For those of you who have enjoyed this blog over the last 13 years, may I humbly suggest that you look for new content at: https://theeidolonsite.wordpress.com
The old entries and Flickr links appear to have migrated, so you should be able to access most everything there. I am still a novice at WordPress, so it will probably took ugly for some time.
I set my keys down for a second, and then Vivian grabbed them, stuffed them down her pants (no pockets) and ran to her toy train to "drive" it using my keys.
"Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings."
It's playable again! The original author released it in a package within a classic Mac emulator. It's a bit clunky, but at least it works. I never could figure out the ending...
Vivian likes to see numbers, I think, but has no idea which one is which. So when she sees anything with numbers on it (such as her cash register toy) she will shout "Seven, eight nine!"
While I was on an automated phone system, Vivian started shouting out random words. Fortunately this one only responded to numbers instead of voice commands.