QotD: Family

The latest study on how we get to be us claims our biggest influence is neither parents nor peers, but siblings. I believe it. When I was growing up, my sister Robin, one year older, was God. My sun, my playmate, my critic and my arbiter of taste, from the moment she first pried the safety cover off my bassinet, removed her diaper, and crapped on my stomach. Naturally, I took her judgments to heart.

Jennifer "Chotzi" Rosen, "Sibling Revelry: Beaujolais: Is not! Is too!", CorkJester.com, 2006-09-05

Note: the link goes to Ms. Rosen's home page, not to this specific article. The article will eventually appear on the home page. Thanks to Jon, who noted that "It makes you look like a putz. You might want to (note) that the link goes to her main page, and not the article itself. Or something."