Posts by Jeremy Andrew
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I'm with Adrian, it was a great big-screen, no-brain, shoot-'em-up, action flick. Less gung-ho saccharine patriotism than independence day, more giant robots than the island. Both the kids enjoyed it, the 5 yr old sat more-or-less still through the whole 2+ hours, which is quite an acheivement!
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I watched a bit of it, I noticed the guy playing penny whistle for the Dave Matthews Band in NY was wearing an All Blacks shirt.
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When they were born, their sensible, liberal modern parents announced that O & I would be bought up free of sexual stereotyping, unencumbered by traditional gender roles
I was bound & determined to raise my baby girls with matchbox cars & lego, but was thwarted when we had boys instead. In the end the only restriction I insisted on, and came even close to enforcing was - no Barney, ever. Any relative or friend who asked what the sprogs might like for a pressie was told " anything but Barney - that stuff gives kids diabetes". It worked, mostly, I think one Barney DVD snuck in under the radar, but they've only watched it once, and have shown no interest in it since, they'd rather watch the Wombles or the Wiggles.
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coming soon to Public Address.... BusyTotBlog.... the musings of a young man on playground politics, sand pit games, bed time story critiques and other pertinant issues of the day.
Its never too early to start blogging. My 7 yr old has a page on blogspot that he updates sporadically. We encourage him to use it to develop his writing skills, so he puts in posts about stuff he's done in school and games he likes and suchlike, mostly one or two line posts, but it warms my geeky little heart to see it.
Plus, I'm right with you on the reading to, and being read to by, kids. The oldest had Cat in the Hat by heart early on in the piece, helped by the living book computer game (I do recommend the living books - we have green eggs & ham and Mercer Mayer's Grandma & Me as well, both kids love 'em).
As I mentioned in the Transformer thread, one of the oldest's first words was "transformers", but it took us a few weeks to work out what the "traps oommers" he was talking about were.
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I worked part-time at McD's for a few years as a teen. The stories I have to tell are much less gross than onemight expect. The standard of hygiene (contrary to popular urban myth) is distinctly higher than one would otherwise expect from a bunch of 17-year-olds on minimum wage (damned with faint praise?).
However, having worked on the grills over some stinking hot summers, I did get to see people fainting from the heat - not fun in a busy kitchen, even less fun for the guy who fainted face-down on the grill, the burns on his arms took years of grafts to come right.
I still very rarely eat there - again, not from concern about food hygiene, or even disdain for their cardboard cuisine. But when you have a 10 minute break in your shift, and in that time you have to dash out back for your money, then up to the counter to purchase your half-price food (no freebies for staff), then back out to the break room to shove it in your face in time to be back on the floor before the shift-manager chews you a new one. Well, you lose your taste for the food, I probably would feel the same if it had been filet steak & caviar I had been inhaling.
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Yeah, what is it with Chch? it seems like such a nce place, but even their orchestra has people playing the grenade launcher - could make the 1812 overture very interesting (from a distance).
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Well, on the recommendation of the PAS hive-mind, I'm taking my sprogs to see Transformers tomorrow. I'm pretty sure they'll like it - "Transformers" was one of the oldest's first words (it took us about a month to work out what he was saying though).
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And since I'm making wild predictions/speculations: Clinton/Obama in 2008 for Prez/Vice-Prez.
I think it was Chris Rock who said there would never be a black vice-pres, cause there'd be too many people out there looking to make themselves a jailhouse hero by turning him into the first black president - just takes one shot.
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Nat, sorry mate, the energy plan has been pre-empted by the yanks.
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NI, I believe him.
I overheard a woman in Pak N Save telling off her daughter (I presume it was her daughter) "Sativa, you stop poking your brother!".