Have a look at this. Seriously, ignoring the spelling, aren’t Manx and Irish the same?
Reading etc.
Lending my books
The Princess started reading “The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe”. I was thrilled but a little nervous that she would have nightmares. I did that very annoying thing of constantly asking her “where are you now?” She thought it was alright. I am gutted. On the boys’ birthday, a number of kind relatives also gave her presents. Mostly, they gave her books. “Why,” queried my little ingrate, “is everyone always giving me books?” Could her reading phase be over already?
For scrabble lovers
Headline from the Irish Times during the week: “Xilinx records Nasdaq gains.”
Book club
Me: Would you like to read…let me see, I still think you’re too small for the Narnia books, “The Railway Children” is a bit hard as is “A Little Princess”…
Her: Oh “A Little Princess” is that the one with Sara and her slave Becky?
Me: Um, yes, and the nice family.
Her: And they call her the-little-girl-who-is-not-a-beggar.
Me: Yes!
Her: And she has a French lesson and she can already speak French.
Me: Yes, yes and there’s Lottie and the mean headmistress.
Her: Miss Munchkin.
Me: Um, I think that’s Miss Minchin but YES.
Her: And she is sent to live in the attic.
Me: And it’s so sad, her father dies and they are so mean to her (my eyes start to water at the thought of the many cruelties imposed on brave little Sara).
Her: Don’t cry Mummy, it all turns out well in the end. [Pause] Although her father is still dead.
The under-7s are a bit heartless aren’t they?
My new motto
Apparently the Norwegians say “There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.”
I think that this might get us through the winter.
Mr. Waffle says that before I apply this, we should invest in appropriate clothing.
Font News
I was alerted by Eoin to “Typography for Lawyers“. And wordles too, but that’s incidental (I just mention it here because I thought you would like to know).
I now find myself looking at books to see what font they are set in.
And now, Jon has a post about how to create your own font. The excitement.
Whatcha think?
It’s harder than you might imagine.
Is it all getting a bit weird over here?
