# More Webloggery

Today is my birthday. My mother addressed her card to “My Darling Son
Michael Stillwell”; she signed the card “With much love, Elaine” under
which she has helpfully written, “mum.”

My father sent me McSweeney’s \#4 for said birthday, which was very nice
of him. Speaking of McSweeney’s, what do y’all make of the [latest
goings on](https://web.archive.org/web/20101214011056/http://www.mcsweeneys.net/)? Why is Dave
Eggers so bitter? Is it all a joke no-one got?

The other day, in my house, I caught a
[mouse](https://web.archive.org/web/20101214011056/http://beebo.org/secret/mouse/).

Is there a story behind the choice of \*69 as the number that calls the
number that just called you? 69 is one hell of a mnemonic for anything
to do with—_giggle_—reciprocation, but I’m guessing that there must have
been some pretty entertaining board meetings over this. (“Peters, are
you aware that _children_ use the telephone? Children, Peters.”)

There’s both more and less photos of me at [ALL IS
VANITY](https://web.archive.org/web/20101214011056/http://beebo.org/boys/mjs/allisvanity/).
Check out [my
grandmother](https://web.archive.org/web/20101214011056/http://beebo.org/boys/mjs/allisvanity/family/nanna1.jpg)!
(She: “You want me to stand against _that_ wall??”)