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Children's TV Catches Up With How Kids Watch. Interesting article. We've not shown Jack Sesame Street yet precisely because it was too frenetic. The new format of longer, complete stories is worth checking out.(11:45 PM) ¶

 
Major League Baseball News "But Interleague consequences cut both ways. When it comes around eventually to the Yankees-Mets, White Sox-Cubs, these are cheeseburgers and fries, no need for interference. But it's a potluck dinner in the Land of Interleague. Some dishes will please the palate. Others will impede the digestion"

My wife sent that to me with the following commentary: "This is too much. I think he wrote this when he was hungry. He should have just eaten a candy bar, let it pass, then write."(10:21 PM) ¶

 
Paul Robinson, The Philosophy of Punctuation: "if the undergraduate essays I see are representative, we are in the midst of an epidemic of semicolons. I suspect that the semicolon is so popular because it is the first fancy punctuation mark students learn of, and they assume that its frequent appearance will lend their writing a properly scholarly cast."

This is wonderful. The author claims that parentheses are a sign of laziness or, at least, a lack of discipline on the part of the writer (a sentiment with which I disagree). :)(10:21 PM) ¶

 
CNN.com - FindLaw Forum: Could terrorism result in a constitutional dictator? - June 7, 2002(10:21 PM) ¶

 
Text Sizing.

"Finding a consistent way to render text on web browsers without forcing fixed sizes in pixels is no cake walk. So Owen of Noodle Incident created an incredible collection of screen captures (264 of them!) to show how text is rendered in different browsers on different platforms and using different methods in order to try to figure out the best method for achieving consistency." [ia/]

 
Why aren't there any B-cell batteries?. Finally. An answer.(10:21 PM) ¶

 
Some random notes as I sit here waiting for Jack to wake up from his nap.

• The Farscape season premiere last night was excellent. It truly is one of the oddest and best shows on TV. TV guide describes Ben Browder and Claudia Black as two people who should be nominated for an emmy but aren't. They also say Angel is one of the best shows on TV and they are right.
  
• We kind of stopped watching Six Feet Under. I screwed up the VCR one time too many and we decided to bag it until reruns. Turns out, HBO is rerunning the entire first two seasons starting in a few weeks. Excellent.
  
• Sex and the City starts its next season soon too. Very excellent. How they will hide Sarah Jessica Parker's pregnancy will be amusing to see.
  
• Turning away from TV, I'm annoyed by some of the parents in our neighborhood. See, in the evenings, all of the kids are out and playing. They range in age from Jack, the youngest at 26 months (and Nimra, his girlfriend who is two months older) to a group of 6-10 year olds and a few 12-13 year old kids. On any given night, Ann and/or myself and our neighbor Nanette are usually the only adults outside watching the kids. This is usually not that big of a deal except some of the kids get out of control and need someone to reign them back in. Especially this one kid who clearly has some kind of behavioral problem. Maybe it's because we are out there they don't feel they need to be. But I can't imagine letting my kids play out side in this day and age without at least sitting on my front stoop where I can periodically see where they are and what they are doing. The neglect is maddening and I'm tired of defending Jack from unsupervised older kids when they go too far. I'm also sick of being asked to mediate inter-child disputes. Our standard line is "I'm not your Mommy/Daddy. Go ask them." I know it takes a village, but that works only when the rest of the village pitches in too.
  
• I put my bike back together. All I need is air in the tires (where is the damn pump anyway?) and I'm ready to roll!
  
• Photoshop 7 for MacOS X. It's pretty much heaven to me. If you see a completely new look and feel for this site soon, you know why.
  

Jack's awake. I'll have to babble on later.(10:21 PM) ¶

 
Major League Baseball News "But Interleague consequences cut both ways. When it comes around eventually to the Yankees-Mets, White Sox-Cubs, these are cheeseburgers and fries, no need for interference. But it's a potluck dinner in the Land of Interleague. Some dishes will please the palate. Others will impede the digestion"

My wife sent that to me with the following commentary: "This is too much. I think he wrote this when he was hungry. He should have just eaten a candy bar, let it pass, then write."(5:38 PM) ¶

 
Paul Robinson, The Philosophy of Punctuation: "if the undergraduate essays I see are representative, we are in the midst of an epidemic of semicolons. I suspect that the semicolon is so popular because it is the first fancy punctuation mark students learn of, and they assume that its frequent appearance will lend their writing a properly scholarly cast."

