Owen and Olivia are both home sick today. They've been amusing themselves for the last two hours with a Harry Potter Spells app and are dueling each other using the iTouch and iPhone.

Owen told Olivia she can't use Avada Kedavra but he just showed her how to use Expelliamus.

I used to frequent a Chinese restaurant that would get regulars' drinks as soon as they came in. They wouldn't assume where you sat, but you didn't have to wait. Plus I went in reading all the time and they'd comment on when I started a new book.

So, immediate family crisis has been averted. It's not a health thing, it's a major family drama issue that seriously needs to be resolved but my cousin needs to act like an adult and make some hard choices. Unfortunately my Aunt gets caught in the middle.

Dude, you can have Inn 'n Out.

I love it when staff remembers me. I'm dying for people to talk to most of the time, though.

In unrelated news, a picture book for all of us.

I've never seen Unshelved! But I am laughing my ass off. Also, I think this one will be Owen as an adult.

Unshelved is awesome, and they proved it with this: [link]

In unrelated news, a picture book for all of us.

We saw that in Costco the other day! It's very amusing. Although, in an alternate world, it's called Goodnight Zune.

Unshelved is a comic based on a small town library

Unshelved is awesome.

Uh, did I know we'd been namechecked in a webcomic? That's feeling like news to me.

Oh, man, I'm so behind on timesheets. Like, November behind. Let me get on that before the change control meeting rakes me over the coals.

Anyone here does sous-vide cooking? Are we all behind the trend? Tell me someone from the Buffistas is representing...