Nora continues with her tendency to dance whenever she hears music. Last week when I put her in her crib while I looked through her wardrobe for some clothes for the day, I had her iPad playing some music. She was groovin’, so I ran to get the video camera. Check out her pantomime of a “midnight train going anywhere”.
YouTube has blocked this video in Germany (sorry, Germans!) because they’re the only ones that figured out that it might contain copyrighted music.
The mouth harp, also known as the Jew’s harp (despite having no connection to Jews) or jaw harp, is one of the weirdest musical instruments. How many instruments do you know of that depend on the vibrations of the musician’s skull to be heard? According to Wikipedia, the instrument dates back to at least the [...]
This train of letters caught my eye on the dining room table recently, casting nice shadows in the morning sunlight. I think Nora’s grandparents or great-grandfather probably bought it for her. Just think of all the money we’re saving on things like this by giving her a four letter name!
Just some mindless link propagation (MLP) here. I found this page interesting and thought I would give the dude some linkage because of his clever idea and implementation. Just another example of the power of the information being gathered by the social networking sites. Anyway, check it out: http://booksthatmakeyoudumb.virgil.gr/
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.”
This morning I did the usual, Nora, get up, go to the bathroom and put on your slippers and call me when you’re ready to come downstairs.” It’s a way to practice some autonomy and let Daddy check his email and Facebook notifications. A few minutes went by and I heard nothing. Usually this means she’s just slumped over onto her pillow again. I went up to investigate and found her fully dressed, in weather inappropriate shorts and a summer shirt over her winter undershirt, just putting on the final touches of her ensemble with a sparkly jacket. A+ for initiative!!