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Nico and I have a cold. Actually, we each have one cold, which makes two colds total.
We've had them since we got back from Minnesota.
We are not amused.
We've had them since we got back from Minnesota.
We are not amused.
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Sometimes Shannon and I just stand in Nico's room and watch him sleep. This time he was lying on his back, hands above his head, right foot kicking absently up and down one of the bars of his crib. After a few minutes, he rolled over onto his stomach, and then sat up. My hands reached down to lay him back down and he reached up for me to hold him (eyes closed the whole time). I gave him a pacifier and laid him down on his belly then fled the room.
He is such a beautiful little man. It's still breathtaking, 14 months later.
He is such a beautiful little man. It's still breathtaking, 14 months later.
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There are really a lot of wonderful things happening with my son lately.
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In other news, Road Map to Holland is not only about raising a child with Down Syndrome (one of a set of fraternal twins, in rural Montana), but was written by a college friend of one of my colleagues. We just bought a copy.
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In other news, Road Map to Holland is not only about raising a child with Down Syndrome (one of a set of fraternal twins, in rural Montana), but was written by a college friend of one of my colleagues. We just bought a copy.
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Can anyone find me a website that shows all carrier's international flights from Chicago? Thanks!
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The wife and I have been eating leftover wedding cake which we defrosted for our 1-year anniversary.
It's still really, really good. It was dense enough to withstand the freezing process.
In honor of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mrsmodew, I dub it the Han Solo of cakes.
It's still really, really good. It was dense enough to withstand the freezing process.
In honor of
mrsmodew, I dub it the Han Solo of cakes.Livejournal curmudgeon.
Please take me off any commercial filters (in terms of you trying to sell me stuff).
Please also take me off any twitter filters.
Thanks!
Please also take me off any twitter filters.
Thanks!
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Are there any parents on my lj who have used a toddler carrier? Backpack or hip carrier? Shannon and I will need to buy one sooner or later (before Italy this fall), probably after my April paycheck mid-month. It'd be good for the zoo too.
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World's best mozzarella filled with toxic waste!, government corruption (i.e. organized crime) to blame.
Bastardi!
Bastardi!
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Obama's speech on racism. It's worth watching in its entirety. Whatever happens, I'm glad he's given this speech. I do think it will help take away the issue from those who would invoke racism for political advantage in races against him.
Mostly, though, it's just a thoughtful good speech.
Edit: I am teaching a seminar on community and diversity. I think I'll show them this speech on Monday.
Mostly, though, it's just a thoughtful good speech.
Edit: I am teaching a seminar on community and diversity. I think I'll show them this speech on Monday.
Laughter
I heard the final part of this episode of This American Life while driving back home from Pastoral.
You can click on "full episode" to listen to it for free, though downloading it costs 95 cents.
The first bit is The Onion staff throwing headlines at each other and trying to get from 600 jokes to 16. The final bit, from Gladwell, on making up stories and phrases at the Washington Post, is wonderful.
When I have some free time (perhaps while playing with the boy on the floor tonight), I look forward to listening to the rest.
You can click on "full episode" to listen to it for free, though downloading it costs 95 cents.
The first bit is The Onion staff throwing headlines at each other and trying to get from 600 jokes to 16. The final bit, from Gladwell, on making up stories and phrases at the Washington Post, is wonderful.
When I have some free time (perhaps while playing with the boy on the floor tonight), I look forward to listening to the rest.
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Nico just did a perfect "more" sign, the first time we've seen him properly curl his fingers and make it perfectly distinct. It was in the context of demanding more chicken, rather than the green beans, rice, or other things we wished to feed him. It also got him more chicken, because communication must be rewarded.
This is effectively his first real word. I'm thrilled.
This is effectively his first real word. I'm thrilled.
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This article in the NY Times Magazine is a must-read as it seems to clearly articulate a number of things that many people do not understand about Islam, particularly Shariah. I do not know if the author's location of the transformation of Shariah to something less flexible to the late 19th/c Ottoman Empire is controversial or not, but it seems reasonable.
Viking Axes and Shields
I am not especially interested in re-enactment professionally speaking (as opposed to personal long-time ties with many people in re-enactment groups, and a general fondness for them), but sometimes re-enactors can do just terrific work that we academics would not replicate. Here's a report of tests done with a viking-style axe and shield. It's neat.
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The last thirty minutes definitely count as one of the top three most disgusting moments as Nico's dad.
Both ends.
And the projectile thing when I'm leaning over him is not ok.
And at night it's complex because he's going to need that bottle eventually, but I think I'll wait until later after he sleeps for awhile.
Sigh.
Both ends.
And the projectile thing when I'm leaning over him is not ok.
And at night it's complex because he's going to need that bottle eventually, but I think I'll wait until later after he sleeps for awhile.
Sigh.
Penguins
Today, Nico saw his first real penguins. The penguins saw him, too, but they (and the gulls and terns) were really more excited about the fish that the keepers were giving the penguins. Nico, on the other hand, grabbed the front of his stroller and rocked back and forth with great glee. It's a "free flight" area, so the gray gulls (from South America) were wheeling about and shouting, and Nico looked up a lot and was very excited.
He also loves the fish, big fish swimming about in their tanks evoked similar reactions of concentrated excitement. It's a lot easier to focus on the fish in the blue than an animal in the rocky yard, and boy was Nico focused.
This means, I think, that we need an aquarium. We can't actually afford one right now, but maybe in the fall when we come back from Europe. Anything that stimulates my boy's brain is something we need. Fortunately, I did spend the money to get a zoo membership, so we'll be back. Maybe tomorrow afternoon! It's gonna be nice and warm.
He also loves the fish, big fish swimming about in their tanks evoked similar reactions of concentrated excitement. It's a lot easier to focus on the fish in the blue than an animal in the rocky yard, and boy was Nico focused.
This means, I think, that we need an aquarium. We can't actually afford one right now, but maybe in the fall when we come back from Europe. Anything that stimulates my boy's brain is something we need. Fortunately, I did spend the money to get a zoo membership, so we'll be back. Maybe tomorrow afternoon! It's gonna be nice and warm.
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Does anyone know how to make adobe acrobat show line numbers? Help is useless. Google is unclear.