The Tiny Marshalls would be a great name for a band.

Over the weekend, I was washing dishes, and as I pulled two thick, clear water glasses from the drainer, one slipped and fell into the sink, shattering into several large pieces.

This morning, I came into the office, and saw something red, something that looked like a piece of hard candy, sitting on my keyboard's right shift key. The glass ladybug that Ali got for me had spontaneously shattered, into four distinct pieces. It had been sitting on the actual computer for weeks without incident, since Ali came to visit, and had purchased it from the gift shop downstairs.