Monthly Archives: December 2014

Neither This Nor Next Friday…

1) Go Swedish Troll Hunters! The Researchers Who Strive To Unmask Online Haters. “…The agenda is to raise hell about all the hate on the internet…” “….The anonymity provided by the internet fosters communities where people can feed on each other’s … Continue reading

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Little Miss Speak #37 – Random MissSpeaks

#37 Rockstar: What room has no doors and windows? Miss: <jumping up and down> Jump-ing Mush-room! —————————————————————————– Rockstar: <pointing to a picture of Disney characters – the usual, Mickey, Minnie, Goofy> Who’s this? Miss: Little Miss, (her best friend), and… … Continue reading

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Jingle Bao vs Jingle Bow-Wow

More Christmassy decor pics (well, this one’s at IFC which I frequent increasingly less – go Oxymorons! while buying Nespresso capsules)… We were lucky to pass by and simply walk in I think, all the while wondering why they mention … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #347 – A Very Good Use For Santaphobia

#347 Overheard recently when Rockstar was watching Youtube and the Miss as usual has to bug him… Miss: Ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ko.  Rockstar: <without looking up> Stay away, Miss. Ko-ko’s watching Santa Claus. And something about triangles. And with that, … Continue reading

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A Merry Season…. With Santa Phobia. Say What?

Of all things, the Miss has passed swift verdict that Santa is now “scary”. This means – wait for it – no Santa movies. (I. Know. How unfair is that?! We have all these Jingle-y movies a-la That Very Tall Elf Guy and Something About … Continue reading

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Rockstarism #346/ Miss-Speak #36 – If At First You Don’t Succeed At Annoying Ko-ko…

#346/ #36 “Reading” before bedtime, in the Rockstar household, The Miss leaves her post crowding Rockstar into a corner of his seat as usual to say conspiratorially and obviously within his earshot….. Miss: Mum. Actually Ko-ko quite naughty. <nodding convincingly> … Continue reading

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Little Miss Speak #35 – Sometimes……. Don’t Even Ask

#35 Miss: Mum. I’m a crazy person.  Me: Uh… What? Miss: Cray-sy. Cray-sy. I am a cray-sy person.  Me: <trying to figure out what word she could possibly be mis-pronouncing to make it sound like what I think I heard> … Continue reading

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All Around The World On Friday

1) School Lunches Around The World. In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a school principal is quoted as saying, “If we discover that a child has junk food, we ask his or her parents to please make a little effort for their child’s health.” Ouch. … Continue reading

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Little Miss-Speak #34 – What You See Is Not What It Is

#34 Me: What’s this, darling? (Not expecting her to know it, just wanting to see her reaction)   Miss: Oh. Oh, Dear. …..Cuck-roach?  (To be fair I’m not sure I’d know that’s a porcupine either – must be a baby right, where … Continue reading

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The First Metaphor (Or, A Little Christmas-y Story)

So, both kids are sick. Not ER-sick, just cough/snort-themselves-awake-repeatedly-in-the-night sick, alternating also bawling-with-frustration-at-being-unable-to-sleep sick. (In Rockstar’s case, replace bawling with punching his pillow a few times before diving back down into its depths, a mildly eyebrow-raising phenomenon he has only … Continue reading

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