If I wanted any poop outta you ...

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Boy's pretty well trained ... if you doubt my veracity, ask yourself if I would thusly tempt ... whomever it is you tempt by declaring your child's feat only to have it inexplicably disappear from his/her repertoire.

He's even making it through most nights without incident - even to the point of getting out of bed a few times to go potty.

Good thing, they're not making Thomas trains at sufficient pace to supply the reward system we were using.

Here's my poop story for this week ...

Before bath time, he's started jumping on the potty and forcing something out so that he doesn't have to get out mid-bath. Tonight, he did his business, got into the tub, then immediately proclaimed he had to get out and go potty again. Going twice in a row usually means serious business. (For the "sitting" crowd - guys don't have the ability to stop part-way through ... then continue later when it's more convenient.) Anyways, he gets back on the potty and after some serious effort - triumph. After round two - he gets back in the water and after another 10 seconds, decides he's not done. This time, takes more patience and he embellishes his coaxing technique by putting both hands on his head and pressing ... but once again, success. He gets back in the water and decides he wants to give it another go. Again, shows good patience, but eventually tries the squeezing technique - this time to no avail. He gives up and bath concludes with no further incident. But now we'll have to see if it's a thing.

That's my story for this week.

My story for last week was ... I've spent about 90 minutes so far this Spring picking up rabbit cr*p from our back-yard. Apparently, all the people complaining about the rabbits feeding on their garden and flowers and all the home remedies they've attempted, have only succeeded in driving the city's rabbit population into my yard post meal.

Spring Has Sprung

A whole new season of things to try out for the first (and last) time. Hope you all have a good one.

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At a conference on the West coast this past week, we were treated to a motivational talk by Benjamin Zander. If you get the opportunity to hear him speak - grab that opportunity. If you find yourself with the ability to see him in person - don't let that pass you by. In his talk, he referred to a recording of his interpretation of one of Beethoven's movements "as it was originally intended" ... since I'm not a refined listener of classical music, I can best translate that as "even faster than you're used to hearing it." I'll have to track it down and let you know.

Oh yeah, Disneyland was cool too.

The following occurs between 10:10.17 and 10:10.19 ...

Jeez, in the manner of spontaneous combustion, I almost fell/slid off my chair at work just now.

In other news, the boy has stayed dry for over 48 hours (I can feel a relapse even as I type). Our method has been to "make him" go to the bathroom (or at least sit for a while) every hour, then every 90 minutes ... and now he's asking to go on occassion.

The Art of Deep Slumber


Note the maximum air intake potential.
Protective colouring in the cheek area that warns potential interlopers of pending danger of abrupt awakening.
The slightly damp fur is a known barometer of rest efficiency, measured to the 5th decile.
Slight abrasion around the frontal lobe is a marking found in nature showing the aggressive, predatory nature.