This is wonderful. The author claims that parentheses are a sign of laziness or, at least, a lack of discipline on the part of the writer (a sentiment with which I disagree). :)(5:38 PM) ¶

 
CNN.com - FindLaw Forum: Could terrorism result in a constitutional dictator? - June 7, 2002(5:38 PM) ¶

 
Text Sizing.

"Finding a consistent way to render text on web browsers without forcing fixed sizes in pixels is no cake walk. So Owen of Noodle Incident created an incredible collection of screen captures (264 of them!) to show how text is rendered in different browsers on different platforms and using different methods in order to try to figure out the best method for achieving consistency." [ia/]

 
Why aren't there any B-cell batteries?. Finally. An answer.(5:38 PM) ¶

 
Major League Baseball News "But Interleague consequences cut both ways. When it comes around eventually to the Yankees-Mets, White Sox-Cubs, these are cheeseburgers and fries, no need for interference. But it's a potluck dinner in the Land of Interleague. Some dishes will please the palate. Others will impede the digestion"

My wife sent that to me with the following commentary: "This is too much. I think he wrote this when he was hungry. He should have just eaten a candy bar, let it pass, then write."(5:38 PM) ¶

 
Paul Robinson, The Philosophy of Punctuation: "if the undergraduate essays I see are representative, we are in the midst of an epidemic of semicolons. I suspect that the semicolon is so popular because it is the first fancy punctuation mark students learn of, and they assume that its frequent appearance will lend their writing a properly scholarly cast."

This is wonderful. The author claims that parentheses are a sign of laziness or, at least, a lack of discipline on the part of the writer (a sentiment with which I disagree). :)(5:38 PM) ¶

 
CNN.com - FindLaw Forum: Could terrorism result in a constitutional dictator? - June 7, 2002(5:38 PM) ¶

 
Text Sizing.

"Finding a consistent way to render text on web browsers without forcing fixed sizes in pixels is no cake walk. So Owen of Noodle Incident created an incredible collection of screen captures (264 of them!) to show how text is rendered in different browsers on different platforms and using different methods in order to try to figure out the best method for achieving consistency." [ia/]

 
Why aren't there any B-cell batteries?. Finally. An answer.(5:38 PM) ¶

 
Major League Baseball News "But Interleague consequences cut both ways. When it comes around eventually to the Yankees-Mets, White Sox-Cubs, these are cheeseburgers and fries, no need for interference. But it's a potluck dinner in the Land of Interleague. Some dishes will please the palate. Others will impede the digestion"

My wife sent that to me with the following commentary: "This is too much. I think he wrote this when he was hungry. He should have just eaten a candy bar, let it pass, then write."(5:24 PM) ¶

 
Paul Robinson, The Philosophy of Punctuation: "if the undergraduate essays I see are representative, we are in the midst of an epidemic of semicolons. I suspect that the semicolon is so popular because it is the first fancy punctuation mark students learn of, and they assume that its frequent appearance will lend their writing a properly scholarly cast."

This is wonderful. The author claims that parentheses are a sign of laziness or, at least, a lack of discipline on the part of the writer (a sentiment with which I disagree). :)(5:24 PM) ¶

 
CNN.com - FindLaw Forum: Could terrorism result in a constitutional dictator? - June 7, 2002(5:24 PM) ¶

 
Text Sizing.

"Finding a consistent way to render text on web browsers without forcing fixed sizes in pixels is no cake walk. So Owen of Noodle Incident created an incredible collection of screen captures (264 of them!) to show how text is rendered in different browsers on different platforms and using different methods in order to try to figure out the best method for achieving consistency." [ia/]

 
Major League Baseball News "But Interleague consequences cut both ways. When it comes around eventually to the Yankees-Mets, White Sox-Cubs, these are cheeseburgers and fries, no need for interference. But it's a potluck dinner in the Land of Interleague. Some dishes will please the palate. Others will impede the digestion"

My wife sent that to me with the following commentary: "This is too much. I think he wrote this when he was hungry. He should have just eaten a candy bar, let it pass, then write."(5:24 PM) ¶

 
Paul Robinson, The Philosophy of Punctuation: "if the undergraduate essays I see are representative, we are in the midst of an epidemic of semicolons. I suspect that the semicolon is so popular because it is the first fancy punctuation mark students learn of, and they assume that its frequent appearance will lend their writing a properly scholarly cast."

This is wonderful. The author claims that parentheses are a sign of laziness or, at least, a lack of discipline on the part of the writer (a sentiment with which I disagree). :)(5:24 PM) ¶

 
CNN.com - FindLaw Forum: Could terrorism result in a constitutional dictator? - June 7, 2002(5:24 PM) ¶

 
Text Sizing.

