Tag Archives: Kids

This seems backward

Posted on 6 October 2011 by cenobyte

The public health region has begun, in the recent past, to provide vaccines for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) (or would that be ‘provide vaccines against HPV’?). HPV is a communicable virus (duh, cenobyte. “Virus” is in the name.) that can … Continue reading →

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Happy-making

Posted on 4 October 2011 by cenobyte

The Captain phoned me at work today. I saw the number come up on my phone, and so I answered with: “WHO IS THIS?” He said, after a brief pause: “…there’s no need for names, Ma’am.” That is all.

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Things I Do Not Need

Posted on 3 October 2011 by cenobyte

So. I am having two Minor Conflicts.   One: One set of Grandparents seems to think The Captain needs a cell phone. I do not want The Captain to have a cell phone, for a number of reasons, and shockingly, … Continue reading →

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SCIENCE!!!

Posted on 28 June 2011 by cenobyte

“Wouldn’t it be cool,” The Captain said just now, before going to school for his last day of fifth grade,”if we could cross-breed insects and arthropods and then control them? Then we could cross a tick with a mosquito with … Continue reading →

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Tent-caterpillar

Posted on 23 June 2011 by cenobyte

He’s just a baby now, you said, holding the fuzzy blue-and-black caterpillar on your hand. When he touches me it’s like little tickles, his baby feet and fingers are soft. But he will grow and change, you know. Soon he’ll … Continue reading →

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Miss Interpretation

Posted on 29 April 2011 by cenobyte

I think I did something Wrong. The Captain has had buddies over this week; he has friends whose company I quite enjoy….and he has friends whose company I find trying. I would be surprised if it were otherwise, to be … Continue reading →

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Some things do surprise me

Posted on 2 April 2011 by cenobyte

Do you realise it’s been fewer than twenty years since Apartheid was officially abolished in South Africa? For a social studies project in elementary school in the 80s, I did a report about Apartheid. No one in my class had … Continue reading →

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Posted on 5 February 2011 by cenobyte

What do you do when it’s +2 in the middle of February? You stage the EPIC BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE in your back yard. Here are the Spartans. They are few in number, but they are brave. This is the leader … Continue reading →

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One more piece of sage advice from someone who’s been there

Posted on 23 January 2011 by cenobyte

If there was only one piece of advice I could give to parents of newborns, it is this: Your baby does NOT hate to be swaddled. Your baby *may* hate being swaddled in the wrong way, or too loosely, but … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Always This Cool

Posted on 13 November 2010 by cenobyte

It’s pretty easy to pat yourself on the back and be a ‘good parent’ when your kids are sweet and funny or are hurt and needing you. But when they’re screaming at you about how much of a bastard you … Continue reading →

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