If you're within driving distance, the Children's Book Illustrator show at the University of New England is phenomenal. And if you're in the vicinity, you might as well swing over to the Big Sky Bread Company because they make apple turnovers that are kind of awesome.

I just totaled up the weeks left in the year; only 12 to go! Also, I should probably figure out just how many cups of coffee I've drank up until this point.

I wish I could take credit for the "Abigail, Belle of Kilronan" remark above, but someone actually asked me that years ago. Since I typically get asked, "Abbie, like 'Dear Abby'?" the random Magnetic Fields reference was a welcome departure.

We also argued about a Winnebago nightlight, but I'll spare you the details on that one.

Spiderman has a certain ring to it, don't you think?

How awesome would it be to operate with the reckless (and yet simultaneously accurate) certitude of a migratory bird? Sign me up for that bit of evolutionary development.

Anyone got a spare male sibling that they'd be willing to part with?

Guilty as charged.