“Peace, prosperity, liberty and morals
have an intimate connection.”

- Thomas Jefferson

There has been some discussion around the Night Chateau about what gift young Ben should give his groomsmen. Literary sort that he is, and with an employee discount at the Seminary bookstore, Ben has been thinking of respectable tomes by Wichtenstein, or perhaps a daily Kierkegaard reader. These are noble and edifying considerations to be sure.

Philosophically, I'm thinking something like this might be more popular:

I'm busy with a lot of behind the scenes stuff. Of course, I'm not the only one who's busy: we're on the cusp of the countdown to the last 30 days before the Mall Diva's wedding. That means bridal showers such as the one held for her Sunday afternoon at church.

I need to find out what they were putting in the punch bowl.

The Mall Diva and Tiger Lilly still like to hang out on the bed with the Reverend Mother before bedtime, though the RM goes to bed a lot earlier than they do. There was a beautiful breeze the other night and a good time to open a bedroom window in the master suite of the Night. RM breathed in deeply and as the Mall Diva entered the room said, "Why does the night air smell different than in the day?"

To which the Diva immediately replied, "Because the sun is stinky!"

A few minutes later Tiger Lilly made her entrance and was asked the same question.

"Because it's black."