This is the Real Life

A few of my family's goats recently had babies.  While several of the new kids act like little puppies, the runt of the group has taken this to ridiculous extremes, having managed to get himself essentially adopted by my sister.  He still spends most of his time outside with his real mom and siblings, though, which is good because there's no way a week-old baby goat is going to be housebroken.  Also because I'm still a little worried about the possibility that he absorbed some of that movie.  I rule out nothing.  

The Mandatory Red Button

It's always a red button that's not supposed to be pushed.  Not green or yellow or puce.  Red.  And it inevitably gets pushed before the movie or book or TV show or comic is through.  Is there some kind of law about this?  Will I get arrested by the Red Button Police if I include a should-push red button in a story?  Personally, I think a big, red button that initiates a cookie-baking sequence is a great idea. 

Manner of Speaking

Twelve out of ten victims agree that manners are important, no matter what your diet is. 

Cop Stop

I've never been pulled over, but I suspect that these are all extremely bad ways to try and get out of a ticket.  Nobody test this. 

Curiosi-tea

Just for the record, I did not come up with this idea just so I could make a pun.  Originally I was going to have the Martian girl having tea with just the rover Sojourner (a.k.a. the cute tiny one), but switched it to Curiosity and Spirit so I could have more than one rover at the party, since those two happen to be in relatively close proximity to each other.  I should also note that I was planning on doing this long before news got out that Opportunity, Spirit's twin, had shut down (Spirit itself got stuck in a sandtrap and had to end its mission years ago). 
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that this is simply a tribute to science, exploration, and the people who think heavy-duty space machines are adorable (which yes, includes myself).