she's got two kids, B her seven year-old son, and F who is just three. When I asked F if she was ready to become the meat in the sandwhich, she gave me that sideways look that women seem to be born knowing.

my sister said that this morning B had surprised her by bringing her breakfast in bed, he thought of doing it and did it all by himself. she was beaming...of course.

i said, "major points dude." i'm his uncle so this is my job. i say, "B, let me tell you something i just found out, but i want you to know about while you're still young. girls have this thing called points. they give points to you when they want to. and believe me, you just scored MAJOR points with your mom."

he looks down at the robot in his hand, then he looks up and he says to me, "my sister doesn't have points. she takes points away from ME. she has negative points."

i said, "yeah. that's because she's your sisters."