this Saturday at 9;30 a.m. at Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center.

I have to make my (copy cat) sign:

Wendy Davis for Governor
Give the letter W its dignity back!

Please. I'm at the neighborhood pool with my summer kids and I'm bored bored bored.

A creative writing class was assigned to write a children's book. The teacher gave the class a list of topics not to use:

1. The Boy Who Died From Eating His Vegetables
2. Fun Four Letter Words to Know and Share
3. Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors; An "I Can Do It" Book
4. The Kids Guide to Hitchhiking
5. Kathy Was So Bad Her Mommy Stopped Loving Her
6. Curious George and the High Voltage Fence
7. All Cats Go to Hell
8. The Little Sissy Who Snitched
9. Some Kittens can Fly
10. That's It! I'm Putting You Up for Adoption
11. Grandpa Gets a Casket
12. The Magical World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator
13. Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia
14. The Pop Up Book of Human Anatomy
15. Strangers Have the Best Candy
16. Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way
17. You Were an Accident
18. Things Rich Kids Have That You Never Will
19. Pop Goes the Hamster and Other Great Microwave Games
20. The Man in the Moon is Satan
21. Your Nightmares Are Real
22. Where Would You Like to Be Buried?
23. Eggs, Toilet Paper and Your School
24. Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?
25. Places Where Parents Hide Neat Things
26. Daddy Drinks Because You Cry
27. The Surprise at the Bottom of the Pool
28. Making Grown-up Friends on the Internet
29. 101 fun Games to Play in the Road
30. Patty Went Splat (Don't Forget Your Seatbelt)
31. Bullies Deserve to Die
32. Go to Your Room; Mommy Has a New Baby to Love
33. I Dare You! 101 Challenges to Prove You Are Not a Sissy
34. Trixie Goes to the Big City

My personal favorites are Grandpa gets a Casket and Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?