Snippets from the Dining Room

Background: Lately, Preston has become OBSESSED with Sporcle, a site that has quizzes on every subject imaginable, and often I'll walk into the den to be greeted with questions like, "Can you name all of the Von Trapp family children from The Sound of Music?" (to which I replied, um OF COURSE CAN'T EVERYONE? And then I started singing every word to "Do-Re-Mi" and Preston was less excited that he had asked me), or, "What's the name for a baby deer?" etc.

So just now, I looked over at Preston, engrossed in his computer, and we had the following conversation:

MF: Preston, I have a question.

SILENCE.

MF: PRESTON.

Preston: [delayed reaction, not looking up from his computer screen] Uhh, yeah...

MF: Are you doing a Sporcle quiz?

Preston: [delayed reaction, not looking up from his computer screen] Uhh, yeah...

MF: [laughing] That is all you've been doing lately. Seriously, Preston. Sporcle.com is going to be the reason our marriage fails.

Preston: [smiling] Sporcle.com is not going to be the reason our marriage fails.

MF is not comforted.

Preston: I mean, no, our marriage isn't going to fail. Don't be silly.

MF laughs and gets out her computer. 6 or 7 minutes of silence ensue.

MF: How do you spell Sporcle? With a 'c' or with a 'k'?

Preston: S-P-O-R-C-L-E.

Another minute or so of silence ensues.

Preston: Wait, were you just asking me how to spell Sporcle so you could make fun of me on your blog?

MF: [delayed reaction, not looking up from her computer screen] Uhhh, yeah...

And the cycle continues.