My Scattered Thoughts

• At our library, the librarian said that Max's book-finding map (he drew it) was the best thing she'd seen in a long time. #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Nah, those you "see" over email…. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Word of advice: don't let your car break down in the Science Center parking garage. You'll be there for hours. #SMAtuS #
• Also, super big thanks to Carol for rescuing Sarah and the kids and not taking no for an answer! Also, tacos! #SMAtuS #
• Also learned that there are lots of friendly helpful people out there. Esp. the lovely bro & sis who kept me company for a time. #SMAtuS #
• THE GREAT NIGHT by Chris Adrian: A modern retelling of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, perhaps my favorite Shakespeare play. Fun! #fridayreads #

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• Max finally got Alice back for that hair-pulling incident in the library. On an unrelated note, they are now dancing with puppets. #SMAtuS #
• Max drew a great picture of himself smiling in the middle of a tornado. #SMAtuS #
• @mikecane The takeaway is: if you're commenting on weblog, make sure your comment is relevant. Not sure what the fuss is all about. in reply to mikecane #
• Max, about Linsel's dog Oliver: At first when I met Oliver I was really nervous, but he turned out to be OK. #SMAtuSOL #
• Last night I told the kids the story of Canta Slaus. He lives at the South Pole and delivers presents to all south of the equator. #SMAtuS #
• If you want to stay on Alice's good side, don't call her a baby. Little Girl, I'm lookin' at you: "I Alice! I feisty! Watch out!" #SMAtuS #
• THE CHILDREN OF THE SKY by Vernor Vinge: Leisurely and charming for a science fiction novel. #fridayreads #

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• Survived yet another cookie party and lived (so far) to tell the tale! #
• @HillaryJacques Soooo…. you magicked up this Twitter post? in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Oh totally. I see, I see. So your Tweet O' Anguish was pro forma for all us non-magical digital plebeians? Kind of you. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Alice: But I wanted a meat stick like in pirate book. You know, pirate chicken. #SMAtuS #
• @homebtwnpages @BookRiot Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. in reply to homebtwnpages #
• So proud of Max. He comforted a crying two year old who was missing his mama. Soon, the student will surpass the master. #SMAtuS #
• Nothing's burned down yet. I consider that a success! Only scores of hours to go of temporary single parenthood! #SMAtuS #
• Walking down the beach just talking about pirates with Alice. #SMAtuS #
• The mornings are the hardest. Brain takes too long to boot up. Breakfast: the meal everyone hates here. Kids crazy goofy. #SMAtuS #

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• @Bookish_Bitch http://t.co/vguE7tXN For what it's worth. in reply to Bookish_Bitch #
• Max to Sarah and Alice: Have a good burrito you guys! They are yucky to me but I know you like them! #SMAtuS #
• Wonderful essay on the long-neglected Tom Bombadil (who I've always had a soft spot for…) I mean, Evil TB!?! http://t.co/zHnzMosO #
• Before reading books, Alice likes to put on her "reading clothes". (Reading clothes = pajamas) #SMAtuS #
• Alice: "I no want to go with Alicia. Want go with daddy for hot tub." Awwwww. #SMAtuS #
• Max, not wanting to stop hugging Sarah: "My arms are a circle!" #SMAtuS #
• Alice: "I write my name with colored pencils." And then she made a different color for each of the five letters in her name. #SMAtuS #
• @acornsandnuts http://t.co/AG8dJr9S Seriously. (Even though it neglects the guybrarians among us.) in reply to acornsandnuts #
• @acornsandnuts Oh, I totally do! in reply to acornsandnuts #
• Alice: Mommy all mine. Max at school. Ha ha ha! #SMAtuS #
• Alice, of a frilly sweater: No way! I no wear that! It's not cool. I cool, mama. I a pirate you know. Max wear dat. Ha ha! #SMAtuS #
• @shadalicious Mine too. in reply to shadalicious #
• Alice, of her pirate toy: "I only share with pirate boy. His name ARRR. He need nap, mama. I lay down wiff him." Then read to him. #SMAtuS #
• Max's friend at school was sick, so Max wrote him a very sweet get well card. #SMAtuS #

