As I had themed Quick Takes last week, you all will be subjected to the purging of my brain this week.

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PROJECT SIPPY CUP: Successfully completed. Last Thursday, I moved Daniel from exclusively bottles to exclusively sippy cups. He was biting the nipples in half and after he sprayed the living room with milk, I decided it was time. Thanks to all those who told me to stay the course and that this would be the “new normal” within a couple days. He finally relented at about 7:00 p.m. that night and hasn’t had a bottle since.

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My retail Christmas shopping (at least in brick and mortar stores) got done last Friday. I had to buy for my kid at church and for my mom. It took three tries but I got it all done. Additionally, I found some nice soft socks for my father-in-law that we hadn’t been able to find a year earlier at Kohl’s. Given how much I hate being in any retail establishment at Christmas time, I’m glad that the rest of my stuff just involves giving my credit card number to Amazon.Com and the place where my dad buys his telescope stuff.

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I managed to piss off a psychopath at the grocery store on Saturday. She nearly ran me over with her cart when I stopped by the exit to see if there were any bell ringers and started cursing at me. OK… whatever. I get in the car and am turning to get to the exit of the shopping center that is nearest where I was going when she comes tearing through the parking lot in her SUV. She almost hit me, flipped me off, and started screaming obscenities out of her open window. I probably could have called police but she had left too fast for me to get her license plate number. I have no idea what her problem was or why she was in a hurry.

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I head down to San Jose tomorrow (Friday) for a concert. Mom and Dad saw Golden Bough in concert this summer as part of the concert series that takes place at Lick Observatory during the summer. When they found out that they were going to be playing at a church in Los Gatos, they asked if I wanted to go. Originally, we thought that we’d all go and Mom would take Daniel out if he got fussy but she decided to just keep him at home with her and let me have a date with Dad. (This will be the first “date” for the two of us in 25 years — since I was 5 or 6.)

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I’m glad that there were two episodes of “Hart of Dixie” this week but they weren’t the best episodes. I’m kind of hoping for two more next week and hoping that they’re good episodes. I know that I can watch them live on the CW website but it’s kind of nice to hang out with Daniel and watch them with him snuggled on my lap.

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I probably have enough material for another Judge Judy set of Quick Takes. Seriously… I had bonus items last week and could probably write seven more based on this week. From tonight’s episode: if you no longer reside at a place and your ex tells you not to come over, DON’T COME OVER!!!!!! Doing so is trespassing. I was also happy that Judge Judy gave some dog owner a stern lecture on keeping the dog chained up because they’re liable if the dog attacks people. (We have too many unchained dogs around here.)

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I’m wishing for rain. This probably will sound weird because I get weather-change migraines and the pressure changes wreak havoc on my joints but I love the sound of rain beating against the windows and on the roof. We got a little bit this morning but it wasn’t worth mentioning. I’m wishing for a decent rainstorm with thunder and lightning.

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