Mal accepted the cup of water, stared at the teacher, and upended it on the floor.

no wonder they get along so well. they do know what they like. And how to send a message.

t / sprog tied me up and made me type that.

One mole of the atoms of an element masses in grams that elements atomic weight (in atomic units? I don't remember). The famous (possibly apocryphal) Physical Chemistry exam from my college was "The sky is blue. Derive Avogadro's Number."

I am in favor of babies and toddlers eating. And sleeping. And Kristin's chills going away and job changes being towards better fits, not worse, and yay awards and leases.

Brain is fried from too much accounting. And it was hardly any, so brain was probably already fried from unknown brain-frying activity.

I never got any math songs, which might be part of why it never made sense. However, my 9th grade earth science teacher did spend one class with her guitar singing us science songs, including one with the refrain: "A mole is a number, have you heard, it's six times ten to the *beat* twenty-third. THat's SIX with twenty four zeros on the end, much too big a number to even comprehend."

It had lots of verses demonstrating how big a mole is, like how if a mole of marshmallows fell to earth it would take that many people eating for that many years to finish them all up.

It was a pretty awesome song.

ALso, i was was lactose intolerant from day one. My mother raised me on breast milk (Plenty of fat there!) plus avoccadoes once i was old enough for (mostly) solid food. Av-o-ca-do was my third word. I like them lots, and apparently my brain developed just fine without dairy.

It was a pretty awesome song.

That song does sound pretty awesome!

I do have to say that I had a very very Monday with tons of crazy callers all of whom would top any kind of crazy caller MiracleMan gets. I know you get a lot, but I got to hear from the guy who was sure the VA was out to get him by hiring unlicensed people to do medical work, forged all consent forms and documents, and then had him arrested when he showed up for a meeting with some hospital bigwig.

Wow, okay. You win.

Today.

"A mole is a number, have you heard, it's six times ten to the *beat* twenty-third. THat's SIX with twenty four zeros on the end, much too big a number to even comprehend."

I obviously needed more songs in my math.

My sister's undergrad college cheer (for basketball, the one team they could field) went something like: Secant, Tangent, Cosine, Sine Three-point-one-four-one-five-nine... I don't think it's a stretch that a number of tiny engineering schools probably have the same sort of thing. Not all of those engineering schools can boast their losing streak though... Including 10 years running to Cooper Union.

Which goes to show that math and spelling can split right down the gene pool. As much as hair and eye color.

Av-o-ca-do was my third word. I like them lots, and apparently my brain developed just fine without dairy.

Avocados are a fantastic source of fatty acids for healthy brain development. D loves them too.

so, tonight is the sleep training? Good luck to Jessica, E and D.

Ellie is a good sleeper but she still sleeps with us and has no desire to leave. Lik JZ, I tell myself she will sleep on her own by college. In the mean time, she is cuddly.

The thing I have noticed the most about Ellie and eating is that I really have to set the example- and that can be such a bummer although it has definitely improved what I eat.

Yes, right now in fact. I can't go back in for another 2 minutes. It is torture.