once mike and i saw a one-man show about how men have evolved as hunters and women have evolved as gatherers. a man is on a mission: "need shirt! found shirt! shirt dead now!!" while women will look around at all the shirts and try to choose the best one. hunters. gatherers.

we also learned that in a standard house, the man's domain is the basement, the garage, and (if he's lucky) the bathroom. the woman's domain is the rest of the house which means that she always knows where everything is. so if the guy wants to know where his other shoe is, he can ask his wife. who will say "i don't KNOW!" and he'll say: "but if you had to GUESS!" and she'll say: "fine, if i had to guess i'd say under the couch behind the sears bag." and she'll be right.

it was a pretty funny show. we laughed and we moved on.

then yesterday, while i was still in bed pretending to be asleep, i heard mike opening and closing cupboard doors.

"what are you looking for?" i asked.

"the measuring cup." he said. "i used it yesterday morning and now i can't find it."

and, though i myself had not touched or seen the measuring cup for three days, i said sleepily: "it's in the microwave."

and i was right.