Oh, my goodness! Now that's what I'm talking about, Internet. That's what I was needin'! I fished for a pat on the back, and you came through. Grazie, grazie, grazie! It's amazing...I can be comforted by a long sequence of ones and zeros that comes into my house through a tiny blue wire. What a world!

First to "Marlowe:" my lil' biz is really going well. Thank you for asking! No real money yet, but I'm selling enough to keep making more pieces, and, well, hopefully sell those, too. It's hard. I haven't been "on air" in a while, but I'm hoping I get a chance to more and more. It's kinda complicated, but based on your numbers (as in, if they're high enough), you become eligible to carry more and more weight around the network. That means getting on air more, maybe piggy-backing with other products and sellers ("all ships rise with the tide, Margie...never forget that...")...maybe even an actual contract with the network. That's kinda the goal. Nowhere near that level right now, but I'm kinda on that path, I think...I hope. I haven't shot myself in the foot yet, so we'll see. Bill's been great. So have Barb and Nicki, but since they're not really "business people," they're not really believing it's all moving in the right direction because I haven't been able to buy a yacht yet. That's OK, though. They're not being mean about it or anything. It's just that...I think the whole thing's really growing (and so does Bill) and Barb and Nicki "know" it, but it's still kinda abstract growth at this point. Soon enough, though, ladies! Soon it will be much more than abstract! I'm a woman on a mission!!! Thanks again for asking, Marlowe. Look for me on the telly! Hopefully I'll be on again sooner rather than later! I'll let you know when I know for sure!

"Vro022!" What a question!! What do I want my kids to be? Man...that's something I feel like I must have thought about tons of times, but now that you've asked, I really don't know what to think. I think Nell is gonna be a judge, and that would make me happy. I think she's a thinker. Very pensive. Maybe she'll be on the Supreme Court. I think she'd really love to wear one of those little white doily things around the neck of her black gown. Plus she likes playing with the boys...and getting under their skin with her "feminine sensibilities."¹ It drives them crazy! If Lester were answering himself, he'd say that he'd do anything to be garbage man. Like a lot of boys, he just loves that garbage truck and really can't imagine anything cooler than riding around in that thing. But if that doesn't pan out, I could see him being a teacher...another one that I'd obviously be very happy with. (Not that I wouldn't be happy with him being a garbage man, of course!) He's always showing you how to do something. If you're stacking blocks, he's got a better method and really wants to teach it to you. Though he might need to work on his patience if he's gonna be a prof. If you don't take his advice on how to stack the blocks, you better get ready for a pretty severe backlash. In fact, you might get a block thrown in your general direction...with some heat on it, too. That, I'm pretty sure, gets you fired in schools these days. (Times ain't what they used to be, right?) Now, Aaron...I got the perfect occupation for that one. I can't imagine he wouldn't get on board with this idea, either. You see, he's a snoozer. That boy can nap! He loves it. He naps like an eighty-year-old man. It's amazing, if he's got three minutes in one location, his eyes are drooping. But another amazing thing about him is that he's the hottest kid I've ever seen. Like...his body heat. Not in a dangerous way; we've had it checked out. But the kid's just warm, always. He's like those little packets you shake up and put in your gloves when you go skiing. So, what I think he should do is rent himself out to people and get in their bed a couple of hours before they do. He'll fall asleep in a matter or seconds and, in the wintertime when you hate getting into a cold bed, Aaron will have been there for a couple of hours and your bed will be nice and toasty. Then, you wake him up, he gets out of your bed, you get in it all warm and snuggly, and he moves on to another house where people go to bed later than you do. Of course, he might have to start this business pretty early on because while it's cute as all heck when a five, six, or seven year old is in charge of this racket, it's kinda weird to have a twenty-two year old deadbeat sleeping in your bed for a few hours before you do. Sure, the bed might be even warmer, but...you don't know where that guy's been, am I right? I think that's just called being homeless. So, Aaron's gonna need to really get on this.

Word O' The Day! The site I use² has a weird one today: "Philadelphia Lawyer." It means "a lawyer knowledgeable in the most minute aspect of the law." I can't really tell if this is a joke or not. I would have just called that person a lawyer, but apparently they're really awesome in Philadelphia. I wouldn't know. I've never been there. Can anyone from Philly comment on this? Let us know. Another cool thing on that website is that it has a thing for you to submit words and definitions that aren't in the dictionary (yet)³. Like, if you have a word for the crusty residue that forms on the outer lip of a bottle of BBQ sauce, you can submit it and maybe they'll post it. We should come up with one, Internet. We can share the glory!

Alright. I'm gonna run. I know I kinda tackled the easier of the questions this go round, but I promise I'm working my way up towards the harder ones. They're all good, and please keep sending them if you're so inclined. I love it and I really appreciate you guys playing along with me. I'm having Barb and Nicki write down their recipes so I'll get those to you next time. And no way am I cutting my hair! I have an image to maintain, remember!! "Kjhall," "Joyride," "Boglover"⁴...I'm not leaving you hanging. I'll dive into the past a little bit next time. Promise!

Have a great week!

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¹If she gets bored halfway through law school or decides she's not really into doilies anymore, she's welcome to follow in her Mama's footsteps and take over the family business...the family jewelry business, that is.
²http://www.merriam-webster.com/
³http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/guide.php
⁴My favorite misspelling in a long while!