I think I’m drawing the line right here.
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you should see the other guy
On Thursday Connor got in a fight with a tall heavy barstool, and the barstool won, barely. Apparently they don’t like being scaled by small boys.
I wish they had this stuff when I was a kid
The scooter stroller seems like a good idea. The Smackdown Bed is definitely a good idea.
Twitter defense strategy
Good news, reader/parents. Study finds that home libraries provide a huge educational advantage for the kids.
dawn of joy
Mary Pat showed Connor a video of Olympic gymnasts and this was his reaction.
good morning, Connor
Curiosity was far greater than our fear
It felt so simple and so prodigious at the same time
Incredible things are happening in the world
Magical things are happening in this world
Across the river there are all kinds of magical instruments
While really we keep on living like monkeys
Incredible things are happening in the world
Magical things are happening in this world
– Peng! 33 by Stereolab
Best picture ever
Connor with E
Originally uploaded by mcdowell
poem for Connor
I am sending you
postcards from a place
where I am not.
We’re not tourists, we’re travelers
a tourist is someone who
thinks about going home the
moment they arrive
whereas a traveler
might not come
back at all.
Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky
“Noodles go in your mouth, but your plastic snake doesn’t.”
Stephen Granade has some funny rules he never intended to make.
Connor, pay attention
A child has to be very, very careful when being raised in a Christian environment.
If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline him, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the gate of that place. They shall say to the elders of his town, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst; and all Israel will hear, and be afraid.
– Deut 21:18-21
aaarrrgh, says I
I love it. The Somali pirates have a blog.
In all seriousness, I must say I’m somewhat partial to Ron Paul’s suggestion as to how to deal with the pirates: hire private citizens to keep international waters safe. Using what are called “letters of marque,” powers written into the Constitution when Thomas Jefferson was president, the government would essentially allow privateers to protect shipping, much like XI (nee Blackwater) already does in the Middle East. In case any of you might be tempted to head over to the Gulf of Aden and start keelhauling, keep in mind that the letters require would-be blackguards to post a bond promising to abide by international rules of war.
Of course this idea could be only so much libertarian grandstanding, but given the international nature of the threat, I’m willing to try it out. Well, only if I get to participate, using my impressive array of pirate terminology. And since Connor was born on International Talk Like a Pirate Day, he’s got to come too.
