I remember this book!

[conuly]

Not sure which edition I had... it's *possible* I had the later one, but I probably had the earlier one.

Regardless, I now need one again. I wonder if it's still in our attic, and useable....

Today's haiku:

Days growing shorter
Darkness comes faster, sharper
Soon will come the snow

Comments

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't think you had the later one unless somebody bought it for you quite a bit after the age it's targeted at...?

(At least, I know the Richard Scarry books people got my brother -- for some reason I got other types of books entirely -- were all for when he was between the ages of two and six. He wasn't an advanced reader, but he was reading chapter books by age eight, and he's only 13 months older than you... I think he was into Goosebumps or whatever it was that was so wildly popular back then.)

[conuly]

Well, it's possible my father's mother did. She had odd ideas, and she used to do weird things like send us puzzles she knew were missing pieces.

And it would explain why I remember it so clearly. My earlier memories are there, but fuzzy, y'know?

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

Unrelated, but I just found an article/interview that had parts that made me immediately think "this is absolutely crying out for a Conuly-snark!"

US GIs to help rescue abused cheetah cubs (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/11/26/international/i074515S95.DTL)

Not snarking the GIs (I would like our military a lot more if they did this kind of thing more often than what they're usually doing), but rather the dumbass comments from the guy refusing to give up the cubs unless they force him to do it...

[conuly]

Honestly? I don't know how I can improve upon "Well, I used to look after some goats, and camels, and other milk-giving herbivores, so I know all about BIG MANEATING CARNIVORES THAT OUGHT TO KILL ME WHERE I STAND! No, really!"

This is the third time today somebody's posted a link because "Conuly ought to comment on this". Weird. That usually only happens once or twice a week :)

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

*snicker* That's EXACTLY the line that made me think that!

[conuly]

Yeah, well, it kinda speaks for itself. Some people are good people, and others deserve to be eaten by cheetahs. I'm *this close* to saying they should eat the kids, too, but I'm giving them a temporary exemption for being very young and raised by an idiot.

[dkmnow.livejournal.com]

I had one of the Tinker & Tanker books when I was a kid, but I don't remember which one. My kingdom for a stem-cell implant!

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't think you had the later one unless somebody bought it for you quite a bit after the age it's targeted at...?

(At least, I know the Richard Scarry books people got my brother -- for some reason I got other types of books entirely -- were all for when he was between the ages of two and six. He wasn't an advanced reader, but he was reading chapter books by age eight, and he's only 13 months older than you... I think he was into Goosebumps or whatever it was that was so wildly popular back then.)

[conuly]

Well, it's possible my father's mother did. She had odd ideas, and she used to do weird things like send us puzzles she knew were missing pieces.

And it would explain why I remember it so clearly. My earlier memories are there, but fuzzy, y'know?

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

Unrelated, but I just found an article/interview that had parts that made me immediately think "this is absolutely crying out for a Conuly-snark!"

US GIs to help rescue abused cheetah cubs (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/11/26/international/i074515S95.DTL)

Not snarking the GIs (I would like our military a lot more if they did this kind of thing more often than what they're usually doing), but rather the dumbass comments from the guy refusing to give up the cubs unless they force him to do it...

[conuly]

Honestly? I don't know how I can improve upon "Well, I used to look after some goats, and camels, and other milk-giving herbivores, so I know all about BIG MANEATING CARNIVORES THAT OUGHT TO KILL ME WHERE I STAND! No, really!"

This is the third time today somebody's posted a link because "Conuly ought to comment on this". Weird. That usually only happens once or twice a week :)

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

*snicker* That's EXACTLY the line that made me think that!

[conuly]

Yeah, well, it kinda speaks for itself. Some people are good people, and others deserve to be eaten by cheetahs. I'm *this close* to saying they should eat the kids, too, but I'm giving them a temporary exemption for being very young and raised by an idiot.

[dkmnow.livejournal.com]

I had one of the Tinker & Tanker books when I was a kid, but I don't remember which one. My kingdom for a stem-cell implant!