We asked the nursing staff to wrap Cookie's adenoids in butcher paper so we could take them home. There's an old Barese way to prepare those -- you can serve them hot au jus, or cold in an artichoke and olive oil salad. Uncle Lenny would know how to do it on the grill.

Buzzukajoe is right: a toilet with an mp3 player would be good. But a toilet with an mp3 player and pyrotechnics -- that would be f'ing great!