Category Archives: Midgets and other small things

Rebecca sent me a picture of a stranger’s baby. She most likely found it on one of her knitting blogs, who is in all likelihood married to a nerd. Or is a nerd herself. Clearly, there is some kind of correlation … Continue reading →

Today, Pokey and I are wearing the same outfit: an orange waffle-weave crewneck pullover and navy blue pants (his are fleece; mine are denim). You will submit to the cuteness.   I also wanted to post an update that I … Continue reading →

Today Pokey made his (alleged) first steps. I say alleged because there’s no telling what he does when we’re not around. Like those fanciful stories of toys that come alive or animals that act like people when nobody is watching. … Continue reading →

Today we are pretending to be morning people. We were also middle of the night people, but that’s neither here nor there. Two nights ago I figured out that a bottle of milk seems to solve alot of problems, so … Continue reading →

I was just researching the Mini Cooper. You know, the car Mr. Bean drives. I used to think they were kind of silly. Everytime I saw one, I would think, ‘oh, look, it’s Mr. Bean‘. Several years ago, I was … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I was recruited to be a confederate in an experiment involving kids. A research assistant knocked on my door, and said they needed a man … a real man. Okay, I’m sort of paraphrasing there, but the fact remains … Continue reading →

What sucks about today? Our new vacuum, that’s what! I dropped alot more cash on a vacuum cleaner than I ever thought I would, but I’m pretty sure it was a Jedi master who sold it to me. There’s a … Continue reading →

This afternoon I changed my MSN comment to It worked!, which prompted a number of people to message me while I was over at the in-laws for dinner. "What had worked?" they asked themselves. Was I working on a cure for cancer? An … Continue reading →

Check this out. Two posts in one night. Within 10 minutes even! I was just rereading my penultimate post, wherein I mention that I had been intending to write a computer program (but not in Java) and that I had … Continue reading →

I cannot read. Or else I’m an idiot. One or t’other. I mistakenly turned "2 hours, Jan 3" into "3 hours, Jan 2" and went in one day early to do an fMRI run. Oh well.   New year’s updates: … Continue reading →