Mike's musings

Some bits and pieces

A few things that I've been meaning to put in...

Yesterday, Jo went swimming with a bunch of friends and Carolyn, our nanny (as they do most weeks), and apparently Jo was explaining to the other children that Mummy and Daddy were at work. This shows understanding of what we're doing, a willingness to explain and the ability to do so. Wow. We're getting to the stage where maybe 60-80% of what she says clearly means something, and, with some probing, you can usually find out what she's trying to say. It may be that more than that is actual content, but she's learning words so quickly that often she'll use a word that we didn't know she knew, and as her pronunciation still leaves quite a lot to be desired (!), it's often difficult to decipher. One of her most-used words at the moment is "luddle" for "cuddle". It means, for instance, that if she wakes up in the middle of the night, she can at least tell us what she wants (it might be that she's thirsty or has tooth-ache instead, for instance).

Gary posted a comment a couple of days ago about possible formations for the footy. One thing that I don't understand is, when there's a corner, or when we really, really want to defend a lead, why we don't move from, for instance, 4-1-4-1 to 10. Can anyone explain?

Word of the day: aibohphobia. Fear of palindromes...

Random music update

• In This Home On Ice - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
• Black and White - The Upper Room (this resonates particularly with a discussion Sally and I have been having about the discovery that you're in love with someone)
• Good Weekend - Art Brut (this is just funny, and also about having a new girlfriend. Best lyric "I've seen her naked: TWICE!")

# posted by MikeCamel @ 11:12 am