July 15

Flipping a coin has also officially been ruled out as a way to decide who gets to name the baby.

I still say you're not supposed to catch the coin in your hand and flip it onto your wrist.

You're just supposed to flip it, step back, and let it hit the floor.

That's just how you do it.

That's just fair.

Bill is such a cheater.

I hope the baby doesn't inherit his cheater genes.

Plus, he always calls heads.

Always.

I don't know why, but that bugs me.

What does he have against tails, anyway?

July 17

According to the coroner's report (which, as far as I know, Carlton still hasn't given to Future Chief Monosyllable) it was definitely murder.

Poison, to be exact.

Probably in his coffee, which was the only thing in his stomach at the time of death.

Except there wasn't any coffee found anywhere near the body, or in the apartment at all.

Not even a take-out cup.

I went back and looked it over myself today.

I even had Shawn go back to see if could get any psychic vibrations or whatever it is he does (do coffee beans have psychic vibrations?)

Still nothing.

Another dead end.

Which is actually perfect, because nothing else in this case makes any sense. Why should the cause of death be any different?

At least Chief Monosyllable doesn't seem to have made any progress, either.

July 18

Now he's taking it too far.

This is war.

Bill refused to kill the spider in the bathroom before he left on his business trip this weekend unless I caved and said he could name the baby.

Which, of course, I wouldn't do.

So, the spider lives.

I'm using the downstairs bathroom for now.

And when Bill gets back, he's in for a surprise.

I know how to win this one. It's so obvious, I can't believe I missed it.

Actually, it was Shawn who pointed it out to me.

"Why don't you just call it?" he asked today.

"'Call it'?" I repeated.

"Sure," he shrugged. "Like shotgun. Just call it… 'baby-namer!'…how could he argue with that?"

"Because we're not six." I told him.

Of course, it was too stupid an idea to even consider.

But then I thought about it…

Why the heck not?

When he comes back, I'm calling it.

Baby-namer.

How can he argue with it?

July 19

Why did I have to have a psychic on the payroll?

I shouldn't have listened to Henry.

I should have just walked away when I had the chance…

Now I'm stuck.

Mr. Shawn Spencer the Psychic had a psychic vision about the case today.

A bad one.

I'm still not sure what I'm going to do about it.

What the heck do you do when a psychic tells you the killer is the cop who is trying to take your job?