The Lady Vanishes

Friday, May 27, 2011
In which it is Vincent Price’s 100th birthday…

It was Vincent Price’s 100th birthday. There had been original intent to attend a lecture at the history museum given by his granddaughter. However, there were other things to be done.

And OLeif was home.
After bacon, eggs, and Minecraft, he got to work on more website mumbo-jumbo.
Weirdly… the keys to the loaner car had been missing since the previous evening. OLeif could not remember where he had left them. So Puck took it upon himself to pray for the missing article.
“I said to dear Jesus, please let us find the keys. He knows where they are because, ‘Nothing can be hid from God.’”
After absorbing himself in a pile of books with great concentration, Puck found a large ant with wings crawling on the window. He rushed to the library to notify his dad, who disposed of the terrifying article.
“It was about to kill me!” Puck declared, eyes wide, though hardly bothered.

Before lunch, OLeif found the keys in the garage.
Collette put together cod sandwiches and mashed potatoes.
And OLeif left at one o’clock for a joy ride with Simon before visiting no less than three stores to search for boxes of sugar-free brownie mix for the family gathering on Monday. No success.
Meanwhile, Puck took a bath and broke it down to some BeeGees at the dinner table, sea-urchin-bath-hair.

It was movie night once more. Accompanied by the usual Cheez-Its and an OLeif-selection of Cosmic Brownies and chocolate How to Train Your Dragon eggs. And Rose’s choice: The Lady Vanishes.
“Who is she?” OLeif finally asked, after the script had gone on for a very long time with no explanation.
Magnus responded for her with a voice from the deep…
“I’m SATAN!.”