Year: 2003

Caroline is presently in what I call the Wile E Coyote stage of child development.

You know how the coyote can run past the edge of a cliff and keep going, but doesn’t fall until he notices he’s standing in mid-air, at which point gravity takes hold?

Well, Caroline is at the same point when it comes to standing. She’ll be standing in her playpen by means of holding onto the edge and get interested in some toy. She’ll reach down and pick it up. Now she’s gripping the playpen with one hand and examining the toy in the other. At some point invariably she’ll release her grip and start playing with the toy with two hands, oblivious to the fact that she’s standing. And suddenly she’ll blink and look down, realize what she’s doing…and promptly fall.

My guess is she’ll be walking within a month, at which point–with all the books on the shelves–we’re well and truly screwed.

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This from Gwen:

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

The interrupting dyslexic Jew.

The interrupting dyslex–?

Yo.

Well, THAT was exciting.

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I’ll be at New York is Book Country tomorrow, signing from 2-3 PM at the booth being sponsored by Midtown Comics and Marvel Comics. It’s at 49th and 5th.

And in the morning, I’ll be checking out (and I suggest you do so if you can) the Broadway Flea Market over in Shubert Alley. Every year many shows and cast members turn out to sell all manner of wares in order to raise money for AIDS research. It’s from 10AM to 7 PM.

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Today be “Talk Like a Pirate Day,” matey. In honor of that, we actually watched “Survivor: Pearl Island,” ye scaborous dogs. We be liking Rupert, because he’s big and bearded and named “Rupert” and he’s piratical by nature, ye bilge rats.

Drink up, me hearties, yo ho!

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Here on Long Island, Tropical Storm (nee Hurricane) Isabel has been causing some fairly high winds to blow, but otherwise the weather doesn’t suck too badly. Actually, I kind of liked Jon Stewart’s
COMMENT: “A hurricane. After everything we’ve been through in the past two years, we say: Bring it on, bìŧçh. We’re looking forward to it. It’ll wash the anthrax off everything. New York: Come for the anthrax, stay for the hurricane.”

Why? What did *you* think the subject header was about?

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Captain Marvel #14 is out today. Here’s your chance to contribute to the new lettercol. I’ve already turned in the one slated for issue #15 and am working on #16.

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