Crib Noises – Nocturnal Haiku

June 08, 2009 By: erik Category: Funny, Musings 107 views

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Scream of agony.
Distant flatulent thunder.
Sigh of happiness.

Caring for a baby does wonders for reminding you of what is important in life, namely a well-functioning digestive system. With your vicariously clean slate, the big high-level concerns of adult life become muted and you can enjoy the simple pleasures of consumption and excretion at the bottom of the pyramid.

	First Crib Ornament
	Nora, my dear, we’ve finally got your bed ready for you when you decide it’s time to enter this bright and chilly world. While you’re in there becoming a Kung Fu master (seriously, I wouldn’t be surprised if you emerged with a ninja mask on), your mother and I are out here getting things as [...]

Mini Erik

Whitby Harbour, UK

05/21/13

Fantastic.

05/19/13

Four year olds are pure id.

“Daddy, after I finish this dessert, I want another bowl filled to the top with nothing but [whipped] cream. Okay?”

05/19/13

Convinced my daughter to watch Star Wars with me by promising that it had a princess.

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George Catlin, Prairie Meadows Burning, 1832

From the Smithsonian American Art Museum:

George Catlin painted ominous, swirling clouds of black smoke that loom out of the distance and drive the Indians before them. The artist was an eyewitness to such terrifying events, and described the fire’s “thunder rumbling as it goes.” But he also wrote that prairie fires made for “some of the most beautiful scenes that are to be witnessed in this country, and also some of the most sublime.”

05/16/13

American in Spain