Today is Sarah’s 13,149 day on our lovely marble. Yes, you’re quite right: that’s a lot of days. Not so many days as I’ve been here, as she likes to point out. Repeatedly. So I shall spend this day reminding her of just how many days 13,149 is. It seems only fair.
But, the point is, here’s to the next 13,149. And many more.
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I have a co-worker who, after about 25 years here at the library, is retiring.
I arrived a little early to his retirement party, digital camera in hand. Standing around, milling about, I found myself at the snacks counter (as one often does), and talking with one of our co-workers (as one often does). Having found me at the snacks counter, he started giving me a hard time: I obviously hadn’t come to show support or say goodbye and good luck to our friend — I’d just come for the free food.
“Yeah,” I said, holding up the camera. “There isn’t even any film in this camera.”
(It’s OK: it took him a couple of minutes, too.)
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Grandpa Robb has come for a visit. Like most grandparents who’ve not seen their grandchildren in a year, he came bearing gifts. In addition to the usual stuffed animals and dresses and sticker books, he also brought the girls an XO PC.
Rowan gets her geek on.
Rowan writing a letter in the Write activity
This is a nice little computer, that satisfies the nerd even in me. It’s quite a powerful little machine for tiny hands, and I find it quite refreshing that it’s a computer that’s the size of a toy, rather than a toy that pretends to be a computer.
Lilah gets her geek on.
Lilah drawing a picture in the Draw activity
We’ve set the computer up for the girls on the coffee table, where our laptops live, so that we can all use our computers at the same place in the house. The girls, who always want to be just like Mummy, don’t have to pretend anymore. And with a real web browser, Rowan can play her games from the CBC website on her own computer.
It’s pretty cute, isn’t it? The little green ’n’ white computer, being used by the wee midgets?
Also pretty cute?
The computer’s point of view:
Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?
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