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• Alice's three favorite bands: Emphatical Piratical (pirate song), Cat Stevens (do do do song), and Pizzicato 5 (go go dancer). #SMAtuS #
• Alice: "Bye! I go back to my books!" and then she went back to her room. #SMAtuS #
• Max wore a disguise. He thought it was so funny when I called him a strange little man, he spent the whole night not being Max. #SMAtuS #
• I can't remember who I was telling about Werner Herzog reading Go the Fuck to Sleep, so I hope that person sees this! http://t.co/bZ3HqUgW #
• Alice: Max! Draw me a snowman? Max: Yes, Alice, because I love you. Alice: With a pirate hat? Max: Okay. Alice: Thank you, Max! #SMAtuS #
• THE QUANTUM THIEF by Hannu Rajaniemi: I love LOVE that there are such things as "gogol pirates" in this novel. #
• If you're in the neighborhood, the Phinney Community Center is doing its annual Giving Tree. Help make someone's Christmas so much better! #
• AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS by Flann O'Brien: I read this to Alice when she was 4-5 months old. Evokes STRONG memories reading it now. #fridayreads #
• Max decided to write a book. 3 DAYS: NO DADDY! I'll be in Portland tonight and through the weekend, if anyone wants to hang out. #
• @nfarina Congrats! And I got to read it when it was FREE! (I guess it still is… on your website?) in reply to nfarina #

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• Max: If I had a robot dress, I would want to wear it all the time. #SMAtuS #
• READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline: The whole thing's a love letter to the geeky 80s. Without reservation, my 30yo male friends will love it. #
• DAMNED by Chuck Palahniuk: A 13-year old in Hell. I only hope my kids are this funny when they're 13. #
• THE COLD COMMANDS by Richard K. Morgan: Was fine with blood & gore until the eye thing. Blurgh! Loved the barbarian-in-city angle, though. #
• Apparently, Max has all the kids in his class making his dot-to-dot style treasure maps. Max the Trendsetter! #SMAtuS #
• @beatitudes Hell, they're everything I don't want my children to be NOW. And they're 2 and 4. in reply to beatitudes #
• Tonight Alice wanted nothing at dinner except articoke! (marinated artichoke) and crackers! Oh yeah, she was covered in beet juice, #SMAtuS #
• Sarah: Alice you're kind of stinky. You need a bath. Alice: I no need a baff. I stinky pirate! Hee hee! #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Say it isn't so! …… Well, at least I heard it first from a friend. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques I feel sad. I haven't read her books in years, but I had about a three year Anne McCaffrey reading period in my life. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• We've discovered Alice loves pulling out pumpkin guts. #SMAtuS #
• I'm thankful for so much I can't even list it all in 140 characters. Hyperbole? I think not! Esp. thankful 2011's almost done. What a year! #

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• ALOHA FROM HELL by @Richard_Kadrey: I'll keep reading these, as long as he keeps writing 'em! Thanks for the good time, RK! #
• @HillaryJacques It's a quick read… Or perhaps I'm a quick reader. Either way, fun stuff! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Words Max has written this morning (so far): GREAT, GHOST, GOO, GRAPE, GREEN, GOBLIN… Sensing a theme. #SMAtuS #
• Alice: Bye Sweet Max! See you later! #SMAtuS #
• Alice woke up this morning at 4am and demanded…. wait for it…. A PICKLE. Which she then ate. #SMAtuS #
• According to Max, I don't have bloodshot eyes, I have a lot of "red thunder in my eyes". #SMAtuS #
• Max: We must have a lot of water, because we live in WASHington! #SMAtuS #
• Sometimes Alice wants to be alone. She went into her room to read. Max went in to see her, and she yelled: Hey! I reading! #SMAtuS #
• Three cheers for the Trivial Convivialists! Who carried the night again with a monstrous first place! (Thanks Carol!) #SMAtuS #
• @shadalicious Yeah, these are pretty much for the people who know them. :) in reply to shadalicious #
• Just finished Richard Morgan's THE COLD COMMANDS. Starting on Chuck Pahlahniuk's DAMNED next. #fridayreads #
• Max: During the day the moon likes a banana, because you can't see that much of it. #SMAtuS #
• I appreciated this thoughtful piece by Matt Taibbi on the OWS … movement (?) http://t.co/JOKQJfPx #
• WHAT. THE. FUCK. AMERICA? http://t.co/FMQk4kCA #
• Alice: Mama, I only [wear] pirate dresses, you know! (Asked about another dress) That yucky! No way! I only pirate dress! #SMAtuS #
• This morning, Max is packing to go on a trip to visit Brian and Jamilah! (First we've heard of it. :) #SMAtuS #

