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More Oliver-isms
Last night I’m sitting Oliver’s bed and he comes in eating a banana. His chair is in the middle of the room. He points to the chair and says, “That’s my time-out chair. It’s blue.” I say, “It is, but … Continue reading
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Oliver’s New President
It occurred to me this morning while watching the inauguration that Barack Obama is the first President that Oliver knows about (even though I’m quite sure he doesn’t yet have a clue what a President does. Wave a trident and … Continue reading
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Christmas 2008
Luiza’s first Christmas. Oliver’s third, but his most aware yet. (Ask him about Santa Claus!). The menu (just the four of us): Ham with glazed apricots Succotash with herbes de Provence (sort of Aix-em-Savannah) Carrots with Marsala (a la Elizabeth … Continue reading
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Oliver-isms at age 3
“Oliver, your five minutes are up.” “No! My five minutes are down!” “I don’t want that bandaid. That bandaid is ridiculous.” For a long time, after returning from Brazil in August and making the difficult transition back to using both … Continue reading
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Best birthday ever?
With the exception of a couple of California Proposition absurdities (Props 8 & 9), the election results gave me one of the best birthdays ever. Yay Obama! (It is all about me, right?) Having my parents here for the day … Continue reading
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Election profundities
On the WNCT television website, an article on the still-unconfirmed presidential result in North Carolina, includes the following quotation: Johnnie McLean with the State Board of Elections says, “I believe that the reason that it is that close is that … Continue reading
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David Brooks had it right tonight
David Brooks had it right in the post-debate commentary tonight on PBS: these debates basically let both candidate play the “cdroms in their heads.” They have been utterly useless exercises in pseudo-democracy.
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Citizenry to Scott McClellan: Go to hell
For maybe the only time in my life (unless we have similar taste in ice cream or something), I agree with Karl Rove: Scott McClellan should have spoken up before about his “qualms.” One more confirmation of what everybody of … Continue reading
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How about this great prospective tenant?
my is Cindy,25yrs lady straight raised up in United States of American,Am looking for nice peacefully cool place to rent in Ur city on this month, B’s have a great project to do in Ur city for my company this … Continue reading
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Apartment Scams
If these ever learn just to say “Is the apartment still available,” we could be in trouble. In the meantime, who is going consider an inquiry like this?: Hi, My name is Julian ,22years old,female, a very simple and quiet … Continue reading
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