Geek Developmental Milestones

[dr_pretentious]

My three-year-old has taken to brandishing unlikely kitchen implements as supervillain weapons. His usual favorite is the tea infuser, but this evening, he held the apple corer aloft and shouted, "Forward, robots, forward! Bwahahahahaha!"

Meanwhile, my seven-month-old has moved from freeform babbling to deliberate attempts to imitate our words, especially short ones that are heavy on the vowels. I'm pretty sure he has no idea what hi, wow, and Iowa mean. Come to think of it, I myself have to take it on faith that Iowa exists, so do I really know what Iowa means? I may be accidentally raising a Midwesterner, especially now that we've started singing Dar Williams's Iowa to him.

Comments

[showingup.livejournal.com]

I escaped nasal irrigation with hot tea by THIS much!!

Oh, kids are just brilliant, brilliant!

[jeneralist.livejournal.com]

I'll need to play Uncle Bonsai's songs I Awoke in Iowa and Iowa Apology Song for you the next time we're together. In the meantime, you can see the lyrics at http://www.yellowtailrecords.com/ub/apology.htm#awoke

[thunderpigeon.livejournal.com]

But isn't the Dar Williams song, in a sense, _about_ not knowing exactly what Iowa means?

Oh well...

[jaime-sama.livejournal.com]

... if we have to live under an evil overlord some day, at least it can be one raised by you and Dan.