Comments on: Two and terrible http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:02:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gaoo http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-6135 gaoo Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:12:29 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=472#comment-6135 An aside to Elsa: (NOT to Magda) sounds exactly like childbirth. The merciful haze melts over all memory of the pain so you are willing to do it again. An aside to Elsa: (NOT to Magda)
sounds exactly like childbirth. The merciful haze melts over all memory of the pain so you are willing to do it again.

]]> By: Gwynne http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-6061 Gwynne Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:03:57 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=472#comment-6061 Happy belated birthday to the Angelic Adam! And to his lovely mother, the very image of patience. Heh. The first photo looks like a trailer for the Blair Witch Project, but it's a great photo. And the second looks like you've been pressing his face into a George Foreman grill. Adam may be justified in his use of the "F" word. Just sayin. ;-) He's a doll. Happy belated birthday to the Angelic Adam! And to his lovely mother, the very image of patience.

Heh. The first photo looks like a trailer for the Blair Witch Project, but it’s a great photo. And the second looks like you’ve been pressing his face into a George Foreman grill. Adam may be justified in his use of the “F” word. Just sayin. ;-) He’s a doll.

]]> By: Jean http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-6004 Jean Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:22:12 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=472#comment-6004 How do you spell relief? V-R-T-E-C How do you spell relief? V-R-T-E-C

]]> By: jdog http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-5987 jdog Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:16:15 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=472#comment-5987 Happy Birthday to both of them. It is so difficult to discern who is the more lovely of the two birthday honorees, T-Bone the glaring mafia flower, or Adam, the howling hunger striker. Love you all, though. Happy Birthday to both of them. It is so difficult to discern who is the more lovely of the two birthday honorees, T-Bone the glaring mafia flower, or Adam, the howling hunger striker.

Love you all, though.

]]> By: Elsa http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-5982 Elsa Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:54:01 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=472#comment-5982 This auntie carries the scars of the night she babysat. Then-baby Abum was snuggly and lovely as parents suited up in coats, as goodbyes were said, as the dinner party exited to the garage. Then, eerily, at the moment the car, unseen by Adam, turned in the driveway, when it was too late to call you back... then commenced... The howling. So long and fierce was this howling that I cannot grapple with the memory, and now my mind draws a merciful haze over it. I remember thinking, lost though I was in the storm of shrill and horrible, that I really should update my method of contraception. But he was sleeping when you came home, and I stopped shaking eventually, and I'll babysit him again anytime. Happy birthdays, sweet girl and sweet boy. This auntie carries the scars of the night she babysat. Then-baby Abum was snuggly and lovely as parents suited up in coats, as goodbyes were said, as the dinner party exited to the garage. Then, eerily, at the moment the car, unseen by Adam, turned in the driveway, when it was too late to call you back… then commenced…

The howling. So long and fierce was this howling that I cannot grapple with the memory, and now my mind draws a merciful haze over it.

I remember thinking, lost though I was in the storm of shrill and horrible, that I really should update my method of contraception.

But he was sleeping when you came home, and I stopped shaking eventually, and I’ll babysit him again anytime. Happy birthdays, sweet girl and sweet boy.

]]> By: Michael M. http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-5980 Michael M. Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:54:26 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=472#comment-5980 A very happy birthday to Adam! Here's hoping the terrible twos are less terrible than the terrible threes. A very happy birthday to Adam! Here’s hoping the terrible twos are less terrible than the terrible threes.

]]> By: kilowatthour http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-5951 kilowatthour Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:35:27 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=472#comment-5951 happy, happy birthday to adam and magda! happy, happy birthday to adam and magda!

]]> By: DarkoV http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-5937 DarkoV Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:27:04 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=472#comment-5937 A hearty congratulation to you and to your lovely spouse for making it thus far! Happy Birthday to your energetic and highly-interested son. This is alwys the difficult part of kid-raising, I think. How do you maintain a child's spirit and enthusiasm without going off the deep end yourself? How do maintain order when dis-order may be his main current interest? He's just testing you for future reference when he wants to go to Africa by heimself at 16. Question: In Adam's second picture where he's imitating Godzilla before the pounce, he seems to have an imprint on his forehead. A battle scar or nap time blanket head tattoo? A hearty congratulation to you and to your lovely spouse for making it thus far! Happy Birthday to your energetic and highly-interested son. This is alwys the difficult part of kid-raising, I think. How do you maintain a child’s spirit and enthusiasm without going off the deep end yourself? How do maintain order when dis-order may be his main current interest? He’s just testing you for future reference when he wants to go to Africa by heimself at 16.

Question: In Adam’s second picture where he’s imitating Godzilla before the pounce, he seems to have an imprint on his forehead. A battle scar or nap time blanket head tattoo?

]]> By: juliloquy http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-5933 juliloquy Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:54:03 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=472#comment-5933 Big happy birthday to A-Rock and T-Bone! Oh how my life resonates with many of these themes. Bad news is when the relatives see through Adam's charade and know your pain, they will blame you for his behavior. That's how it works. If he's an angel, he came to it naturally. If he's a monster, it's your fault. But anyway, enjoy! Big happy birthday to A-Rock and T-Bone!

Oh how my life resonates with many of these themes.

Bad news is when the relatives see through Adam’s charade and know your pain, they will blame you for his behavior. That’s how it works. If he’s an angel, he came to it naturally. If he’s a monster, it’s your fault.

But anyway, enjoy!

]]> By: Simon http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-5929 Simon Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:49:06 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=472#comment-5929 Happy birthday Adam. If you'll permit me, some suggestions on the "not eating" thing. 1. Do not "painstakingly craft interesting meals". Make quick, basic (but still healthy) stuff, so that when it goes to waste, you've wasted less time and effort. 2. Pretend not to care whether he eats or not. Once he senses that you really WANT him to eat, his mouth is guaranteed to clamp shut. Also, he can smell fear. Can't help you with the F-word thing, sorry. Happy birthday Adam.

If you’ll permit me, some suggestions on the “not eating” thing.
1. Do not “painstakingly craft interesting meals”. Make quick, basic (but still healthy) stuff, so that when it goes to waste, you’ve wasted less time and effort.
2. Pretend not to care whether he eats or not. Once he senses that you really WANT him to eat, his mouth is guaranteed to clamp shut. Also, he can smell fear.

Can’t help you with the F-word thing, sorry.

]]> By: Jagosaurus http://isoglossia.com/2006/12/12/two-and-terrible/comment-page-1/#comment-5926 Jagosaurus Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:03:53 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=472#comment-5926 Happy Birthday Adam and T-Bone! It is my understanding that most families survive this particularly cranky phase of growing up. I, of course, was a perfectly behaved little elf when Adam's age. Were I to point my Dad here to read this he would cheerfully comment that I speak the truth. I'm pretty sure. ...Yeah. *cough* Happy Birthday Adam and T-Bone!

It is my understanding that most families survive this particularly cranky phase of growing up. I, of course, was a perfectly behaved little elf when Adam’s age. Were I to point my Dad here to read this he would cheerfully comment that I speak the truth.

I’m pretty sure.

…Yeah.

*cough*

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