Potty training update. I don’t think I mentioned this earlier… We have moved the potty chair into the bathroom. Ray likes to practice. She’ll follow me in, sit down, and pretend to go. This is somewhat embarrassing when she starts making grunting noises, but I get over it. Then I hand her a piece of […]
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Project. The thing that’s sucking up my brain power this week is a big project for work: voila, give a training session for the QC department on how to give feedback. Coaching. Step one: What? Step two: But I suck at coaching. And I know nothing about giving presentations. Step three: F— learning experiences, man!
The Fourth. My brother-in-law, Mike, came up over the weekend of the fourth. We had Stacy over for a barbecue…I took Ray (by myself, those lazy bastards) to see the fireworks. Oooh…Ahh… Unfortunately, she got bored with the fireworks about five minutes from the finale, and started flirting with a big puppy-dog instead. Fell asleep
Reviews. Princess Mononoke, God Save the Mark/The Hot Rock. Princess Mononoke. From what I understand, the same director did this and Spirited Away. My apologies to Neil Gaiman, who did the English version of the script (and damn! did he do a good job. Yes, Doyce, it does look like the characters are mouthing the
Tappity tappity tappity. Over 200 pages on the novel. Nyaah. Not anywhere near done. I’d say this is going to go to about 600 pages or so–not book pages, but standard manuscript format pages. I’m still in the beginning stages of the plot, the part where things get more and more complex, and the stakes
Palmer Park. There’s a street that I pass nearly daily, called Palmer Park. Weee-eeell. Until Sunday I did’t know that there’s also a park called Palmer Park. I had intended to take Ray to a playground on the corner of Academy and Maizeland, when I noticed a road leading to the north from the turnoff
Buffy. Just a though on something Doyce said the other day…I’m working my way through the fourth season DVDs. He was talking about how the creator, Joss Whedon, wasn’t willing to pull punches, even though it might make people uncomfortable, “make for bad TV.” Now, I haven’t felt uncomfortable watching any of the fourth season
Talking. Ray’s talking. You have to pay very close attention, because she isn’t very clear, but it’s there. Mixed about forty-sixty with babble. Also, she’s about the most obliging toddler I’ve met. Any request she understands (that doesn’t involve walking away from a cartoon, mind you, but that’s almost too much to ask for at