The New York Times is running a fascinating and entertaining article today on Chinglish, the uniquely Chinese mangling of English, particularly as it pertains to signs in Shanghai. I love reading about this stuff, and when I lived in San Francisco I regularly enjoyed not only Chinglish, but also Ingrish, the uniquely Japanese mangling of […]
Monthly Archive for May, 2010
The Magic Word
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, Simon says... on May 5th, 2010
When I was a kid, “please” was the magic word. Whenever I asked for something and forgot to use it, I was immediately reminded by an adult who said “What’s the magic word?” For Simon, the magic word is “tomorrow”, and it’s not anything we pushed on him. He seems to have realized all on […]
Thanks to everyone for their happy pet stories after I posted about Kitty Friend. It looks like Kitty Friend’s story is getting added to the pile. He has now been with Jim and Evie for two weeks. They both think he’s just as sweet and wonderful as I did, and the new family seems to […]
Dr. No
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on May 1st, 2010
I adore Simon’s regular pediatrician. I think he’s a great diagnostician, and I know he’s attentive and really cares about our whole family. He takes a gentle approach to Simon that has all but eliminated Simon’s anxiety in the examining room, and he approaches Matt and me as intelligent adults doing our best. His only […]