Happy hunting!

Lego Easter Basket by flickr user serff

Brett: Have you ever left a note for someone inside the oven?

Lori: I actually have!  It was part of a scavenger hunt.  When placing clues in a small apartment, one will need to use every available space.

Brett: I know those needs.  I once hid clues for my parents and brother to find their Easter baskets in my apartment.

Lori: Did the baskets include a cloven hoof ornament?

Brett: Sadly, no.  I wish I had thought of that at the time.

Lori: It's okay.  We can't hem and haw over details.

The monster at the beginning of this post

Chewing Spree by flickr user Xiannedearest

Brett: If you had to choose between living with a monster who tucks you into bed every night or a cute puppy who eats all your socks, what would you choose?

Lori: Ha!  That's a tough one.  I want to go with the puppy, but I really love socks...

Brett: Well, if you like puppies, you should go with that.  Maybe if you get him a toy, you can train him to stop eating socks.

When you're a jet you're a jet all the way

gulfstream 2010, luxorium by flickr user luxorium

Brett: Do you think it's possible to own your own jet and not have an inflated ego?

Lori: I do not.  Hot shots.....

Now hiring

Yay drug tests! by flickr user elaine a

Brett: If you could hire a personal assistant, what traits would you look for?

Lori: Hmm.  Logic, organization and empathy perhaps.  It would be good to have built in support, just in case a dire situation were to arise.

Brett: Good answer.  Would you test them for drugs?

Lori: Yeah, I think so.  I wonder if that's expensive?

Brett: Well, if that's too expensive, just send them outside in a gale and see how they react.  That can tell you a lot about a person.

Lori: Ah.  And if I'm pleased, I'll reel them back in and hire them on the spot.

With great money comes great responsibility

Money by flickr user 401(K) 2013

Lori: If you could swap lives with a superhero, which one would you choose?

Brett: Probably Batman.  Billionaire playboy, cool gadgets, occasionally gets to slap Robin... I could get along pretty well with that life.

Lori: And yet, you picked a superhero without a superpower.  Surprising!

Brett: Well, being a billionaire wouldn't help you if you were trapped in a pool of lava, but I think it would be pretty super.

Lori: Oh man, can you be a billionaire please?  Because I'd like to borrow a bunch of money... and by borrow I mean you give it to me as a gift.

Brett: Well, I can't guarantee I'll become a billionaire, but if I do, I'll definitely share.  Generosity is one of my fortes.

Lori: Excellent.  I would never want you to lose that trait. ;)

The end of the blog as we know it?

Julius Ceasar by flickr user Shitzhu Jiu Jitsu

Brett: Beware the ides of March.

Lori: What the elk?

Brett: You don't get the Ceaser/Shakespeare reference?  You should look it up on the World Wide Web.

Lori: Et tu, Brute?  No, I got the reference.  I'm just a little slow on understanding its place in the flow here.

Brett: Ha!  I'm not allowed a non sequitur?

Lori: I hadn't realized yet that this whole thing is a series of non sequitur.

Brett: That's exactly what this is.  Some may wonder why we even bother to jot these conversations down.

Lori: We certainly wouldn't want their doubts slowing us down.

Brett: True.  If the blog stopped, I'm sure many people's hearts would ache.

Lori: I'm also choosing to believe than an entire dorm would be wishing we would continue.  That's my goal demographic.

Brett: Yes, much better to target college kids than the scum of the earth.

Lori: Oh yeah, I zip right past them.

Long live the rex!

Weedy and Wet - 147/365 by flickr user yellowsunnybear

Brett: Did you know rex is another word for king?  It's news to me, but it's a good way to use an ex.

Lori: I didn't know that.  If I used Pinterest, I'd pin that info to it.  Long live the rex?

Brett: You should tell more people about your hypothetical pinning.  It will rivet the masses.

Lori: You don't think it's unfair of me to talk about Pinterest without having actually used it?

Brett: I don't think anyone will mind.  If they do, they have bigger problems.

Lori: You think there's any tips on there about tending to a weedy garden?

Brett: Eh, maybe.

Lori: How about spells, or maybe a hex?

Brett: I've never been to the site, and when people have talked about it or linked to it, I haven't paid attention for long.  I'm pretty sure they have recipes, but that's about the extent of my knowledge.

King of Torts

Panda Cub by flickr user anitaleej

Brett: Do you ever wonder how your life would be different if you had decided to study tort law?

Lori: Eh, no.  Some people aren't cut out for college, I am one of those people.

Brett: Well, I'll be a panda's uncle.  I assumed everyone thought about tort law at some point.

Lori: Sorry, tort law is not the road for me.

Brett: Well, I read a book about a guy who started practicing tort law and thought it was awesome.  But then things went bad.  Also, it was fiction, so I don't know what my point is.

Lori: Fair enough.

There's no such thing as bad publicity

Another meta conversation, where the words we play in Words With Friends lead us to talk about Words With Friends, and even about the Words With Cousins blog.

Beringer White Zin by flickr user jodyangel

Brett: Do you feel zees being scored at ten points is appropriate?

Lori: Hmm.  Yes.  They're hard to use well.  That is, unless you have an affinity for white zin.

Brett: Surely you kid.  Who doesn't have an affinity for white zin?

Lori: Haha, touché.  You're probably right about that.

Brett: Anyway, back to my original point, I feel like it's much harder to use a Q than a Z, but when it comes to the difference in points, there is none.

Lori: I see your point.  You could complain to the creators of Scrabble, but I don't think you'd get very far.  The forces that be might mute the complaint before it gets to them.

Brett: Well, they can rot in... I'd better not say it, WWC is a family blog.

Lori: Let loose!!  We might gain a whit of publicity!

Brett: That would be taking the blog in a new direction, though.  I think we need to get together and have a yea or nay vote before making such a drastic change.