Ew, indeed.

::waits patiently for shrift to share::

David, I'm so sorry about the book, and the momentary lull in momentum, but hopefully the next thing will be right along. In the meantime, like everyone else, I'm entranced with your tales of the Emmett & Matilda love. So sweet. What is "Obbie" in Matilda's lexicon?

There are no other people in the US with my name. Oooh, that's a surprise.

What is "Obbie" in Matilda's lexicon?

Obbie = Emmett (derived from Obbitt, which was as close as she could get to his name at first. She can actually pronounce Emmett now but still calls him Obbie.)

Other translations from the Matildalistics:

Tsha = Yes. Assent. (Pronounced almost exactly the same as in Wayne's World)

No = No. No means no.

Baaahp! = Ha! You just farted!

Beuhd = Bird.

Footdie (also, Foogie) = Feathers. Things of horror and disgust. Usually said in a state of high agitation.

Mohssi = Messy. She doesn't like it when things are messy.

Duhty = Dirty. Ditto on dirty.

Nassywassy = Nasty Wasty. When we have to clean a diaper. "Yuck! Matilda we have to clean you up. This is a stinker. It's nasty wasty." "Nassywassy!"

Wherdigo? = Where'd it go? Her most common inquiry. Usually with something hidden behind her back and a cultivated innocent look on her face.

Holie = Hold me. Pick me up. Said with arms upraised. Makes JZ melt.

Down = Down. Or sometimes up. Generally it means she wants to either get off or on the couch or bed.

Down. Or sometimes up.

I love kid logic.

Hey, it just means I need to be in a different level. Make it happen.

I love "Obbie" as a nickname for her big brother. So adorable.

Footdie (also, Foogie) = Feathers. Things of horror and disgust. Usually said in a state of high agitation.

Why are feathers horrific to Matilda?

Oh and I am reading this article from this Sunday's NYT Magazine about internet trolls.

Leif had a brief but very intense fear of flowers. He said they looked like mouths.

There are 1,524 people in the US with my first name and only 518 people in the US with my last name and 1 or fewer (hee) with both.

I love kid logic.

Me too! It reminds me of my brother when he was a small child - he wouldn't say "open the door"/"close the door", he'd say "open the door open"/"open the door closed." Similarly, we'd have "turn on the light on" and "turn on the light off".

I, on the other hand, abbreviated everything possible. If I wanted the light off, I'd say "toff the light", and "goodnight, sweet dreams" became "greams".

Interestingly, my brother prefers wordy books with lots of description, while I like terse prose.

Given that there are only about 1500 people with my first name (in the U.S., there are 350,000 in France), and 900 with my last name, it is probably not surprising that there are 1 or fewer of me in the US.

Back on the Fall/Winter warm/cool color thing again... I just read a website that seems to say that if your skin has yellow/warm undertones you are a winter, and if it has cool/blue undertones you are an autumn. Which I am pretty sure goes against everything I've read elsewhere.

That is odd, but looking at their chart I think I'm a six which leads them to say I'm a spring, but one that should only wear the bluer bright colors, which gives me pretty much the color palette I have using the What Not to Wear mid-tones.