"Finding a consistent way to render text on web browsers without forcing fixed sizes in pixels is no cake walk. So Owen of Noodle Incident created an incredible collection of screen captures (264 of them!) to show how text is rendered in different browsers on different platforms and using different methods in order to try to figure out the best method for achieving consistency." [ia/]

 
Major League Baseball News "But Interleague consequences cut both ways. When it comes around eventually to the Yankees-Mets, White Sox-Cubs, these are cheeseburgers and fries, no need for interference. But it's a potluck dinner in the Land of Interleague. Some dishes will please the palate. Others will impede the digestion"

My wife sent that to me with the following commentary: "This is too much. I think he wrote this when he was hungry. He should have just eaten a candy bar, let it pass, then write."(5:22 PM) ¶

 
Paul Robinson, The Philosophy of Punctuation: "if the undergraduate essays I see are representative, we are in the midst of an epidemic of semicolons. I suspect that the semicolon is so popular because it is the first fancy punctuation mark students learn of, and they assume that its frequent appearance will lend their writing a properly scholarly cast."

This is wonderful. The author claims that parentheses are a sign of laziness or, at least, a lack of discipline on the part of the writer (a sentiment with which I disagree). :)(5:22 PM) ¶

 
CNN.com - FindLaw Forum: Could terrorism result in a constitutional dictator? - June 7, 2002(5:22 PM) ¶

 
Major League Baseball News "But Interleague consequences cut both ways. When it comes around eventually to the Yankees-Mets, White Sox-Cubs, these are cheeseburgers and fries, no need for interference. But it's a potluck dinner in the Land of Interleague. Some dishes will please the palate. Others will impede the digestion"

My wife sent that to me with the following commentary: "This is too much. I think he wrote this when he was hungry. He should have just eaten a candy bar, let it pass, then write."(5:22 PM) ¶

 
Paul Robinson, The Philosophy of Punctuation: "if the undergraduate essays I see are representative, we are in the midst of an epidemic of semicolons. I suspect that the semicolon is so popular because it is the first fancy punctuation mark students learn of, and they assume that its frequent appearance will lend their writing a properly scholarly cast."

This is wonderful. The author claims that parentheses are a sign of laziness or, at least, a lack of discipline on the part of the writer (a sentiment with which I disagree). :)(5:22 PM) ¶

 
CNN.com - FindLaw Forum: Could terrorism result in a constitutional dictator? - June 7, 2002(5:22 PM) ¶

 
Major League Baseball News "But Interleague consequences cut both ways. When it comes around eventually to the Yankees-Mets, White Sox-Cubs, these are cheeseburgers and fries, no need for interference. But it's a potluck dinner in the Land of Interleague. Some dishes will please the palate. Others will impede the digestion"

My wife sent that to me with the following commentary: "This is too much. I think he wrote this when he was hungry. He should have just eaten a candy bar, let it pass, then write."(5:10 PM) ¶

 
Paul Robinson, The Philosophy of Punctuation: "if the undergraduate essays I see are representative, we are in the midst of an epidemic of semicolons. I suspect that the semicolon is so popular because it is the first fancy punctuation mark students learn of, and they assume that its frequent appearance will lend their writing a properly scholarly cast."

This is wonderful. The author claims that parentheses are a sign of laziness or, at least, a lack of discipline on the part of the writer (a sentiment with which I disagree). :)(5:10 PM) ¶

 
Major League Baseball News "But Interleague consequences cut both ways. When it comes around eventually to the Yankees-Mets, White Sox-Cubs, these are cheeseburgers and fries, no need for interference. But it's a potluck dinner in the Land of Interleague. Some dishes will please the palate. Others will impede the digestion"

My wife sent that to me with the following commentary: "This is too much. I think he wrote this when he was hungry. He should have just eaten a candy bar, let it pass, then write."(5:10 PM) ¶

 
Paul Robinson, The Philosophy of Punctuation: "if the undergraduate essays I see are representative, we are in the midst of an epidemic of semicolons. I suspect that the semicolon is so popular because it is the first fancy punctuation mark students learn of, and they assume that its frequent appearance will lend their writing a properly scholarly cast."

