River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005

'The Message'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


DavidS - May 17, 2009 6:14:40 am PDT #19930 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

will sometimes go a day and only speak about them, he will not hold to the time limits of playing, and will pass on FOOD. ijs.

The first summer Emmett got his DS I think he played it close to eighty hours. Apparently you can track how much time you're on.

Sorry, I said "Bad Mac!" He's got a lot to work through.


Barb - May 17, 2009 6:17:35 am PDT #19931 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

some of the games calm, but the two that he is obsessed with actually send him into a fairly highly agitated place.

belle, which games are they? Do you want me to see if Lewis has some recs for games that are similar, but perhaps not as frustrating, for when you're ready to give him the DS back?

And I sympathize with the withholding. I've threatened Nate with dropping the sucker under the wheels of my car and running back and forth over it. I have very little patience for the thing which probably makes me a bad mommy-type.


msbelle - May 17, 2009 6:26:05 am PDT #19932 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Mac is really behind in developing imaginary play skills and cooperative play skills, so I limit his screen time to keep them from deteriorating. He would play it all the time if I allowed it.

Barb, the games are a Pokemon one and the Spectrobes.

I do think he has learned some things from the games - perseverance for one, and he got a game guide and had to read it himself (it had charts, step by step instructions, and maps). But the obsession and moodiness is too much given where he is.


-t - May 17, 2009 6:39:44 am PDT #19933 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Poor Mac. That is hard stuff to learn.

And poor Tom. I hope you get comp days, man!


Juliebird - May 17, 2009 7:39:10 am PDT #19934 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

It's cold today and the kitties are tucked under the fleece blanket and happy as clams. I think I'll follow their lead.


erikaj - May 17, 2009 8:58:58 am PDT #19935 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

Maybe it's kind of...hard to say. Like, he doesn't have words for it yet. I felt weird about my chair for a long time before I could explain it. Sometimes I said that people picked on me for it, but they left me out more. But I hope he can start to say what's on his mind soon, msbelle.


Matt the Bruins fan - May 17, 2009 9:56:20 am PDT #19936 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Happy Birthday Vortex!


Kathy A - May 17, 2009 9:59:44 am PDT #19937 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Happy birthday, Vortex! You share your b-day with my dad.

I gave him the Stagecoach dvd he had asked for, and sure enough, it had a big scratch on it. Time to replace it and give it back to him, most likely on Father's Day.


Lee - May 17, 2009 10:10:54 am PDT #19938 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Happy Birthday Vortex!


msbelle - May 17, 2009 11:02:19 am PDT #19939 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

We have survived monster v. Aliens.