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I forgot to recount an actual conversation I had with a McDonald's serf employee a few weeks back while I was on an inspection trip.  I walked up to the counter where she stood attentively, awaiting my order.  Then the following mind-bender occurred:

Me: Yes, hello, this is a to-go order.  May I please have a bottle of water and one apple pie?

Employee: Do you want two pies?  It's cheaper…

Me: Two pies is cheaper than one pie?

Employee: Well, you get two for a dollar.

Me: And just how much is one pie?

Employee: Um, ninety cents.

Me: [Pauses to wonder how two pies are "cheaper"] I think I'll go with just the one pie I wanted, and save the ten cents, thank you very much.

Employee: OK.  And is this for here or to-go?

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I came home a couple days ago to find my daughter playing with her new happy meal toy:  a small figurine from The Spiderwick Chronicles that has a little button on the back that makes a small light in the birdhouse? the character is holding light up.  I tried shining it on the wall to see if it made a dot, but it didn't seem to do much.  Then I found the instructions:

McDonalds’ Spiderwick Toy

So basically, you look through a little viewfinder which is backlit by the figurine's light, and you see an image, either a crow or a goblin.  I'm sure this is in line with the premise of the movie somehow. I've got a little problem, though, with this toy (and McDonald's, by association) advocating that my child shine (bright) lights into her eyes from 12" away. 

Sure, I can (and do) tell/teach her not to do this, but she's young enough still that she doesn't understand the consequences of staring at a bright light or at the sun, etc, even if I were to explain them to her.  So I would appreciate if McDonald's wouldn't compound the issue by making it seem like it is OK to do this by way of a toy.

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And now for something completely different – I finally got around to scanning the picture of Violet w/ Santa from this past December….

Violet poses with Santa

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