Taking candy from a baby....and other stupid sayings

I have told this story a few times in person, but I am pretty sure I haven't written about it on the blog.  If I have, you can either skip over it or indulge me one more time.  I don't know if it will even be funny when it's read.  I think some things are just meant to be heard.  Maybe you can find someone to read it to you.  This actually goes back a couple of months ago to our trip to Minnesota, but something happened a couple of nights ago that reminded me of it.  We were on the plane, trying to get as comfortable as three people can be in two airline seats.  Tiffany pulls out what she refers to as a three-bite Snickers bar.  I'm thinking two bites is closer to the truth.  She unwrapped it and ate the first bite.  Then in what can only be described as a Matrix-like maneuver, Ethan grabbed the remaining candy and put the whole thing in his mouth.  That in itself is pretty funny.  I'm not sure, but that may have been the first time he ever ate any chocolate.  After some serious chewing and smearing chocolate all over his hands and face, we assumed he was done.  Tiffany got out some raisins, which she deems a more appropriate snack.  He proceeds to eat a box of raisins, and when he is done he spits out a solid chunk of peanuts.  Somehow he managed to suck all of the chocolate off of the candy bar and then hide it in his secret chipmunk pouch until he decided he was done with it.  So now we know that Ethan likes chocolate.  I believe that assorted Godiva truffles are his favorite, but he isn't really that picky.  The other night Tiffany was sitting in the living room about to eat a piece of candy that her mom brought us from Austria.  She had the candy on the chair behind her back in a place presumably out of site to someone who is not even three feet tall.  Neither of us saw him take the chocolate, but a couple of minutes later he was standing in front of us with it in his hand.  I thought I was going to have to get a crowbar to pry it out of his hand.  He really wanted it.  Anyway, there is an old story to go with the old picture on this blog.  You didn't know it was an old picture until I just told you.  I never have learned to keep my mouth shut for very long.

As far as new things go, this morning I bought tickets to see Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice.  I thought I had my show schedule for NY worked out and then this came up.  We are going to have to drop something else, but it will totally be worth it.  Al Pacino is one of my favorites and possibly one of the greatest actors of all time.  After a few disturbing conversations at work, it occurred to me that not everyone is as much of a movie fan as me.  Maybe you don't have time to see all of his movies, so I will leave you with the short list.  Add them to your Netflix queue.  You can thank me later.

The Godfather

Dog Day Afternoon

Scarface

Glengarry Glen Ross

Scent of a Woman

Donnie Brasco