Last night I told Raegan I needed to start doing more stand-up. She took one look at my gut and said I needed to do more sit-ups!

Which made me wonder which of us should really be doing the stand-up in the first place.

Here's a nice picture from our pond:



Raegan tells me that whereas ordinarily she would be spotting at this time of the month, there is thus far none to report.

We bought an extra-expensive pregnancy test made by First Response after seeing a TV commercial in which they claimed in big letters, on the box, that their product could detect pregnancy "five days sooner" than other tests. Below that, it says in bold italics, "Over 99% Accurate!"

But then, in teeny tiny letters on the side of the box, it says: "In clinical testing, First Response detected the hormone levels in 69% of women 4 days before their expected period..."

So really, what good is that? If we do the test and it comes out negative it just means Raegan could be one of the 31% for whom the pregnancy test doesn't work. Go back to smoking crack, in other words, and there's a one-in-three chance you're going to give birth to a crack baby. And just try selling a crack baby on the black market!! Nobody wants them. Not even a white one. Not even the French.