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January 17, 2007
Acoutrements
Recently (well, in the past year or so), we were very excited to discover the Carl Heavy Duty Rotary Paper Trimmer. It's the best thing ever (and can be bought for cheaper elsewhere, but I can't remember where). It has saved us much pain and anguish, and probably papercuts too. Matthew has probably waxed poetic about it already over at theBarnstorming, but I thought I should give it some props here too. We are so glad to have met Carl.
But, we have even more exciting (and more recent) news: we have (more) recently become familiar and friendly with Carl's weighty, hefty, tall and wide sister Carly. She is one big momma.
Carly is great for many reasons beyond her girth - she is great because she can trim endpapers without having to fold them, she can cut through covers without having to bend them, she can be fitted with the scoring wheel while Carl cuts so that we can multi-task and save ourselves from switching back and forth between the scoring wheel and the cutting wheel on the same machine, which is painfully complicated and requires the removal of three screws (if you consider removing three screws painfully complicated...). We love Carly. We love Carl. Our family continues to grow.
Oscar, of course, is not happy about this broader distribution of love and attention. He threw down his toys and lay down on the floor wailing in protest.
He was clever enough to tuck himself right up against the chair so that Matthew wouldn't step on him between caressing Carly and patting Carl on the back.
I have to say, I'm not too pleased myself with this broader distribution of love and attention. In his blind adoration of Carly and Carl, Matthew accidentally put his pants on me instead of on himself.
Sheesh.
I'm sparing you the accompanying picture of him, sans pants. It's not a pretty sight.
Posted by ribbu at January 17, 2007 06:08 PM