[crabapple]

I think it is good to reflect that people are experiencing a whole range of things around the holiday season and some are having a better time of it than others. I mean, that's true all the time, but around the festival season people generally look around, and try their best to be happy if they are so inclined. With that in mind, if you have a chance, do or say something pleasant that will add to the niceness of someone's day.

Last night I went to the Chinese place down the street that has the cheap tasty food. The place was some kind of madhouse, packed with a long line of people ordering food (apparently) faster than the place could prepare it. They were serving up big bowls of steaming hot soup with things floating in them, blobs of something fried in batter, heaps of noodles.

I ordered some of my favorite dish but my little hooties have to eat too so I got them one shrimp apiece. It drives them crazy, they turn into little werewolves when they smell the shrimp. So I told the girl, "And three shrimp for my CATS!" and she looked at me like "Huh What!" and I said "I'm totally serious" and she apparently enjoyed this.