (he's 70 [Jesus, my dad is 70; what am *I*, 40? oh, wait], so declining vision is normal, but it still doesn't make his driving less scary), and he had cataract surgery in one eye at the beginning of this month, and the other eye is scheduled for early March. He said that there is a huge difference in the eye that was operated on, which is a relief to me. I'm hoping his driving will become less scary, if not totally normal.

I want to see one where they zoom and enhance a satellite photo to read someone's credit card number during an outdoor transaction.

(he's 70 [Jesus, my dad is 70; what am *I*, 40? oh, wait

Ha! I had the same reaction when my dad turned 70 a couple of weeks ago. And I'm actually 43! SO OLD!

After my mom's cataract surgery she stopped wearing her bifocals - her distance vision was essentially back to 20/20.

My dad's been legally blind without his glasses since as far back as I can remember. I don't know how much this can have, but if it pulls him back from the brink, that's great.

Why isn't Simon Baker even trying with the accent in last night's episode?

Hey, anyone here do that Instagram thing?

Also, why am I still dead today? And will I be able to take a sick day today (I tried yesterday, but only managed half...)?

My mother refused to admit that her vision was any better after she had one eye done. She'd only say that she was noticing dirt everywhere that she hadn't seen before.

My dad's cataract surgeries worked fantasticaly!

NILLY! Oh, goodness, he is a darling, darling boy! What a smile machine!

My stepson M is going as Wolverine for Purim. I'm so proud...

(I know Purim is a fun holiday, and I read the book of Esther a zillion times as a kid -- I thought it was a cool story -- but I have to admit other than "FUN JEWISH FESTIVAL BASED ON BOOK OF ESTHER" I'm a little sketchy on the details.)

But if M wants to dress up as a superhero for it, GeekAgnosticStepmom says "Hells yeah!"

Great pictures, Nilly!

Paging Holli: there is a current thread on the TP listserv and vintage clothing stores around. Send me the info on your new shop so I can post it!

Sparky, I'm taking over the downstairs at Polly Sue's, which has been there for years and years. But if you'd like to mention me, I'd really appreciate it! I officially open March 1, and I'll have women's and girls' clothes, along with vintage photos and art.

Japanese Fart Scrolls

I was doing research for another post a while back, and found something a bit…unusual. It was an old Japanese scroll about farting.

No, you didn’t misread that last sentence. The whole scroll, which is called He-Gassen (“The Fart Battle”) is just about people farting. Farting at other people, farting at cats, farting off of horses, farting into bags; just farting everywhere.

eta: Oops. Kinda NSFW because of naked butts.