If you work for a really, really nice and understanding employer, is "I feel like crying for no good reason" a valid excuse for going home and going to bed?

I think so Betsy, though you might want to rephrase it. Something like, "I'm unable to work at my best today as I have a psychical crisis occurring. I will return when I've overthrown the dark overlords of doom who are destroying the planet Glaxon and screwing with my emotions (wherein my magical strength resides) as a result."

I just bought Aidan a wooden train set.

Nice train set. I'm sure Aidan will love it.

We all went to the Sight Center Christmas Party and Kara and Aidan sat on Santa's lap. Kara told him she wants the Dora Talking Dollhouse (so of course she's getting it. Santa would never let her down).

sj, I could swear that you bought one of those for Kara, once upon a time. Aidan is in love with it now, and the batteries still work, so it's a pretty good deal.

I'm glad they enjoy it.

Speaking of, he learned to crawl on his hands and knees in a hotel room in Germany - the increased velocity took him by surprise and he ran his head into the wooden bed.

Yay crawling! Boo head hurting.

Plei, my former colleague that had the same problem only managed to solve it with a three day business trip to Chicago. Her daughter refused EVERYTHING as well at daycare (but fortunately, the daycare was close enough that she could go there twice a day for nursing). But once Mamma was out for a few days, Tess accepted the bottle.

Good luck. I hope you can find something that will be acceptable to the Lilybean.

If you work for a really, really nice and understanding employer, is "I feel like crying for no good reason" a valid excuse for going home and going to bed?

It could work.

Something like, "I'm unable to work at my best today as I have a psychical crisis occurring. I will return when I've overthrown the dark overlords of doom who are destroying the planet Glaxon and screwing with my emotions (wherein my magical strength resides) as a result."

I love Deena.

I also love my Bitches. I understood the basic concept of binary, but not how to figure the numbers. I get it now. I feel all smart.

As an aside on bases, while we operate in base 10 most of the time, we non-mathy sorts also use base 12 and base 60 all the time when dealing with, well, time. Hours, minutes, seconds. That's how I've explained different bases with practical applications to people. Seems to work most of the time.

we non-mathy sorts also use base 12 and base 60 all the time when dealing with, well, time

It can be confusing, though, since twelve in base twelve is 10, not 12. So you're counting in a new base, but not notating in it.

Or something.

Can I just say how awesome it is to come in here and spend the morning playing catch up reading about binary, and math geekery, and creation v naturalism as it applies to mathiness?

As an interesting development in one of those subjects. NASA research has recently found an abundance of complex organic molecules in space.

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Harvey is currently engaged in expressing to me how very lonely and underappreciated he is. No one ever holds him. I can tell this by the vigor with which he is purring as I hold him. It's like a special treat that he gets to be held for just a few hours each day.

NASA research has recently found an abundance of complex organic molecules in space.

Cool!