Sean! Empire of the Sun soundtrack just came up on iTunes and I immediately thought of you. I think that may have been one of the first conversations we actually had, about the merits of that soundtrack.

I am totally in love with msbelle right now for handling the lunch question so perfectly. Parental WIN.

He's just starting to get learned benefit of consequences, like say a 3.5 or 4 year old.

My daughter has learned that one. My 4 yo? NSM. I'm glad to hear it sinks in eventually.

I'm shocked I was so far down on the Gang of 14 list as I was!

And I'm shocked at high I was on the list. Wasn't that back in the days when you couldn't post at work and so invented the "meara" as a way to catch up on the days' conversation?

Oh! Other funny thing about 2002 -- the emphasis on tapes. Tapes, people! We are old.

I remember first hearing about torrenting in the Buffy thread. People like Sophia and...Theo? Laura? were getting the episode that way before it aired.

Thanks Burrell.

and now mac has gotten so bored that he is actually doing HOMEWORK! that would have been assigned today. Pre-emptive weekend homework! it's a child development miracle.

Hee. That's awesome boredom.

*declares msbelle the winner of the standoff*

Ah, the now-standard delayed Utah winter is upon us. Two inches of snow this morning, on top of the two yesterday. With more snow/rain to come. It's gotten so autumn persists until November around here and the cold rainy stuff hangs on till May. Then we have three weeks of glorious spring, then, joy, the 90s are on the doorstep and we endure summer.

Fortunately I love rain.

That seems to be the worst thing about parenting. When you punish the kid, you get punished too.

My mother always tells this story. When she was a kid, she was a very picky eater. And my grandmother was a disciplinarian type who would say, "you'll eat it or you'll wear it." So my mom ended up wearing a lot of food as a kid.

Fast forward to my childhood. I didn't want to eat something once and my mom pulled out the old, "you'll eat it or you'll wear it." I didn't eat it and she dumped the plate over my head. Then she realized, OMIGOD, now I have to CLEAN all this up. Who am I punishing here anyway?

She never did it again. She also never understood how my grandmother had the patience to do that all those years.

oh yeah, my stubborn runs deep. I used to take spankings rather than admit wrong doing.