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Friday, October 10, 2008

Cabinet Inspector

"Cabinet Inspector, Ma'am. I'm gonna have to check the action on these doors."

Erin can spend twenty minutes playing with the cabinet doors. That's twenty baby minutes, which is like, you know, ten hours to an adult.

Pop Tarts: Let's Just Let This Be Our Little Secret, Okay?

Driving home from work yesterday, Ms. A says to me, as Erin is coughing while trying hard not to choke on a piece of Pop Tart:

"Oh, man, I can't imagine what the women on my organic-hippie-mother message board would think of this if they found out. 'My child's first choking experience was a Pop Tart.'"

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Nutrition

Methinks Erin is going through the 12-month growth spurt. The nice thing is this time she can just tell us she's hungry rather than having to cry - she will sign "eat" over and over, and says and signs "more." And she's got the sign for "milk" down, too, accompanied with "muh muh muh", which is close enough in my book.

Here's a photo of our growing child in her Ft. Lauderdale track suit, apparently just back from power-walking in the mall with the rest of the ladies from her bridge group:

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Palin Poll

Thought this was interesting enough to warrant a post.

PBS has an online poll posted asking if Sarah Palin is qualified.

The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream media. It can influence undecided voters in swing states.

Click here to vote for yourself.

The good friend who forwarded this to me states the right wing knew about this before the poll began, and has been flooding the site with "yes" votes.

Here is more info about the poll.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Me Meme

* Take a picture of yourself right now.

* Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair ... just take a picture

* Post that picture with NO editing.

* Post these instructions with your picture.

gee, thanks Darren.

Portland Marathon

This morning was the Portland Marathon. Weather was nice and cool, a little misty. Ash and Erin braved the rain and cheered heartily.

I wasn't planning on running, but four weeks ago I got the bug to run, signed up, and then commenced my patented "wing-and-a-prayer" training program. Really, I should write a book, something like "The Half-assed Guide to Non-competitive Running". My time was a non-heroic 4:13:30, but I really enjoyed being a part of the run.