Scene: The wife and I are in bed, falling asleep. Her phone beeps in the other room.

Wife: (despite the fact that I'm half asleep and don't have my phone) Did you just tweet?
Me: Uh huh. It's this new program called BrainTweet. You just think it and it gets published. It's still in beta but it works well.
Wife: (elbows me) What's beta?
Me: You know, when software has some kinks and bugs and they're still working them out so they just call it beta so people know that things can go wrong.
Wife. But FarmVille is in beta.
Me: So?
Wife: What about those people that have huge farms?
Me: They've been playing for a while.
Wife: There are some inconsistencies in your story, Eisenberg.
Me: Even though something has been out for a while it can still be in beta. Some programs can be in beta for years while they're being testing.
Wife: (nods in understanding) Our marriage is in beta.