Remember the Tooth

I'm terrible about keeping this thing updated.

Anyway, Toddler Lock had her first dentist appointment today. A couple of weeks ago she did a belly flop off of the couch into an apothecary table. Lots of bleeding but the tooth did not budge. We were quite impressed. Except a few days ago, the tooth started to darken. We feared the worst, that she killed it and so we scheduled an appointment to have a professional take a look at it.

He took an X-ray of her mouth. Said the tooth may only be bruised and to give it some time before we know what state it's in. So we'll just wait and see if she's going to lose her first tooth at only two and half!

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies."
- C.S. Lewis

Little People

I like having a little person running around the house. It's just too entertaining. Too bad they grow out of that phase. I guess that's why we ordered a new one.

2

Had an ultrasound today. We're only 13 weeks into it so this is about the earliest we can look but it appears that we're having a boy.

And that did not stop Mrs. Lock from making name suggestions within hours of the ultrasound. After the appointment, I went back to work, logged in, hopped on instant messenger and started getting pings from her immediately.

mrs_lock: I like this name .. Torin
mr_lock: oh boy
mr_lock: Hafgan (the roleplaying name for the druids I play)
mrs_lock: Torin Hafgan Lock
mr_lock: Can I really name my kid Hafgan?
mrs_lock: It's a nice meaning (summer song), but a terrible name
mrs_lock: It's fine for role playing, but...

That last line was to save my feelings. We're talking about our future second kid and she thought I'd take offense at having my rp character's name ridiculed.

Toy House

EVERY ROOM in the house is Toddler Lock's toy room.

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
--George Orwell

Classy Joint

I was in line where the customer at the front ordered a $1.50 burrito but paid with $100 bill. Her change was $98.50 after the employees ran around wildly, summoning managers and opened a couple of vaults.

What's wrong with people?

Three Generations of Dimensions

I saw someone trying to explain the space-time continuum by drawing the "shape" of time on a piece of paper.

It makes me smile to realize how difficult this must have been to explain the fourth dimension to three dimensional beings on an object best used in representing the second dimension.

The Scientific Consensus

"Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had."
- Michael Crichton

Fashionable to be Unfashionable

Fashion's sense of fashion is as faddish as itself. If you're worried about how any period will view the way you looked or what you did, just wait long enough; it'll come back into style or there will be no style to speak of for it to be on the outside.

What this means is that you should do whatever you want. If you're the kind to be concerned about image, do it anyway and be ahead of your time...again.