When I first got Peanut I spent some time trying to teach him to say some human phrases, like "I'm the bird, gotta love me," and "Sure I can talk, can you fly?" But he soon taught me to speak his language, and it's been kissy noises ever since. However, there is one bit of human interaction that he made up all on his own: he squeaks along to the "Malcolm In The Middle" theme song. Really.

Last night was the season premiere of the show, and the first time in months where the show wasn't pre-empted by something else, and where they actually played the theme song, "Boss of Me" by They Might Be Giants. I'll sing along with the TV, and Peanut squeaks in perfect timing: "You're not the boss of me now!" squeak. "You're not the boss of me now!" squeak. "You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big! "squeak. It's the funniest thing, and even better, I think, because he started doing it on his own. Last night he joined right in, squeaking from underneath his blanky, as if there hadn't been a summer break at all. They aired a second (repeat) episode, but Peanut was half asleep, so didn't join in until the very end.