Vian is eating dates that I bought from the Indian store. He seems to be a fan. I take another date out of the package for myself. Vian intercepts my new date even though his mouth is full. I’m curious to see his next action. He takes the old date out of his mouth and shoves it into my mouth and then proceeds to eat his new one. 

We were sitting at a restaurant eating brunch. Yoshi got Calamari which was served with a lemon. Sempi is sipping his orange juice. Suddenly he drops this pearl of wisdom. Why do we call an orange, orange but don’t call a lemon, yellow? Yoshi and I both choked on our food from laughing so hard.

We’re all having dinner as a family. Sempi is complaining about the food. He eats a little, here and there. Yoshi warns him to eat well or he might get hungry later. He doesn’t pay any attention. Dinner is over and he’s ready for bed. Yoshi is reading him a story. Sempi declares he’s hungry now. Yoshi: You should have eaten well when we were all having dinner. Sempi: I’m hungry....

It was a dark and stormy evening. The rain was pouring down. A young couple pulled into an apartment complex in the middle of Portland. The wife was pregnant and the husband was clueless (as always). Despite his cluelessness, they thrived in the city. They made new friends and established their roots. The husband sprouted gray hairs and the wife grew motherly. Before they knew it, five years have gone by....

I’m playing Tamil songs on the computer and busting my moves. Sempi: Appa why does this song keep saying ‘poop’. Me: Haha. It’s not saying ‘Poop’, it’s saying ‘poo’. I guess that’s not any better. In Tamil ‘Poo’ means flower. They’re singing about a flower. Sempi: ‘Poo’ means flower? Me: Yeah. But to be fair we had that word a long time before English. English stole it from us. Sempi: How do you steal words?...