Jen should be proud

From The Londoner (Ken's freesheet) Oct 03

p2 story on a YouGov poll for the Telegraph lists several questions, including…

Should London continue to be the national capital, or should the capital be moved to a bi city such as Birmingham or Manchester?

Language development

One of the unexpected delights of having a toddler about is seeing her learn English.

So back in May (when she was 18 months old) I counted all the words she used while we were away for a week – 144, excluding names and animal noises. I probably missed a few too.

At that point, she was using two word phrases like 'other chair', 'dog walk', and 'daddy phone' plus the odd three word one, like the ever popular 'not want it!'.

We get our internet connection via HomeChoice which has a 'video on demand' (like having a TiVo with a very full disc drive) service, including a large selection of music videos. And she likes some of those a lot.

So last night it was, 'Daddy, I want Cheeky Girls, the holiday one'.

I don't know whether to be delighted at the language skills or disappointed at the musical taste – the original 'Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)' single was much better :))

Unbounded optimism

From some 'buy twenty zillion email addresses' spam:

If you have received this email in error, please accept my humble apologies. However, before you delete it, I respectfully ask a favor of you. Would you be kind enough to forward this email to someone who, in your estimation, may find it beneficial to them?

Press coverage of BiCon

Well, the North American Conference on Bisexuality, anyway.

Bisexual conference about to happen, Fritz Klein "appalling" shock:

Congresswoman to speak at X-rated confab

Bisexual conference happened, yesthattom appealling shock:

Congresswoman at XXX-rated sex meeting

I love the way it acquired two more Xs!

You get three copies of a magazine for donating any amount to WorldNetDaily. I'm extremely tempted to donate a cent.

You know you've been reading too many surveys when

your idea of what to do this weekend should involve includes sex in multiple positions, for much longer than a hour, including making them come with just your hands and lots of oral sex, with a woman who's having her period and wearing a strap-on… and a friend. Preferably male.

What the weekend will probably involve:

Well, I have to do an outline of the book I was supposed to have finished about a year ago (won't take too long).

Look at stuff on mortgage misselling (ditto).

Seeing at least two of T3, Pirates of.., SpyKids 3, and Pie 3 at the PeckhamPlex.

… unless you want to help with the original idea 🙂