This seems to be Kid week. We’ve done two interview with Josias (link here) and we figured we would do one this year, now that he’s in first grade.
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Interview With Sy 2009
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Interview With Elayna 2009
We did an interview with Elayna a year ago. Now that she’s reached the ripe age of 4, we figured to ask her some of the questions again.
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Sy’s Poems
Yesterday’s post consisted of things that Sy banged out without much more than five minutes of thought. Essentially, they were creative outlets for his random insanity. I also wanted to post some of his endeavors which he did take time to think about, and even wrote a second (neater) draft to get it right.
What you’ll see are two poems: one in verse and one in prose.
Sy’s Essays
Every now and then my Son does something that gets him in trouble, usually on account of him being insanely hyperactive while being on the verge of a migraine. At these times I try to find a way to both calm him down and redirect his energies.
Usually this consists of me telling him to sit down, stare at a wall for five minutes and then followed by a brief writing session. In the session he has to write down five sentences that tell me something about the wall—and they can’t be mere facts. They must be creative in their formulation, else he has to examine the wall some more.
Yeah, I know; it sounds crazy. Welcome to the world with Me as Dad. Here’s his most recent two sessions followed by a short essay on why he loves Summer that he wrote in Winter.
Toward Criticism of Christian “Art”
I’ve been critical of what is usually perceived nowadays as being Christian art. Recently, I got into a conversation where some folk were defending the validity of this or that style of art and stating, quite emphatically, what right do I have to preside judgment over them (citing the Most Well Known Verse of the 21st Century: Matthew 7:1). I’ve given it some serious thought, and I think that not only do I have to be critical (in the classic sense) of such art: we all, especially Christians, should.
Rey’s Wisdom: Mathematical Constant
I’m not a wise man; I’m fairly an idiot in a lot of things. But I’ve learned that wisdom is generated by experience and I have 35 years of that last bit which allows me to learn Something. That being the case, I’ll share it with you after the jump.
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Ben Linus Nursery Rhyme
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Extremely Right (Or Left)
Did you catch the leaked unclassified Home Land Security report on Right-Wing Extremists? I think the hoopla (especially in the blogosphere) was a bit over the top considering the language in the document.
Susan Boyle and Perceptions
By now, just about everyone in the E-World has seen the video of Susan Boyle performing on Britain Has Talent but I thought it was necessary to put in an observation that someone close to me, who wishes to remain anonymous, noted.
Weird Kiddo Convo: The Play
Here’s a weird conversation the kids had today which I just had to save.