12.04.03 - 6:24 p.m.

Funniest moment of last night: not the fried ravioli that puffed up into fluffy massive air-filled pillows once they hit the deep fryer, not the childlike wonder with which Amanda stared at my Mixmaster doing its work, but Dan laughing insanely from the living room at The Simple Life. This is the man who jeeringly replied, "You're going to watch that?" when I mentioned it last week. Now I'm the one who's all "meh" after watching Tuesday's episode, and Dan's the one who's like, "This is GREAT!" Oh, how the tides have turned....