All the experiments I want to do on babies are totally unethical. For example, raise a group of babies in a completely isolated environment with robots that don't speak, to see what kind of culture they come up with....
All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Nov 12, 2007 12:40:29 pm PST #1975 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cass - Nov 12, 2007 1:05:09 pm PST #1976 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
You talk so big. You won't even re-name the girl.My dad rightly pointed out that we'd be disowned if we renamed her so their names would combine into a race car driver's name.
All the experiments I want to do on babies are totally unethical.Sad, but true.
Glamcookie - Nov 12, 2007 1:17:53 pm PST #1977 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
mac is gorgeous and looks like such a happy kid. Yay mac!
Steph L. - Nov 12, 2007 1:41:04 pm PST #1978 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I haven't been great about sharing mac pics - here are some including Halloween costume: [link]
mac is a total cutiehead!
Lee - Nov 12, 2007 1:44:20 pm PST #1979 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What they all said about the adorableness of Mac. We may have to start calling him Pete.
Shrift, I'm keeping myself awake by reading old Pete Wentz interviews. I think my heart grew three sizes when he talked about CMM being hot.
You need to share these.
Burrell - Nov 12, 2007 2:04:18 pm PST #1980 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Happy brithday, Jessica!
Oh my gosh mac is adorable! His smile is just melty.
tommyrot it's totally fascinating watching kids learn to count. You can totally see the wee cogs working. Right now Isaac is big on counting, his sister is working on spelling.
billytea - Nov 12, 2007 2:30:37 pm PST #1981 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
All the experiments I want to do on babies are totally unethical. For example, raise a group of babies in a completely isolated environment with robots that don't speak, to see what kind of culture they come up with....
The kids or the robots?
sarameg - Nov 12, 2007 2:52:08 pm PST #1982 of 10001
I love watching the cogs in children. If you're paying attention (and are lucky enough to be around at the moment) you can practically see the spark in the synapses when a cognitive leap is made. It can be hilarious. Like telling you not to look when they are in the midst of havoc, which you wouldn't have noticed had they not mentioned it!
Learning the basics of manipulation can be pretty hysterical, too. I'm not talking simple cause and effect, but more deliberately- trying to get you to give a specific kind of emotional response. Like what D was doing when I was there. He'd try to rile me so transparently and once he realized I wouldn't play would cheerfully proclaim "let's talk about something fun now!" Hah.
Jessica - Nov 12, 2007 2:59:02 pm PST #1983 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Every day, show you baby a bowl of marbles and ask her to give you one. Wait until your baby can do this. This actually takes some time, during which you'll either get nothing or maybe a handful of marbles.
Um. Am I the only one instantly imagining a third possibility that ends with a trip to the ER?
Susan W. - Nov 12, 2007 3:15:31 pm PST #1984 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Um. Am I the only one instantly imagining a third possibility that ends with a trip to the ER?
No, because marbles look like grapes. Or even olives, a favorite snack of my strange daughter.
It is fun to watch the mental gears turn, though. Annabel has been counting objects for awhile, but she's just now gotten good at counting on her fingers, and she's very proud of the skill.