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10/10/05

A few things...

1. I have been playing this game like crazy. Don't click on the link, seriously. And don't blame me if much of your fleeting youth is spent trying to spell "trammeling." Which I did.

2. I am going to Texas on Wednesday to play golf on the course that Tessa's dad designed. It's called Blaketree National, and according to Avid Golfer, "the best-kept secret in the South." Given that the South has a LOT of secrets - just ask Faulkner - I'm assuming this is a really awesome golf course.

Oh yeah, and Tessa hates golf and makes fun of me for playing. I told her that I needed a sport I could play with my friends when we're 87 and pooping our pants.

3. Speaking of which, Lucy is such an awesome little tyke. She had her first date with Stasia's li'l boy Noah (above) and promptly tried to plant one on his face, which freaked him out, and rightfully so. We told her on the way home that most guys find that kind of frankness refreshing only in theory, and in reality they just get kind of weirded out.

It's funny, as a parent, reading news about child-rearing as you're actually in the act. The American Academy of Pediatrics came out yesterday with a report that pacifiers lower SIDS risk and that babies shouldn't even sleep on their sides. Lucy liked her pacifier for about two weeks at some point in May, and now she throws the thing across the room. And we put her to bed on her side for her first four months, because she refused to sleep on her back.

Apparently they don't like side-sleepers because the babies rassle around and end up on their bellies, and the AAP really hates that. We were pretty good about using the foam sleep positioners, however, - we crammed her into position and turned her on her other side like a hot dog every few hours. So it is possible, and she thanked us for it by being an excellent newborn sleeper.

Next up: fire-roasted chili peppers and chicken vindaloo!

4. My sister Michelle got on a computer for about ten minutes yesterday while working as a Red Cross leader on the Gulf Coast. Here's her brief post.

5. Fresh off winning Best Musical at the Fringe Festival NYC, my brother Sean and crew have a new play going up at the end of October, a horror show just in time for Halloween called Hail Satan. Don't forget to visit Mac's Hollywood-influenced trailer for the play.

6. This year, I left my pumpkin patch to the elements. Sure, I gave it everything it needed to grow: manure, mulch and a perfect location... and then I left for the summer. I was rewarded with the biggest haul of my pumpkin career, and guess what? I won't get to pick ANY of them because I'll be three thousand miles away until November. Shed a sad tear for the jack-o-lanterns that could have been.

snapped last week by a neighbor... *snif*