Child’s Play

What you see here is not a drawing of Noodle’s. It is the protein ACTN3. Why am I showing you this? A couple reasons.
One, it’s totally cool looking.
Two, it’s the stuff with which muscle contraction can occur.
Three, you can test your child for sports ability based on it.
Yes, that’s right. [...]

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Thanksgiving Dinner Redux

Roasted Balsamic Vegetables – P2H Style

Since Noodle liked it so much, and since I had some left over vegetables from the market, she asked me to make the dish again. Also, since someone asked for the recipe, I thought I’d lay it down here. I almost never write out recipes, and almost never [...]

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White Friday

As I drove by Best Buy on Thanksgiving morning, I noticed a line of people sitting in camper chairs waiting for those incredible Black Friday deals. Of course, the deals weren’t that phenomenal according to advertised prices. So instead, we stayed home today and did our holiday tree.

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Wholesome Thanksgiving

This morning we woke up and went to Starbucks to help with the RED campaign, and to get morning goodies.  Then we just began watching Noodle’s first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (well, first at my house and first where she’s actually watching) so she can see the cool floats and the performances by Miley Cyrus [...]

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Florida Gay Adoption Ruled Unconstitutional

MIAMI — A Florida law that has banned adoptions by gay men and lesbians for over three decades is unconstitutional, a judge here ruled on Tuesday.
“The best interests of children are not preserved by prohibiting homosexual adoption,” the judge, Cindy S. Lederman of Miami-Dade Circuit Court, said in a 53-page decision. She said the law [...]

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Adoptions on the decline

I’ve been thinking this article over.  A lot has been made of the fact that South Korea wants to end international adoption by the end of 2012.  Countries like Russia and China are imposing tighter restrictions on international adoption, and trying to increase care for those who are in foster care or orphanages.  Likewise, [...]

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Lipton, Pivot, Proust

Lipton’s List
1. What is your favorite word?
Memory (because it’s abstract and brings forth a host of images)
2. What is your least favorite word?
No
3. What turns you on?
Wit and intellect, paired with a seductive smile
4. What turns you off?
Boorishness
5. What is your favorite curse word?
FUCK.  Universal
6. What sound or noise do you love?
Noodle’s laughter
7. What sound [...]

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I’m Jewish, Are You?

Yes, because Noodle likes music and thinks whatever she hears must be true, she’s told people that she’s Jewish. She even sings a Hannukah song that she was taught in music class. However, she’s changed some lyrics as she makes up words to what music plays in her head.
One of these lyrics involved [...]

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Narcissicus Looks Up

He stoops at the edge and partakes of the beauty reflected.  The sky beyond shifts from cerulean blue to lavender wisps of clouds.  He begins stroking the water, the eddies fracturing light, swirling enigmas of color and shape.  He bends forward, his face touching the sparkling wetness.  His eyes, wet pools themselves, look deeper into [...]

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Yellow

Noodle was on yellow today. Do you know what that means? She was giving bunny ears to her friend behind his head because, as she said, “it was really funny.”
Yes, it is funny. I still do it to people. However, I like to pretend they actually are rabbits which answers why [...]

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