October 20th, 2009
Chalk this up in the list of topics I can’t believe people spent time researching, but this is amusing – apparently, males who voted for John McCain showed a drop in their testosterone levels after the election. Read all about it.
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October 17th, 2009
Perhaps Don Juan could have learned a thing or two from my 5 year old who this weekend told my cousin, 20 years his senior and his interest du jour, “I want you for Halloween. I want to eat you up. You are sweet like candy.” I’m afraid that the 10,000 hours of hitting on […]
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October 17th, 2009
We spent the weekend in Auburn, Ca learning about gold country history and trying our hand at prospecting. We had our best luck with the guaranteed gold-flecked bags of sand that we bought for $2 a piece at the gold museum, but the goldless shores of the American River brought us great amusement. Enough amusement […]
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October 15th, 2009
Apparently my children are outgoing, as parents at the preschool go out of their way to introduce themselves to us and (usually) explain how they share a special friendship with our children. I hear all the time, “Sylvie likes to hold my hand.” “Will is so cuddly.” “Sylvie and I are buddies.” I just smile […]
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October 14th, 2009
It appears Will’s latest plan to pay for college is to secure a defense grant to build flying cars. The world needs great minds like his. The car proposal, as translated by his after-school teacher, follows: My dilemma – do we send the original so that he gets the thrill of a return letter from […]
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October 9th, 2009
I find humans really interesting, enjoy a good social experiment and have a weakness for the advertising that delights (it is, afterall, at its best well endowed art). Here is a Volkswagen ad that for all of those reasons gets to me. Enjoy.
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October 5th, 2009
there would be violin lessons in their future. Instead, I think I can only muster enough enthusiasm to promise them guitar lessons.
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September 28th, 2009
I’ve posted before about my music lesson dilemma. Both of my children are really singy, but I’d like to get them interested in an external instrument like, say, guitar. Maybe this video will inspire them (or you?).
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September 28th, 2009
The thought crosses my mind when I scan the sushi bill and my 5-year-old son’s salmon sashimi is more than half the cost of our dinner for four, “Am I raising a foodie?” Is it normal for a child to request carrots and hummus as a snack. To snub tootsie rolls in favor of a […]
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