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Crystal Ball

May 31st, 2007 No comments

I often wonder what L is going to look like when she’s older — three, seven, ten years old. Once she reaches three it will be easier to guess what she might look like five years later.

At five months, though, it’s fairly difficult to imagine what she might look like as a little girl rather than an infant.

But sometimes, when her expression is just right, there’s a little glimpse.

Girl II

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Graveyard Fields

May 30th, 2007 1 comment

Memorial Day we took the girl and the babcia for a hike at Graveyard Fields. A short, easy hike: probably less than 4.5 miles all told.

Babcia at Graveyard Fields

Along the way, new flora continually caught J’s eye. “What’s this?” and “What’s that?” and “Is this X? It must be!”

“Nie wiem” became the phrase of the day, renewing (for about the 100th time, at least) my desire/resolve to learn more about plants.

Babcia looks at the flora

L “met” a young lady named N who, despite being two months younger, was significantly smaller.

L, meet E...

And of course we took lots of pictures of the Girl.

Girl III

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Young Earth

May 30th, 2007 2 comments

The Creation Museum recently opened in Kentucky.

DefCon provided an informative guide about the errors of young earth creationism. Entitled “Top 10 Reasons Why the Universe, the Sun, the Earth, and Life Are Not 6,000 Years Old,” it’s available at the DefCon web site.

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Within Grasp

May 30th, 2007 No comments

The girl has begun reaching for things. For anything. If it’s in her field of vision, she’ll put out her little hands and try to grab it.

The other day, she grabbed a glass of water while we were eating dinner and turned it over on K. First time, certainly not the last.

And so, for the first time, I proposed making pre-planned video. “Just go around the apartment and hold her in front of things,” I asked K.

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Falwell’s Polish Legacy

May 29th, 2007 No comments

It seems the Poles are taking a page from Falwell’s book of idiocy:

A senior Polish official has ordered psychologists to investigate whether the popular BBC TV show Teletubbies promotes a homosexual lifestyle.

The spokesperson for children’s rights in Poland, Ewa Sowinska, singled out Tinky Winky, the purple character with a triangular aerial on his head. (BBC)

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