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Happy Birthday Dad

August 18th, 2008 at 8:48 am » Comments (4)

And that’s my son almost 18 months ago - doing a remarkable facial impersonation of his grandfather when he’s been served a surf ‘n’ turf out at a resturaunt and there is a decidedly smaller amount of ’surf’ than ‘turf’ in his dish.
Because if he suspects he’s missing even a single King Prawn, […]


Nerdy pillow talk

August 15th, 2008 at 5:15 am » Comments (7)

Adam: I made a Wiki at work today!
Me: Who’s going to read it?
Adam [deflated]: Only me and a couple other guys.
Me: Can anyone make a comment on it?
Adam [getting frustrated]: Wiki’s aren’t about the comments; they’re about the communal sharing of knowledge.
Me: Sure, within a social constructivist perspective. With Wiki’s, don’t you learn only what others […]


Warning: this post will contain graphic descriptions of vomit and sickness

August 13th, 2008 at 5:17 am » Comments (10)

It’s amazing how quickly your day can change. Sunday afternoon, Adam took Keira swimming. By 6.00pm, she was flushed in the cheeks, begging to be put to bed. As I did, her stomach unmistakably gurgled as she belched up a foul cloud of impending doom.
I barely managed to get her to the toilet before the vomit […]


In lieu of something more meaty and topical, I give you gratuitous kid quotes

August 9th, 2008 at 1:41 pm » Comments (7)

Update: a phantom post came through and shouldn’t have regarding The Dark Knight poll the other day. I set it to publish (why? I have no idea) instead of save. Sorry. I thought I grabbed it before it hit the feeds, and I didn’t. I did delete it here, though.
So back to the other action…
******
As my mother is staying for […]