This is wonderful. The author claims that parentheses are a sign of laziness or, at least, a lack of discipline on the part of the writer (a sentiment with which I disagree). :)(5:10 PM) ¶

 
Major League Baseball News "But Interleague consequences cut both ways. When it comes around eventually to the Yankees-Mets, White Sox-Cubs, these are cheeseburgers and fries, no need for interference. But it's a potluck dinner in the Land of Interleague. Some dishes will please the palate. Others will impede the digestion"

My wife sent that to me with the following commentary: "This is too much. I think he wrote this when he was hungry. He should have just eaten a candy bar, let it pass, then write."(10:58 AM) ¶

 
Major League Baseball News "But Interleague consequences cut both ways. When it comes around eventually to the Yankees-Mets, White Sox-Cubs, these are cheeseburgers and fries, no need for interference. But it's a potluck dinner in the Land of Interleague. Some dishes will please the palate. Others will impede the digestion"

My wife sent that to me with the following commentary: "This is too much. I think he wrote this when he was hungry. He should have just eaten a candy bar, let it pass, then write."(10:57 AM) ¶

Thursday, June 06, 2002

 
Ignoring a Growing Peril: "The Bush administration has acknowledged that the U.S. will experience far-reaching and, in some cases, devastating environmental consequences as a result of global warming. But it does not plan to do much about it."(1:31 PM) ¶

 
Educational Insensitivity: "The bias and sensitivity review process, as it has recently evolved, is an embarrassment to the educational publishing industry. It may satisfy the demands of the religious right (in censoring topics) and of the politically correct left (in censoring language). But it robs our children of their cultural heritage and their right to read - free of censorship."

The good news: The New York board of Regents is stopping the censoring. The bad news, they aren't the only ones that do it.(1:31 PM) ¶

 
Bush to Seek Cabinet-Level Domestic Security Office: "The president's speech, at least in part, appears intended to deflect some of the attention from the security hearings on Capitol Hill, where the administration has come under criticism from some members of Congress. The president will speak to the people barely an hour after the evening news programs carry reports about the Senate hearings into security breakdowns before the Sept. 11 attacks."

I think that speaks for itself. But let me add this: when I see the power grabbing going on by the Bush Administration, I have to ask myself how similar these trends are to the ones when McCarthy started his power-grab back in the 50s. Something feels very wrong about what is going on and I am not alone in worrying about it.(1:31 PM) ¶

 
Ignoring a Growing Peril: "The Bush administration has acknowledged that the U.S. will experience far-reaching and, in some cases, devastating environmental consequences as a result of global warming. But it does not plan to do much about it."(1:31 PM) ¶

 
Educational Insensitivity: "The bias and sensitivity review process, as it has recently evolved, is an embarrassment to the educational publishing industry. It may satisfy the demands of the religious right (in censoring topics) and of the politically correct left (in censoring language). But it robs our children of their cultural heritage and their right to read - free of censorship."

The good news: The New York board of Regents is stopping the censoring. The bad news, they aren't the only ones that do it.(1:31 PM) ¶

 
Bush to Seek Cabinet-Level Domestic Security Office: "The president's speech, at least in part, appears intended to deflect some of the attention from the security hearings on Capitol Hill, where the administration has come under criticism from some members of Congress. The president will speak to the people barely an hour after the evening news programs carry reports about the Senate hearings into security breakdowns before the Sept. 11 attacks."

I think that speaks for itself. But let me add this: when I see the power grabbing going on by the Bush Administration, I have to ask myself how similar these trends are to the ones when McCarthy started his power-grab back in the 50s. Something feels very wrong about what is going on and I am not alone in worrying about it.(1:31 PM) ¶

 
Ignoring a Growing Peril: "The Bush administration has acknowledged that the U.S. will experience far-reaching and, in some cases, devastating environmental consequences as a result of global warming. But it does not plan to do much about it."(1:27 PM) ¶

 
Educational Insensitivity: "The bias and sensitivity review process, as it has recently evolved, is an embarrassment to the educational publishing industry. It may satisfy the demands of the religious right (in censoring topics) and of the politically correct left (in censoring language). But it robs our children of their cultural heritage and their right to read - free of censorship."

The good news: The New York board of Regents is stopping the censoring. The bad news, they aren't the only ones that do it.(1:27 PM) ¶

 
Ignoring a Growing Peril: "The Bush administration has acknowledged that the U.S. will experience far-reaching and, in some cases, devastating environmental consequences as a result of global warming. But it does not plan to do much about it."(1:27 PM) ¶

 
Educational Insensitivity: "The bias and sensitivity review process, as it has recently evolved, is an embarrassment to the educational publishing industry. It may satisfy the demands of the religious right (in censoring topics) and of the politically correct left (in censoring language). But it robs our children of their cultural heritage and their right to read - free of censorship."

