just a few things

a) Mom, of course I'm lurking.

2) Ang, you wrote a post wherein I played the part of the morally-torn all-blue get-away-car driver which is a little strange since that really did happen. Almost. The night before taking the SATs in high school I thought it would be a really good idea to dye my hair bright blue. Then, on the morning of the test, I decided it would be an even better idea to wear only blue clothes. It was a little lonely being the only smurf taking the SATs that year.

D) Caroline, I would like to plead my case for using a link in the beginning of Part 2 of this post. It was not an attempt to get all up in your face about posting links, rather, it served to establish the context upon which the rest of that part was based.