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I added some new interesting history and science ‘twitter-ers’ to my list, and I’m very delighted already by how much interesting stuff has turned up. Historians are so smart! Just putting that out there. Historytweeter posted a blog entry about this incredible video, and I just had to repost it. It shows Hellen Keller’s teacher explaining the system she used to help her pupil understand spoken language and speak herself. Just brilliant.
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My mom decided to watch some America’s Funniest Home videos just now, and they had a section on ‘redneck women’ in which said females fell over, fell off stuff, or did some other clumsy embarrassing thing. It was horrifying, but we were laughing, so Bobo started laughing too. Then, once it went to commercial, Bobo decided HE would provide the entertainment. He’s spent the past 15 minutes giving me heart attacks by running full speed across the room to dive head first into anything and everything, and every single time he thinks he’s hilarious. Maybe I should take a video…
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Tonight Bobo got his first ‘real’ carnival experience. Last year he went to one for a grand total of five minutes, and has ever since been totally enamored with the concept of the Crazy Bus. He talked about it for months afterward (‘bus!’ ‘Juju!’ ‘bus!’ was actually the extent of the conversation, but I got the point). Tonight he was reunited with his beloved Crazy Bus… and wouldn’t even think about going on it! He did agree to go on the train, which was his first… and last ride. It was wristband night, and thank goodness we didn’t spend the…
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In my early morning internet stumbling, I found this little bit of interesting: Save the Words by the people that bring you the Oxford English Dictionary. The premise is that you select one of the archaic words and ‘adopt’ it, pledging to use it in daily conversation, in your writing, or as a name for your pet… so that it will make its way back into use. Not quite likely, given the obscurity of the words, but I found it really fun to learn some new definitions.
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We had a nice little gathering yesterday, and it was a good time all around (the sad, untimely death of a crow aside). Of course, I didn’t really take pictures, but it was a beautiful day, nice and cool but sunny and clear. The whole weekend has been gorgeous. I spiked up Bobo’s hair, since it’s so long it’s getting in his eyes, and got a few pictures of that. Here’s one of us! Notice the long sleeves and Bobo’s adorable new rugby shirt (thanks Dada!) which is perfect for fall.Oh, and we tried out that new ice cream place…
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This is a word cloud thing from the Wordle website, featuring the most used words (biggest) of the recent entries on Bobo’s blog. I guess I use the phrase ‘so much fun’ way too much. Heh! It’s fun, go try it out if you’re bored.
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A few Bobo pics from the ‘last day of summer’. As my grandfather used to say, he’s going to be a heartbreaker when he grows up… 🙂 Look at all those teeth! I think he’s even got some way-back molars coming in. Is that normal?
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I also have my little Autumn Leaves Yankee candle I grabbed at Parker’s Maple Barn this weekend… mmm. How long until everything is red and orange?
