Meme excuses to babble: The Fours thing

I feel like going on about something, and the "four things" meme seems like as good an excuse as any. There may be more babbling later today.

( Four things, more discussed than listed in most cases )

Meme excuses to babble: the first line/month thing

This is the one where you have the first line from the first post of each month. I'm going to go with first unlocked post of each month, just in case.

( memity memememememe )

Okay, 'fess up.

Who sent me the Earth and Mars?

They are extremely cool, and I am very pleased. (They are glass marbles.) But there was nothing incriminating in the box, and it appeared to ship from the company in question. And I sincerely doubt that it was anybody not on this friendslist. So who gets my thanks?