This just in: a family emergency is keeping our very own INDC Bill from attending the RNC as an official blogger.
Needless to say, the study of desmoda lunaris will suffer accordingly.
But seriously, Bill, everyone over here at Llama Central wish you and yours the best. Hang in there, buddy, and let us know what we can do to help.
As we were driving home from church this morning, my six year old was making up some kind of story to amuse herself. At one point, I heard her telling her main character that the character needed to hide from the "brilliant wind".
I've no idea where she got that expression, or whether she made it up herself. But I think it's pretty neat - suggesting a solidly developing imagination. Also, as Dave Barry would say, "Brilliant Wind" would be a great name for a rock band.
Playing with the Llama-ettes this afternoon, I discovered that much mirth can come of a game we invented called "Ken and the Fisher-Price Little People Try To Cross the Street In Front Of Road-Rage Barbie and Her Convertable Full Of Sorority Sisters".
It's especially funny when one of the Little People, having started singing the whiny theme song about discovering and sharing from their video series, gets hooked under the front axle of Barbie's car and dragged for some distance, while Ken is reduced to Mr. Bill-like cries of "Oh, NOOOOOOOO!!!!!" The girls think this is hi-larious.
Yup. We're raisin' em right, here at the Butcher's House.