Easter

Underrated as a celebratory holiday, I've always enjoyed Easter. I'm not an aggressively religious person, but I do appreciate spending what feels like a significant day with family. Also, as a mystery buff, I've always enjoyed a good egg hunt. This was the first year my daughter could truly take part in one, and it was a vicarious thrill to watch her methodically hunt down the eggs in question. Since we had an egg hunt at our house in the morning, and then another one at my mother-in-law's house in the afternoon, it had a little bit of the multiple would-be climax feel of the film "Zodiac", but with less of the emotional let-down. No, she never did find the actual bunny responsible, but there still seemed to be some closure when we sat down to eat jelly beans at the end of the evening. It was a good Easter.

BaeRating: A-

Fish-Faker

One of my daughter's favorite insults is "Fish-Faker". Anytime she's aggravated with me or my wife, she will refer to us as Fish-Fakers. I have no idea what this means. I have no idea where she got it from, how she thought to combine the two words, nothing. I don't know if the idea is that I fake out fish, or if I fake being a fish.

I do know that it sounds especially nasty and deflating coming out of her mouth, even though she's not saying anything that could be considered offensive. I also know that I am always sufficiently cowed after being called one.

I'm really proud of her sometimes.

Fish-Faker as an Insult: A