good. so how do you tell whether she is made of wood? build a bridge out of her.

a friend of mine's fiance gave birth to their first child together yesterday afternoon. i am excited for him if that's what he wants. most people know how i feel about human offspring... i don't. one naive thing about this friend's foray into the abyss that is parenthood is that he said that he "won't let it [parenthood] stop him from doing things [he] wants like traveling"... errrr... my response was "oh, well you can still go, i'm sure, but it will be very expensive packing the family around europe for a month..." he said "oh no, i'll still go on my own." heh. heh. heh. oh yes. i can see that floating about as well as "very small rock" .

so i bought his new daughter a prezzie:

this is a tulu hoberman rattle from www.thinkgeek.com (home for all your geeky necessities, of course -- i spend entirely too much money here)... i usually try to buy educational gifts for kids. yah, i hear the booing and hissing already. but let me be clear. my personal experience with learning was filled with fun! i used to do my sister's homework for her, i would yoink the books she brought home from english class for fun reading, i would ask for extra work to do in class or the teacher would get me to help check the other students' work. anyway, i prefer to get fun and educational toys. this particular toy is built on the principles of the hoberman's sphere and i have seen kids playing with this toy and absolutely loving it. considering this new human's genetic pool, it should really get all the help it can................. oh kidding................... maybe.