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• I think Max is teaching himself how to read. With very little encouragement from us. Apart from the constant reading, that is. #SMAtuS #
• I suspect, in time, ALL the cool kids will be doing Alice's "pirate dance". #SMAtuS #
• Sarah's a real mensch for trying to explain acronyms to Max before 8am this morning. That's an afternoon activity! #SMAtuS #
• In less than two weeks, Max's new school has had a profoundly positive effect on his self-esteem and confidence. I'm so happy! #SMAtuS #
• @beatitudes It really really really is! :) in reply to beatitudes #
• @HillaryJacques Pre-school. We had him in another one that wasn't doing it for him. With the new one, night and day! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• ALL ART IS PROPAGANDA by George Orwell: He's a breath of fresh air. Also, an essay on Dickens! #fridayreads #
• What a delightful poem: "As If" by J. Allyn Rosser … – The Atlantic http://t.co/0BSPR7pk #

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• @HillaryJacques Awww shucks in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @instapaper Running iOS 4.2.1 on an old 3G. Can't keep Instapaper from crashing. Get the sense I'm out of luck. True? #
• @bvanderveen Well, for me, the margins are broken with Firefox + vertical tabs…. So sad. Have to put together some kind of hack to fix. in reply to bvanderveen #
• HABIBI by Craig Thompson: Wow. He's come a long way since BLANKETS… #
• THE TWELFTH ENCHANTMENT by David Liss: That giant tortoise is TOTALLY the rifle on the mantelpiece! #
• Send positive thoughts Max's way on his first day at a new school! #SMAtuS #
• Don't play air hockey with Alice. She will CRUSH you. Fair warning. #SMAtuS #
• Alice: Penguins! I want to snuggle them! #SMAtuS #
• Note to self: Treasure this moment! Alice would rather hang out with me than with her friends! Hotcha! #SMAtuS #
• In one way, the Google Reader redesign is a good thing. I'm far more productive now that I've stopped using it… #
• @HillaryJacques It's pretty bad… Just aesthetically displeasing. So much so that I don't really want to use it. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• MISTBORN: THE FINAL EMPIRE by B Sanderson: A woman as fantasy novel protagonist? Well, bless my stars! The love interest is hapless to boot! #
• Oh yeah, forgot to tag that last as #fridayreads (Mistborn v1 by Brandon Sanderson) #
• Had a dream/nightmare last night about economic catastrophe consuming the world, woke up relieved it was just a dream… oh wait. #SMAtuS #
• Turntable.fm == the best way to discover new music since the early days of eMusic. Check it out! #
• Alice: "I like to kick in my purple pirate boots! Ha ha!" And then she probably bit some poor kid. #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Um. Methinks I don't want to know? in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @QuanLy212 Yeah… The dream was kind of redundant. Which I thought even as I was dreaming it. in reply to QuanLy212 #
• @HillaryJacques Crazy people? Moose? Flaming hobos? (Is that why they're flaming? or is the glitter?) (Been a long week, if you can't tell) in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Oh goodie! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Fictional cannon-fodder inspiration? in reply to HillaryJacques #

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• ANYA'S GHOST by Vera Brosgol: A charming little comic about a teenage girl's ghost… problem? opportunity? hallucination? #
• Ah, pneumonia, what would we do without you? … EVERYTHING. Without coughing uncontrollably + asthma. #SMAtuS #
• GOLIATH by Scott Westerfeld: The third and final volume. Satisfying conclusion. As always, I love the artwork. (Except for the cover.) #
• Two or three nights in a row now, Alice has sung Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to herself at bedtime after I left the room. #SMAtuS #
• It's official. Max is now registered for kindergarten! #SMAtuS #
• @thebookmaven What's the word? (Also, you probably have access through your local public library!) in reply to thebookmaven #
• REAMDE by Neal Stephenson: I'm pretty sure that Linsel and Mason, among others, would quite enjoy this book! #fridayreads #
• Occupy Wigan Pier: an Op-Ed on the State of Occupy Seattle http://t.co/JSTbAfGh via @seattlest AKA Read George Orwell! #
• Me: Alice, why did you wake up so early this morning? Alice, almost laughing: Because, Daddy-dats! #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Maybe you're being haunted by the Ghost of Mondays Past? Or perhaps of Future Mondays Yet to Come? in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Enjoy! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Excellent. (Familiarity with London did help a bit. I've been to some of those neighborhoods…) in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Another first for Alice: Hot cocoa! Verdict: Awesome! #SMAtuS #
• Kilburn family outdid itself this year with Darth Vader, Harriet the Spy, pirate, ad Arthur Dent costumes! Go Babelfish! #SMAtuS #

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