when I started this blog five years ago, I was a pet sitter and the name animal-crackers made sense. now I'm a stay-at-home-dad and freelance writer, but rather than confuse everyone by getting a different blog, it's just easier to keep posting things here.

Cartoon Network played the 1973 version of Charlotte's Web this morning. Josh watched most of it while playing.

Near the end of the movie, Wilber the Pig, Charlotte the Spider and Templeton the Rat are at the county fair. Wilber tells Templeton: "Charlotte is going to die! We need to get her egg sack back to the farm!"

And Josh turns to me and asks: "Who's Charlotte?"