"Katherine's sweet, but she kept asking me stupid question like how a lightbulb works. I explained
the 'off' and 'on' switch to her and then she just walked away."
--Quinn, Baby-Sitting Spreadsheet
"Mr. O'Connor is so nice! He's even asked me to go sailing with him!"
--Quinn, Baby-Sitting Spreadsheet
"Food: Surprisingly good, although not sure if Joey should have eaten that rum cake. Hope he
got home all right."
--Quinn, Baby-Sitting Spreadsheet
"All this excitement is killing me. Very, very slowly."
--Daria, E-Mail to Canberra
"The members of your immediate family are represented by the swords piercing your brain."
--Jane, Drawings of Crests
"Rather than relax and enjoy the sun like a normal kid whose father DOESN'T think he's raising
the next Barbara Jordan..."
--Jodie, Enriched Academics Application
"Stanton is renowned for having been a decent school, oh, 200 years ago..."
--Jodie, Enriched Academics Application
"Retype, then burn this draft."
--Jodie, Enriched Academics Application
"Ashley-Amber, 26, former beer model, Met Steve on photo shoot. Laughs at his stale jokes while
secretly learning the joint property laws."
--Family Portraits, the Taylors
"Jodie, 16, superstudent, COuld possibly be this country's first African-Amercian and female
president if the stress of being perfect doesn't kill her first."
--Family Portraits, the Landons
"If history is doomed to repeat itself, bring on the beheadings."
--RapidTransmit, Fave Folks from History
"Pie-throwing scene ruins what could have been a very tender finale."
--"The Pie" (Part I), Food in Film
"The execution scene is said to have inspired the denouement of 'House Party II.'"
--"Andre Sakarinski's Last Meal", Food in Film
"There's such a fine line between lunacy and insanity."
--RapidTransmit, Greeting from Brookside Rest Home
"I've been suspicious of doctors ever since one showed up at my birth. I didn't invite him."
--RapidTransmit, How to Reduce Teen Anxiety
"Peg's Kegs ... Peg does not like jokes about her 'kegs.' Neither does her friend Missy."
--Carter County map
"Now go out there and show them why people make fun of school plays!"
--RapidTransmit, Mr. O'Neill's pep talk
"Communicating via the refrigerator just isn't the same as face-to-face conversation. It's
better."
--RapidTransmit, Refrigerator Notes