The good news: The New York board of Regents is stopping the censoring. The bad news, they aren't the only ones that do it.(1:27 PM) ¶

 
Ignoring a Growing Peril: "The Bush administration has acknowledged that the U.S. will experience far-reaching and, in some cases, devastating environmental consequences as a result of global warming. But it does not plan to do much about it."(1:09 PM) ¶

 
Ignoring a Growing Peril: "The Bush administration has acknowledged that the U.S. will experience far-reaching and, in some cases, devastating environmental consequences as a result of global warming. But it does not plan to do much about it."(1:09 PM) ¶

Wednesday, June 05, 2002

 
Signs found of an earlier culture (from Kuro5hin)

What the...???(11:16 PM) ¶

 
This is me, if I were a south park character. Except the beard is missing... Make your own.(11:16 PM) ¶

 
Signs found of an earlier culture (from Kuro5hin)

What the...???(11:16 PM) ¶

 
This is me, if I were a south park character. Except the beard is missing... Make your own.(11:16 PM) ¶

 
Signs found of an earlier culture (from Kuro5hin)

What the...???(11:14 PM) ¶

 
This is me, if I were a south park character. Except the beard is missing... Make your own.(11:14 PM) ¶

 
Signs found of an earlier culture (from Kuro5hin)

What the...???(11:08 PM) ¶

 
This is me, if I were a south park character. Except the beard is missing... Make your own.(11:08 PM) ¶

 
Signs found of an earlier culture (from Kuro5hin)

What the...???(11:08 PM) ¶

 
This is me, if I were a south park character. Except the beard is missing... Make your own.(11:08 PM) ¶

 
Signs found of an earlier culture (from Kuro5hin)

What the...???(11:07 PM) ¶

 
Signs found of an earlier culture (from Kuro5hin)

What the...???(11:06 PM) ¶

 
kuro5hin.org || technology and culture, from the trenches

What the...???(2:02 PM) ¶

 
kuro5hin.org || technology and culture, from the trenches

What the...???(2:02 PM) ¶

Tuesday, June 04, 2002

 
CNN.com - Amorous dolphin targeting swimmers - June 4, 2002. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...(9:42 PM) ¶

 
Mozilla bugs in Cascading Style Sheets, level 1. Very interesting and useful. If you are a CSS geek, that is.(9:42 PM) ¶

 
Life Jackets Issued To All Americans For Some Reason. Brilliant.(9:42 PM) ¶

 
CNN.com - Amorous dolphin targeting swimmers - June 4, 2002. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...(9:42 PM) ¶

 
Mozilla bugs in Cascading Style Sheets, level 1. Very interesting and useful. If you are a CSS geek, that is.(9:41 PM) ¶

 
Life Jackets Issued To All Americans For Some Reason. Brilliant.(9:41 PM) ¶

 
CNN.com - Amorous dolphin targeting swimmers - June 4, 2002. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...(11:44 AM) ¶

 
Mozilla bugs in Cascading Style Sheets, level 1. Very interesting and useful. If you are a CSS geek, that is.(11:44 AM) ¶

 
CNN.com - Amorous dolphin targeting swimmers - June 4, 2002. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...(11:44 AM) ¶

 
Mozilla bugs in Cascading Style Sheets, level 1. Very interesting and useful. If you are a CSS geek, that is.(11:44 AM) ¶

 
CNN.com - Amorous dolphin targeting swimmers - June 4, 2002. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...(11:20 AM) ¶

 
CNN.com - Amorous dolphin targeting swimmers - June 4, 2002. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...(11:20 AM) ¶

Monday, June 03, 2002

 
Red Sox have big wins against the Yanks and then lose to Detroit? What's that all about?(10:31 PM) ¶

 
Red Sox have big wins against the Yanks and then lose to Detroit? What's that all about?(10:31 PM) ¶

Sunday, June 02, 2002

 
Peggy Rathmann - Official Home Page. She's a wonderful author of great kids books. Two of Jack's favorite books (10 Minutes to Bedtime and Goodnight Gorilla) are hers. While you're at it, check out Hamster Tours.(11:09 PM) ¶

 
Tommy Smothers. "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" [Quotes of the Day](11:09 PM) ¶

 
Mildred Wirt Benson, Author of Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dies at 96. What an interesting woman she was!(11:09 PM) ¶

 
The Elderly Man and the Sea? Test Sanitizes Literary Texts. This article is a deep disturbing story and, I feel, a must read. What the State of New York is doing is a travesty. When I was 12 I was reading such books. And these tests are designed for graduating high school seniors? What on Earth does New York think of 18 year old minds in the state?

