How do you wax a whale?

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Surfer rides a whale - SAN CLEMENTE, California (AP) -- A surfer says the swell he was riding on a recent trip turned out to be more than just a wave -- it was a whale. Spyros Vamvas, a 60-year-old San Clemente therapist, felt the ocean swirl under him and was lifted up by the giant mammal. "All of a sudden I just felt, wow, this huge noise and bump," said Vamvas, "and it lifted my board up. I'm looking down, and there's just swirling water and I see barnacles on the back of the whale. I'm used to dolphins. This was different. It was huge." As I don't actually believe in whales (I lived 6 years on the coast of California: right on whale-migration central. You'd have thought that in all that time I'd have seen at least ONE whale in the ocean), I can only suppose this is part of the grand Disney whale-motronics propoganda conspiracy. Don't believe me? You'll notice no one actually had a camera handy...
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Maybe it's my accent...

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Today I went to try a new place for lunch - a sandwich shop a la Subway just a block over from the office. Me: 'Can I have my sandwich on a baguette?' Sandwich Lady: 'We're out of baguettes. We have French sticks though.' Me: 'Um. Ok. French stick. Can I have mustard please?' SL: 'English or French mustard?' Me: 'French, please.' SL: 'We're out of French. We only have English mustard.' Me: 'Tell you what. Surprise me.'
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She's a Tide girl

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I've been told that when I was a child, I couldn't stand to be dirty. I'd insist on changing 3 or 4 times a day. Apparently, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Ella has taken to meticulously inspecting her clothing periodically. If there are any crumbs or, God forbid, something wet like juice, she immediately strips and brings them to you, declaring "it's messy" or "it's wet." As if to say "This has become soiled. Please burn it." It was cute at first, until she started doing it while company was over, or playing outisde with the neighbor kid, or while standing in line at the bank... Speaking of not falling far from the tree, the other night she fell out of bed. Man was she pissed. This one she didn't get from me, as I've always slept like the dead - but Giuia's parents tell me she was never allowed to use the top bunk as a child...
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