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• Doodle of the Day: Here is Gillian Anderson's doodle that will be auctioned (off?) 8-18 May on eBay to benefit neurofibromatosis research. She is an advocate for this charity (she has a relative -brother?- who has it) as well as for many other charities. What a great idea: Doodle Day. Celebrities make doodles, then they are auctioned (off?) for hundreds of dollars. Perfect way to make money. And I would really love to own this doodle by Gilllian. I find it compelling. I would frame it and feel giddy with delight every time I walked past it.
  
  
  
  
  

• Daily Double (this time Triple): At our house we are constantly amazed at how an obscure thing will come up two or more times within one day. We are trying to write them down now. Here is one from the other day: a girl sitting behind Rebekah in school was saying, "Good morning starshine! The Earth says hello!" Rebekah asked her where that was from. (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory). The next morning a different friend of Rebekah's, who had slept over, said, "Good morning starshine! The Earth says hello!" Rebekah was so amazed by this that she told Aubrey about it later in the day. Aubrey in turn freaked out because, just a few minutes before that, someone had said "Good morning starshine! The Earth says hello!" in an instant message to her, and she couldn't remember what it was from and so had looked it up. Seriously beyond coincidence, right? These things happen in our house almost daily. I think it is a strong family Collective Unconscious.
• Video of the day: from Angel. Spike remembering his time in Italy in the 1950s. This 8-second clip is the entire scene. Cracks me up.