Scene: Kitchen of the Harriet household at breakfast. AJ: (comes running in with one of the many Matchb0x cars in his possession). Mommy, look at this one! I�ve never seen this one in a long time (this is his preferred construction for something hyperbolically long term and no amount of grammatical correction from me can dissuade him)! Harriet: Wow, that�s a cool one. AJ: I think I should give him a name. I�m going to call him�(thinks for a moment)�Mercury. Do you know why, Mommy? Harriet: Why? AJ: Because he�s a fast hot-shot and so is Mercury. Harriet: That sounds very sensible. ***** Today was the last day of parent-tot skating � things are already winding down in anticipation of summer � and AJ finally decided to try skating without holding on to something. He did perfectly of course. I worry about his cautiousness. I�ve been trying to push him towards this in part because I was always the kind of child who hurled herself headfirst into everything. He seems so fearful sometimes and I don�t understand it. But he�s having fun. He looks forward to skating every week. And he was so proud of himself today that he even tried skating backwards a little bit. Way to go, AJ! ***** Random thoughts while reading about American women�s history this afternoon: * Frances Willard (1839-1898) was an amazing woman and wrote some incredible things. Why did I not know more about her? � I am disturbed by the resemblance between the phrase �Iron Jawed Angels� and �Slack Jawed Yokels.� * Not half as disturbed as I am by the Kiki of Montparnasse impression that the woman on the film poster for �Iron Jawed Angels� is doing. I can hear the marketing meeting now. �I don�t care if Hilary Swank is starring. Unless she�s naked, no one�s going to watch a movie about women as political acitivists.� �Nudity�That�s a great idea� �But make it classy. Maybe something French.� �And we can sit her naked ass on the flag!� �Brilliant! I�ll have my people call your people!�
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