Political Correctness is a cancer and it must be stopped. It is certainly true that many people use language and action to oppress other people but this type of insipid, insulting, demeaning and patronizing behavior is worse than any crime political correctness intended to prevent.(11:09 PM) ¶

 
Jack is picking up a new word every day or so, on average. When he gets a word, he uses it constantly as if he is practicing using it in every possible context to test out its limits.

The word the last two days is "bees" (but pronouced with a short, long "e" as if a frenchman was saying it "biss"... or like "beast" without the ending "t"). Anyway, that's the word for all insects, regardless of whether or not they are actual bees.

The other day, he saw a spider on the floor and ran to me scared saying "bees! bees!" I showed Jack how I helped the spider outside. He loves anthills. He shouts "bees!" and it's all we can do to keep him from putting his hand down to let them all climb up onto it.

Today, I baked him some chocolate chip cookies. (Gods bless Pillsbury ready-bake). When the cookie was warm, he just dug his finger into a melted chip and dug out the chocolate and ate it that way. When that was done, he sat and licked the cookie until it was quite gross. When I gave him a cold cookie at dinner he just looked at it and started saying "bees!" It was all I could do to convince him that the chips were not some kind of bug.

In the end, I ate the cookie. The price I pay sometimes, I swear.(11:09 PM) ¶

 
Screw the real site with it's ads and bad music. I found a mirror of the original Hamster Dance with the original music. I'm whacking the site now so I'll always have it to remember :)(11:09 PM) ¶

 
Peggy Rathmann - Official Home Page. She's a wonderful author of great kids books. Two of Jack's favorite books (10 Minutes to Bedtime and Goodnight Gorilla) are hers. While you're at it, check out Hamster Tours.(11:09 PM) ¶

 
Tommy Smothers. "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" [Quotes of the Day](11:09 PM) ¶

 
Mildred Wirt Benson, Author of Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dies at 96. What an interesting woman she was!(11:09 PM) ¶

 
The Elderly Man and the Sea? Test Sanitizes Literary Texts. This article is a deep disturbing story and, I feel, a must read. What the State of New York is doing is a travesty. When I was 12 I was reading such books. And these tests are designed for graduating high school seniors? What on Earth does New York think of 18 year old minds in the state?

Political Correctness is a cancer and it must be stopped. It is certainly true that many people use language and action to oppress other people but this type of insipid, insulting, demeaning and patronizing behavior is worse than any crime political correctness intended to prevent.(11:09 PM) ¶

 
Jack is picking up a new word every day or so, on average. When he gets a word, he uses it constantly as if he is practicing using it in every possible context to test out its limits.

The word the last two days is "bees" (but pronouced with a short, long "e" as if a frenchman was saying it "biss"... or like "beast" without the ending "t"). Anyway, that's the word for all insects, regardless of whether or not they are actual bees.

The other day, he saw a spider on the floor and ran to me scared saying "bees! bees!" I showed Jack how I helped the spider outside. He loves anthills. He shouts "bees!" and it's all we can do to keep him from putting his hand down to let them all climb up onto it.

Today, I baked him some chocolate chip cookies. (Gods bless Pillsbury ready-bake). When the cookie was warm, he just dug his finger into a melted chip and dug out the chocolate and ate it that way. When that was done, he sat and licked the cookie until it was quite gross. When I gave him a cold cookie at dinner he just looked at it and started saying "bees!" It was all I could do to convince him that the chips were not some kind of bug.

In the end, I ate the cookie. The price I pay sometimes, I swear.(11:09 PM) ¶

 
Screw the real site with it's ads and bad music. I found a mirror of the original Hamster Dance with the original music. I'm whacking the site now so I'll always have it to remember :)(11:09 PM) ¶

 
Peggy Rathmann - Official Home Page. She's a wonderful author of great kids books. Two of Jack's favorite books (10 Minutes to Bedtime and Goodnight Gorilla) are hers. While you're at it, check out Hamster Tours.(10:59 PM) ¶

 
Tommy Smothers. "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" [Quotes of the Day](10:59 PM) ¶

 
Mildred Wirt Benson, Author of Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dies at 96. What an interesting woman she was!(10:59 PM) ¶

 
The Elderly Man and the Sea? Test Sanitizes Literary Texts. This article is a deep disturbing story and, I feel, a must read. What the State of New York is doing is a travesty. When I was 12 I was reading such books. And these tests are designed for graduating high school seniors? What on Earth does New York think of 18 year old minds in the state?

