why warm as toast?

my dad used to tuck me in at night when i was little and he'd say, "are you as warm as toast?"

another one he'd say a lot is, "that's just life in the big city, stellers."

stellers you might be thinking. yes, stellers, which was short for stellamellatina. stellamellatina, was my nickname growing up.

my brother anthony was yucky ribers, which was how he'd say river. though sometimes he was misters. my younger brother chris was beeperman. sometimes beepermano.

my mom was kitellers, which somehow came from kelley.

oliver is mooshkie a derivative of moose.