Mom: “It’s snowing downtown right now.”

Me: “Seriously? Did you even hear about Hannah’s dream last night?”

Hannah: “I dreamed that when Maxine came over for a visit, it snowed and we lost power.”

Mom: “Dad says we could lose power with all this wind.”

Me: “And now we have snow. In late April.”

Mom, to Hannah: “You’re like that guy on The X-Files! The one that controlled the weather!”

Hannah: “Yeah, only I’m not a guy…and I’m not in love with Maxine.”

Me: “Well, there’s that.”

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Stephen: “You know that new shirt I got? What color works best as an undershirt: white, gray or black?”

Me: (thinks) “White or black.”

Stephen: “I can’t believe you could just do that with your mind.”