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Halloween Parade
There are eleven kids in Gwen's class. Four of them were Spider-man this year. Two were red Spider-man, and two were black Spider-man. This included the twins, who were split on the red/black axis ( Read more... ) -
Salad Dreams
Tony has just gone to take a nap ( Read more... ) -
Zach Mason's Novel
As some of you know, my dear friend Zachary Mason won a novel prize last year sponsored by Starcherone press. His book, The Lost Books of the Odessey, will be published in February. Meanwhile, there is a web page up with the full text. Go read it! -
Busses
I be waitin' down by the bus stop this mornin' and yon bus pass me buy. The landlubber steerin' her was late and ignorin' my daughter. So I rattled for me cell phone and called ye bus coordinator and told her me tale an' she be rippin' that bus driver a new one. Yarr..
This talk like a pirate day stuff is exhausting. -
Letters from School
From last year's teacher, received last night:
Hi,
Just writing to say good luck tomorrow! I'm sure you're all excited and nervous, but I know it will be great.
Keep in touch.
Kathy
From this year's teacher, received 20 minutes after the end of class:
Hi Cordelia ( Read more... ) -
Yarr, it be kids programming
Noggin, the network devoted to toddler programming from 6am to 6pm daily, is playing up National Talk Like a Pirate Day and will be airing pirate-themed episodes of its show.
It has become one of the official holidays of fall.
Yarrrr! -
Butterflies
Tomorrow is the first day of Kindergarten.
The butterflies will not be still. -
Back
Back from a truly lovely and peaceful trip to visit shayde and catya and various and sundry other folks. Mostly we spent the weekend at Catya's family's incredibly cozy house on a lake in Maine (this was nowhere near the coast; if you cross the pond you are in New Hampshire.) It was great, among other things, to spend time with their son and get to know him ( Read more... ) -
Music Meme - M
Brought to you by den_down_unda and the yaz327.
Rules: Here are 10 songs beginning with M. If you want to play, ask for a letter in comments. I'll pick a letter, and you have to name ten favorite songs with titles beginning with that letter.
(Side note: M is HARD to narrow down. Lots of stuff starts with M. There are favorite songs which had to be excised from ( Read more... ) -
Hi (My new Haircut)
Hi. Christopher got me a haircut for my birthday (which I'd asked for). Here it is:
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