Archive for January, 2008

The End of the Internet

CNN reports: “Extensive Internet failure has affected much of Asia, the Middle East, north Africa. - January 31, 2008
(More @ Webmasterworld.com)

Apparently, you really can reach “The End of the Internet.”

Oops.

More Dead End Pages @DMOZ

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What Motherhood Looks Like #83

Justin’s a sneaky devil:

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After a couple (or more?) shutter clicks, I opened my eyes to a dark figure pointing a camera at Sara and I sleeping in bed this morning. In any other household, that might be a very.bad.way to wake up, but when you’re married to a professional photographer, you get used to just about anything. Besides, I was so exhausted from Sara’s present schedule that I think I only managed a muffled, “Oh, great!” before slipping right back into REM sleep.

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Our Sweet, Innocent, Loving Child…

Has apparently been replaced with a strong-willed, vocal, expert tantrum-thrower and gymnast of the highest order. She woke up at 2, 4, 6 and 8 AM this (Monday) morning–itself, a major departure from the ordinary as she’s been sleeping through the night for months now–and she wanted a bottle three of those times; not only that, she drank 7+ oz. of two of the three bottles. So, we have a growth spurt on our hands, plus (perhaps) molars or other teeth coming in (or maybe just moving around, since her bottom 2 teeth that are in have been slowing straightening themselves after coming in as a “v” orientation?) Or a growth spurt exacerbated by her testing the waters to see how much the world revolves around her? I have a cut upper lip from her gymnastic trick of being mild mannered and “sleepy” one moment and then turning into a possessed creature the next, throwing her head back–HARD–into my face. She didn’t so much as cry, meanwhile I’m trying to tone down my cursing and noting, “Man, she’s drawn blood AGAIN!”

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Back on the Bike, Revisited

First off, if you missed my entry from December 21, entitled “Back on the Bike,” you might want to pop over there to read it, and wander back.

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Hey, good to see you again!

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Yeah, But What About Chocolate?

From the medical research studies whose findings seem a little suspect department comes a study that drinking 1-2 alcoholic drinks per day and exercising offers more cardiac and cholesterol benefits than exercising longer and -not- imbibing at all (or much less than 1-2 drinks/day, at any rate.) They go so far as to say that those who drink 1-2 alcoholic drinks per day and DON’T exercise have the same cardiac benefits as those who do not drink but DO exercise. The study’s sample size and duration? 12,000 people over a 20-year period, so pretty compelling, right?

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How to Make a Woman Scream

Oh, get your mind out of the gutter. ;)

No, how to make a woman scream is much less exciting than what you’re thinking. It involves a toddler with teeth and a very tender portion of a woman’s anatomy that is generally not publicly viewable (unless you’re performing during the Superbowl wearing a suspect wardrobe item.)

So, yeah, that comment I made several days ago about breastfeeding a toddler with teeth not really being that different than breastfeeding a newborn or infant that hasn’t yet cut his/her teeth? Total bollocks. She’s bitten me FOUR TIMES in the past TWO DAYS, drawing blood TWICE. Yes, I screamed out loud… expletives, even (great, more inspiration for her first words!)

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