Political Correctness is a cancer and it must be stopped. It is certainly true that many people use language and action to oppress other people but this type of insipid, insulting, demeaning and patronizing behavior is worse than any crime political correctness intended to prevent.(10:59 PM) ¶

 
Jack is picking up a new word every day or so, on average. When he gets a word, he uses it constantly as if he is practicing using it in every possible context to test out its limits.

The word the last two days is "bees" (but pronouced with a short, long "e" as if a frenchman was saying it "biss"... or like "beast" without the ending "t"). Anyway, that's the word for all insects, regardless of whether or not they are actual bees.

The other day, he saw a spider on the floor and ran to me scared saying "bees! bees!" I showed Jack how I helped the spider outside. He loves anthills. He shouts "bees!" and it's all we can do to keep him from putting his hand down to let them all climb up onto it.

Today, I baked him some chocolate chip cookies. (Gods bless Pillsbury ready-bake). When the cookie was warm, he just dug his finger into a melted chip and dug out the chocolate and ate it that way. When that was done, he sat and licked the cookie until it was quite gross. When I gave him a cold cookie at dinner he just looked at it and started saying "bees!" It was all I could do to convince him that the chips were not some kind of bug.

In the end, I ate the cookie. The price I pay sometimes, I swear.(10:59 PM) ¶

 
Fuck the real site with it's ads and bad music. I found a mirror of the original Hamster Dance with the original music. I'm whacking the site now so I'll always have it to remember :)(10:59 PM) ¶

 
Peggy Rathmann - Official Home Page. She's a wonderful author of great kids books. Two of Jack's favorite books (10 Minutes to Bedtime and Goodnight Gorilla) are hers. While you're at it, check out Hamster Tours.(10:59 PM) ¶

 
Tommy Smothers. "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" [Quotes of the Day](10:59 PM) ¶

 
Mildred Wirt Benson, Author of Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dies at 96. What an interesting woman she was!(10:59 PM) ¶

 
The Elderly Man and the Sea? Test Sanitizes Literary Texts. This article is a deep disturbing story and, I feel, a must read. What the State of New York is doing is a travesty. When I was 12 I was reading such books. And these tests are designed for graduating high school seniors? What on Earth does New York think of 18 year old minds in the state?

Political Correctness is a cancer and it must be stopped. It is certainly true that many people use language and action to oppress other people but this type of insipid, insulting, demeaning and patronizing behavior is worse than any crime political correctness intended to prevent.(10:59 PM) ¶

 
Jack is picking up a new word every day or so, on average. When he gets a word, he uses it constantly as if he is practicing using it in every possible context to test out its limits.

The word the last two days is "bees" (but pronouced with a short, long "e" as if a frenchman was saying it "biss"... or like "beast" without the ending "t"). Anyway, that's the word for all insects, regardless of whether or not they are actual bees.

The other day, he saw a spider on the floor and ran to me scared saying "bees! bees!" I showed Jack how I helped the spider outside. He loves anthills. He shouts "bees!" and it's all we can do to keep him from putting his hand down to let them all climb up onto it.

Today, I baked him some chocolate chip cookies. (Gods bless Pillsbury ready-bake). When the cookie was warm, he just dug his finger into a melted chip and dug out the chocolate and ate it that way. When that was done, he sat and licked the cookie until it was quite gross. When I gave him a cold cookie at dinner he just looked at it and started saying "bees!" It was all I could do to convince him that the chips were not some kind of bug.

In the end, I ate the cookie. The price I pay sometimes, I swear.(10:59 PM) ¶

 
Fuck the real site with it's ads and bad music. I found a mirror of the original Hamster Dance with the original music. I'm whacking the site now so I'll always have it to remember :)(10:59 PM) ¶

 
Peggy Rathmann - Official Home Page. She's a wonderful author of great kids books. Two of Jack's favorite books (10 Minutes to Bedtime and Goodnight Gorilla) are hers. While you're at it, check out Hamster Tours.(9:50 PM) ¶

 
Tommy Smothers. "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" [Quotes of the Day](9:50 PM) ¶

 
Mildred Wirt Benson, Author of Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dies at 96. What an interesting woman she was!(9:50 PM) ¶

 
The Elderly Man and the Sea? Test Sanitizes Literary Texts. This article is a deep disturbing story and, I feel, a must read. What the State of New York is doing is a travesty. When I was 12 I was reading such books. And these tests are designed for graduating high school seniors? What on Earth does New York think of 18 year old minds in the state?

