Yesterday,

Elliot was getting over-active, and I decided to calm things down a bit with a movie. We usually watch his movies on my laptop, since that's the only "tv" on the first floor. I slid in the DVD, and 15 seconds later, it spit it back out.

Huh. Well, lets try again... Slide in the dvd - it loads, sits for a minute, spits.

Ok. Clean the DVD. Back in. And back out.

Change disks - opt for "Bonus Material - Disk 2." Still no luck.

Search internet for "Macbook Pro DVD eject" Find 50 pages on how to remove a stuck DVD. Nothing helpful on keeping it in.

Email my personal mac genius, who is on vacation in Mexico.

Head upstairs (with laptop) to watch movie on TV. Tip laptop on side to carry it.

Penny falls out of DVD slot.

Shoot toddler the evil eye, put in movie, settle down to relax.

Then, the power goes out. But that's another story.