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I am Dani Smith, sometimes known around the web as Eglentyne. I am a writer in Texas. I like my beer and my chocolate bitter and my pens pointy.

This blog is one of my hobbies. I also knit, sew, run, parent, cook, eat, read, and procrastinate. I have too many hobbies and don’t sleep enough. Around here I talk about whatever is on my mind, mostly reading and writing, but if you hang out long enough, some knitting is bound to show up.

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    Entries in Why You Should Not Set Fire to Your Children (58)

    Saturday
    Mar072009

    Unusual Superheroes

    We had a mountain of clean laundry to put away this morning.  A week or more worth of clean clothes, plus bonus laundry from one barfing Sonar (better now).  

    All three Sonars piled onto our bed and sorted and folded their clothes.  As they worked, they rolled around, upsetting already folded piles (and each other), and made up superheroes.  
    A sample:
    Office Man, with the power to cover people in a swirl of papers or to make people late for work.  He can also deploy his army of paperclip people.  
    Restaurant Man, with the power of Pie in the Face.  
    Bathroom Man, with the power of Pee.  
    I had to stop listening at that point.  Where did these kids come from?  

     

    Wednesday
    Feb112009

    Sonar X-Toothless

    A photo of Sonar X5 from a couple of weeks ago (I’m catching up), revealing a gap where his first lost tooth used to be.  

     

    Friday
    Dec262008

    The December 23rd Post

    I know.  Too many posts on one day.  Why not just make one big post and be done with it.  Because it’s my blog and I’ll do it how I want to.  Besides, I’ve been sick in a house full of people for days and I’m feeling just a little silly and gratuitous in the sudden quiet.  

    And because a serious face would be neither possible nor desirable:

     

    Friday
    Dec262008

    The December 22nd Post

    A gratuitous post to make up for some of the unbalanced visual evidence of Sonar growth and loveliness. 

    Eight (and a half).  I could just eat him for breakfast.

     

    Friday
    Dec262008

    The December 21st Post

    To make up for lost time, several blogs in one day.  

    Introducing Sonar X4.  Happy Birthday kiddo.  Just don’t forget that none of the other children have ever (EVER) been allowed to ride their new bike in the house.  I hope you enjoyed it, it won’t happen again.