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[elmore3003]

It is funny how big Jayden looks in the photo by himself, and how small he looks next to his dad.   Out of costume he looks like one happy kid.

I think he's a very happy child. He's got great parents and his grandmother JoAnn loves babysitting him and his sister Riley. She went out as the Great Pumpkin.

[Jane]

Oh does Riley look cute!!!

[elmore3003]

Oh does Riley look cute!!!

Her family has great genes!

[bk]

I have great genes and also great jeans and also great Jeannes.

[Ginny]

Cute photos, DR Elmore!

[TCB]

Thank you, DR George!

And here's Jayden with his paternal escort, my nephew Tim!

Cute photo!

[Ginny]

Another indication that SW Ohio is becoming a great Cincinnati-Dayton megalopolis:  the public TV stations are merging into a regional public TV company.

[TCB]

Oh wait!  That was supposed to be under the photo of Jayden alone.

[Cillaliz]

DR JANE - the chapter of the book about your great uncle through marriage is called "The Millionaire's Captain" he was the favorite captain of the rich and famous who went back and forth across the Atlantic.

He was a favorite in my mother's family, so much so she didn't know he was an uncle by marriage.

There are also some photos of him in the book.  You could always just take a look next time you're in a bookstore.

[DERBRUCER]

TOD - Since I spent my childhood in Detroit, my Halloween costumes had to be warm -

I thought Detroiters burned down houses to keep warm on Halloween.

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

Such innocent fun times back then!

Yeah - I remember hay rides...and square dances!

der Brucer

[Ginny]

TOD - Since I spent my childhood in Detroit, my Halloween costumes had to be warm -

I thought Detroiters burned down houses to keep warm on Halloween.

der Brucer

After my time, DR der Brucer...

[Cillaliz]

It's gotten quiet downstairs again. think I'll go see what they are doing.  They will have the drywall up., taped and mudded today.  Tomorrow Juan will come back to sand and texture and it will be done.

[DERBRUCER]

Toby is asleep on my arm.  If I move it, I risk waking him up.  I must move that arm to reach my coffee.  Now I decide how much I really want the coffee... 

Rationalization: Toby will be better off in the long run if Mom stays stress-free (sometimes kids must be inconvenienced for the familial greater good).

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

Ann -  Great photos. 

Our corgis Toby and Dylan are saying that they'd love to meet Toby!

Wait a few months - then there will be lots of food dropping events to attend.

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

  I was almost 18 the last time I went.    

So - trick or treating ended in marriage?

der Brucer

[Matt H.]

It is quite a beautiful day outside. I enjoyed a bit of the warmth, but I've spent most of the day indoors.

[Matt H.]

I began my afternoon viewing with Thursday's SUPERNATURAL. Wonderfully spooky and engrossing episode with Jensen Ackles having another fantastic performance this week.

[Jane]

TOD - Since I spent my childhood in Detroit, my Halloween costumes had to be warm -

I thought Detroiters burned down houses to keep warm on Halloween.

der Brucer

That is the night before Halloween.

[Matt H.]

Then I watched ROMAN HOLIDAY. It's almost two hours, so I didn't quite get to the end but will finsh itwhen I go back. Looks really nice.

[DERBRUCER]

And then, his "bear" costume.  The costume is actually a traveling suit that he wear quite often when it's cold out, but since it had the ears on it, and I'd bought the brown one instead of the blue, it could pass as a costume as well. 

And do those graspy hands reach out for colored objects yet?

der Brucer

[Matt H.]

There are a good many bonus features, but not as many as on SUNSET BOULEVARD.

[Ann]

And then, his "bear" costume.  The costume is actually a traveling suit that he wear quite often when it's cold out, but since it had the ears on it, and I'd bought the brown one instead of the blue, it could pass as a costume as well. 

And do those graspy hands reach out for colored objects yet?

der Brucer

Their favorite thing to do seems to be grabbing the glasses off DH Jed's face and flinging them away.  He seems amazingly deliberate about it. too.

[DERBRUCER]

Ah - the law of unintended consequences at work:

My 7 year old just learned about gay marriage. Not from his school or teacher, but by the Yes on Prop 8 ad on radio while carpooling to school. He asked me about it and I gave an age appropriate answer. I have no doubt that many other kids will learn about the gay marriage thanks to prop 8 ads. I hope the theocrats realize the irony ...

(From a letter to Andrew Sullivan)

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

Their favorite thing to do seems to be grabbing the glasses off DH Jed's face and flinging them away.  He seems amazingly deliberate about it. too.

Of course! His first great victory in controlling his environment through manual interaction. Does he have a mobile in his sleeping quarters?

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

ASSOCIATED PRESS

EIGHTH-GRADE BOY SENT HOME FROM SCHOOL FOR JESUS CHRIST HALLOWEEN COSTUME
Saturday , November 01, 2008

PARAMUS, N.J. —
Dressing up as Jesus Christ for Halloween turned out to be a problem for a northern New Jersey boy.

Alex Woinski, an eighth-grader at West Brook Middle School in Paramus, was sent home from school on Friday because of his costume.

Alex, who has shoulder-length brown hair, wore a white robe, a red sash, sandals, a fake beard and a crown of thorns.

His mother says Alex was told he could keep the costume on if he removed the beard and crown of thorns, but he declined.

Superintendent James Montesano says the district doesn't want students wearing costumes that could be distracting.

Alex's mother is Catholic, and his father is Jewish.

He recently celebrated his Bar Mitzvah and is studying Bible scripture, according to his mom.

A. The Superintendent's comment is inane - almost all costumes, by definition, are distracting.

B. I wonder if a student dressed as the Devil would be allowed?

C. Will a savvy adult have a chat with Alex about the problems of unintentionally offending others?

This is a "teachable moment" that will no doubt be lost.

der Brucer

[Edisaurus]

Jayden looks like he would glow in the dark.

His costume, that is...

[Edisaurus]

This is a test:

[Edisaurus]

Yay! It worked!

So there's the cinemascope HHW site---right before I discovered it had been hacked!

[DERBRUCER]

This is a test:

And tell me you didn't dust right before the picture!

der Brucer