I was really more a Paddington child.

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Even BETTER is if you can find someone to read it to you. And do different voices for all the characters. At our house, Eeyore sounds like Alan Moore.

I read it to my children when they were infants, as I fed them. But then I got stagefright, because my mother does what is the real Pooh's voice, as far as I am concerned, and I can't approximate it. I don't read it to them nearly enough.

The stories are also meant for a very quiet reading time. My children pepper me with questions throughout a story, and I think they probably miss the better part of what makes Pooh Pooh, that is the language, and how Milne gets all interrupty with himself.

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And yet another reason for the F2F to be in Seattle next year.

It's never too early to start campaigning in F2F.

Is it?

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My older brother taught me to read on Winnie the Pooh. It's my favoritest.

I'm still mad about the mangling of Eeyore's character in The Tao of Pooh.

I think all my childhood stuffed animals have gone the way of the Velveteen Rabbit.

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I think all my childhood stuffed animals have gone the way of the Velveteen Rabbit.

The oldest of my childhood stuffed animals that I still have are two bears, Gunderson and Murphy. I was given Gunderson when I was ten, Murphy when I was eleven. They now spend most of their time upstairs guarding my altar, but I suspect Gunderson is going to visit the bedroom for the next few nights so he can help Clovis beat up the Insomnia Fairy.

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I had them all for a long time, even the Teddy Bear who never had a name and finally fell to pieces - I kept the pieces. Until a store room payment mishap greatly reduced my material possessions.

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Timelies, bitcas! Bit late today as I went to my Senator's office! Whoot! Feel like Faith now...a little hungry and a little...you know.(John McCain is completely in love with himself and has every mag he's ever been on in his office...my fannish stuff doesn't seem so geeky now.) I think I did well.

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Sorry about the jobs, Katerina. Yay, Chloe!

Were you pushing an agenda, erika? Sorry if this is siomething I should know, poilitical stuff tends tomake a nice wooshing noise as it zips past me.

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Hey -t. I've decided to cheer myself up playing Imaginary Vacation. First stop is your house so I can help you move heavy objects and do something to prettify the new place.

Aimee? About that mail? I think you should write a fabulous rant letter of complaint and mail a copy to absolutely every Authority the Buffistas can think of.

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Great! Relax on the love seat with a fluffy cat while I figure out where I want the rest of the furniture.

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