Dailies

Piper and Addie laughing
Above, Addie and Piper sharing some chuckles at dinner last night.

Me: I assert that my blended combination of ice cream, milk and flavoring summons any and all males to my immediate proximity, and that the quality of my frozen treat is superior to all challengers.
Lamont: it would be possible to instruct you as to my method of blending such frozen treats, but I am afraid [...]

… says, paraphrased, that the simplest explanation for things is generally right. Here are some explanations for things where, I’m hoping, Occam (or “William of Ockham,” per Wikipedia) is getting it wrong.

Piper is sneaking out of the bedroom while we’re asleep and eating fistfuls of turmeric.
Piper is sneaking out of the bedroom while we’re [...]

Favrd. Trickle-down egonomics for the twitter attention sp…
Neat service pulling intriguing Tweets by how many times they’ve been marked as someone’s favorite — something like Flickr’s “interestingness” algorithm. I went to check out the page (at the above link) and noted this little gem, from Twitter user hotdogsladiesкомпютри:
Clinton fans tell us they’ll protest by [...]

Via the inimitable Warren Ellis, of course.