How do you feel about random strangers who touch your child? (I don’t mean that kind of touching–I leave those posts to Theodore.) I’m talking about people who come up to our baby’s stroller and put a hand to his face. Or encounter him in a booster seat at the coffee shop and pick him …
Monthly Archives: May 2010
How do you say wtf in Mandarin?
A beautiful day in Russia, 75 degrees and sunny, and it’s been a whole six weeks since someone last blew themselves up in the subway. But the Russians, never ones to shy from dark thoughts, are thinking and talking about China, and the latest batshit insane trend: murderous rampages in kindergartens. There was another one …
Wait…What Was This Post Going to Be About Again?
Oh, this is hilarious. An outfit called the Hotchkiss Brain Institute is saying that new dads start producing new brain cells. I have no idea about how good their science is, especially from this little press report. I also know perfectly well that more brain cells does not equal better brain cells–otherwise, elephants and whales …
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Clorox Chicken and other Gerber flavors
Ok, so this isn’t really an answer to Matt’s questions about Russian kidlit in his excellent Raskolnikov for Lil’ Rascals link. But I am here in Moscow, and other than actually missing my kids quite a bit (they’ve been extra cute as of late, which makes a two-week trip like this just a bit harder …