I need a sure-fire waker-upper!

As a present, a few years ago I received Clocky - an alarm clock that rolls off your nightstand and runs away from you, beeping. As a heavy sleeper, I can firmly say that the noise this thing makes is godawful - think really, really loud r2d2 sounds. Once you’ve fallen out of bed in a panic and ran after it, the hardest part of waking up is over.

Well, I didn’t see Star Wars, but I’ll take your word for it. That electric alarm clock I had that went “bing, bing bing, bing bing bing” was plenty maddening itself.

So you are Natalie’s father?

I knew it!!

Certainly NOT.

Natalie’s father is considerably older than I am (I’m 64), and he is quite well-to-do and in poor health. She stands to inherit from him, since he is divorced and has no other children. (I don’t even know his name. I never discussed him with Natalie’s mother.)

If you were trying to fix the 5th item from his list, you may want to take another stab at it. : )

  1. Put another under her dresser.

Sorry about that one, folks.

Would you believe I meant to type 1010/10 the first time?