Three quick things from your pals at the Howdygram.

Dawn is breaking in Howdygramland and I’ve got three quick things to share before I go back to bed.

First quick thing. I flipped out this week for sugar-free powdered Nesquik and just ordered two more one-pound canisters for the pantry, this time from Wal-Mart because only an orphanage for diabetics would buy a case of 12 from Amazon.com. This stuff makes milk taste like a candy bar and it’s infinitely better than sugar-free Hershey’s syrup which is really crappy even on ice cream. (And it’s not easy to ruin ice cream.)

Second quick thing. Because I also discovered that DaVinci Gourmet’s sugar-free banana syrup mixed up in my aforementioned chocolate milk is TO DIE FOR, I just ordered sugar-free raspberry and sugar-free caramel as part of my effort to develop new and exciting non-carbonated beverages. The Marcy-tini will NEVER go out of style but every girl could use a little variety once in a while.

Third quick thing. Sam and I watched a priceless movie last night. In Old Arizona (1928) was 20th Century Fox’s first talkie and featured Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe and Dorothy Burgess.

Apparently director Raoul Walsh had no clue yet that dialog was the key element of a talking picture, since the characters had nothing of value to say to each other — or to anybody else, for that matter — and Warner Baxter’s accent as the Cisco Kid kept drifting between Transylvanian and French. (It was so bad that Sam originally thought he was Bela Lugosi with a perm.) Baxter won a Best Actor Oscar for his hair performance. I’m guessing he ran unopposed.

As far as I know we have no discernible plans for the weekend other than eating things, taking naps and enjoying the glorious spring weather. I’ve got my fingers crossed for Chinese food but I’ll leave that up to Sam. Stay tuned for all the details, okay?