Political Correctness is a cancer and it must be stopped. It is certainly true that many people use language and action to oppress other people but this type of insipid, insulting, demeaning and patronizing behavior is worse than any crime political correctness intended to prevent.(9:50 PM) ¶

 
Jack is picking up a new word every day or so, on average. When he gets a word, he uses it constantly as if he is practicing using it in every possible context to test out its limits.

The word the last two days is "bees" (but pronouced with a short, long "e" as if a frenchman was saying it "biss"... or like "beast" without the ending "t"). Anyway, that's the word for all insects, regardless of whether or not they are actual bees.

The other day, he saw a spider on the floor and ran to me scared saying "bees! bees!" I showed Jack how I helped the spider outside. He loves anthills. He shouts "bees!" and it's all we can do to keep him from putting his hand down to let them all climb up onto it.

Today, I baked him some chocolate chip cookies. (Gods bless Pillsbury ready-bake). When the cookie was warm, he just dug his finger into a melted chip and dug out the chocolate and ate it that way. When that was done, he sat and licked the cookie until it was quite gross. When I gave him a cold cookie at dinner he just looked at it and started saying "bees!" It was all I could do to convince him that the chips were not some kind of bug.

In the end, I ate the cookie. The price I pay sometimes, I swear.(9:50 PM) ¶

 
Peggy Rathmann - Official Home Page. She's a wonderful author of great kids books. Two of Jack's favorite books (10 Minutes to Bedtime and Goodnight Gorilla) are hers. While you're at it, check out Hamster Tours.(9:49 PM) ¶

 
Tommy Smothers. "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" [Quotes of the Day](9:49 PM) ¶

 
Mildred Wirt Benson, Author of Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dies at 96. What an interesting woman she was!(9:49 PM) ¶

 
The Elderly Man and the Sea? Test Sanitizes Literary Texts. This article is a deep disturbing story and, I feel, a must read. What the State of New York is doing is a travesty. When I was 12 I was reading such books. And these tests are designed for graduating high school seniors? What on Earth does New York think of 18 year old minds in the state?

Political Correctness is a cancer and it must be stopped. It is certainly true that many people use language and action to oppress other people but this type of insipid, insulting, demeaning and patronizing behavior is worse than any crime political correctness intended to prevent.(9:49 PM) ¶

 
Jack is picking up a new word every day or so, on average. When he gets a word, he uses it constantly as if he is practicing using it in every possible context to test out its limits.

The word the last two days is "bees" (but pronouced with a short, long "e" as if a frenchman was saying it "biss"... or like "beast" without the ending "t"). Anyway, that's the word for all insects, regardless of whether or not they are actual bees.

The other day, he saw a spider on the floor and ran to me scared saying "bees! bees!" I showed Jack how I helped the spider outside. He loves anthills. He shouts "bees!" and it's all we can do to keep him from putting his hand down to let them all climb up onto it.

Today, I baked him some chocolate chip cookies. (Gods bless Pillsbury ready-bake). When the cookie was warm, he just dug his finger into a melted chip and dug out the chocolate and ate it that way. When that was done, he sat and licked the cookie until it was quite gross. When I gave him a cold cookie at dinner he just looked at it and started saying "bees!" It was all I could do to convince him that the chips were not some kind of bug.

In the end, I ate the cookie. The price I pay sometimes, I swear.(9:49 PM) ¶

 
Once again, the Ragged Castle site isn't updating properly. Whether the fault is with Radio's blogger bridge or with blogger itself, I care little. I'm close to taking down this site in favor of the radio one. I just need to figure out how I want to do it.(5:15 PM) ¶

 
The Elderly Man and the Sea? Test Sanitizes Literary Texts. This article is a deep disturbing story and, I feel, a must read. What the State of New York is doing is a travesty. When I was 12 I was reading such books. And these tests are designed for graduating high school seniors? What on Earth does New York think of 18 year old minds in the state?

Political Correctness is a cancer and it must be stopped. It is certainly true that many people use language and action to oppress other people but this type of insipid, insulting, demeaning and patronizing behavior is worse than any crime political correctness intended to prevent.(5:08 PM) ¶

 
Peggy Rathmann - Official Home Page. She's a wonderful author of great kids books. Two of Jack's favorite books (10 Minutes to Bedtime and Goodnight Gorilla) are hers. While you're at it, check out Hamster Tours.(5:07 PM) ¶

 
Tommy Smothers. "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" [Quotes of the Day](5:07 PM) ¶

 
Mildred Wirt Benson, Author of Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dies at 96. What an interesting woman she was!(4:55 PM) ¶