I have no idea how I managed not to post last night. Especially since I made a point of going upstairs early with the specific intention of updating my blog. And yet, there was no post. What probably happened was that I became distracted by DeepDiscountDVD’s shiny DVD sale and forgot all about why I was on the fraking internet anyway. Oh, now I remember reading from Roger Ebert’s new book last night (yea! I was reading!), although I was really reading just to find more DVDs to buy (yea, not so much).

Yesterday was my Dad’s birthday. Every year he has the same thing: Steak, potatoes, apple pie. Usually my mom makes the pie the day before, giving it time to cool before we eat it. This year we learned why you don’t put birthday candles on a hot apple pie. My mom lit the candles, started singing Happy Birthday, and then started singing much faster as she rushed to the dining room table. The heat was melting the candles from the bottom up and they were slowly sinking into the pie. My dad blew out the candles before the song was completely done and both parents furiously started pulling hot candles out of the pie, which were mainly just wicks now. It was pretty funny.