Words

Annika now has about 50 words she can say. Here's a not-necessarily-comprehensive list, in approximate chronological order. Notice that "mommy" and "daddy" were not anywhere near the top of the list.


kitty (kih-yee)
cat
no
uh-oh
bye-bye
go
boom boom - used for any loud noise
head (heh)
nose (no)
mouth (mouw)
ear
eye
beep beep - the noise the microwave makes
hot (hah)
tree
sky
down (dow)
peepee
hi
bath (bah)
shoe
green (gree)
light (lie)
daddy (dah-ee)
hello? (he'o) to "answer" a cell phone
peas (pee)
moss (maw)
shirt (sher)
hat (haa)
mom
acorn (ee-cor)
flower (fow)
meow (meeow)
hug (huh)
up
door (doh)
spoon (poon)
book (buh)
vroom vroom - to describe the sound of a car or motorcyle. she likes motorcycles, god help us.
crayon (cra'n)
teeth (tee)
corn (cor)
cup (cuh)
food (foo)
car (cah)
plane (pain)
foot (fuh)
hand (hah)
broccoli (bah-ee)
belly
Barkley (baw-ee) the name of her toy puppy
hair
ball (baw)
night-night (nie nie)

Book quote

Favorite quote from a book I recently read:

"How do you measure love? Quantify it? It's not something you can put on a scale or pour into a beaker to examine its volume and viscosity."

- Sirantha Jax in "Wanderlust", a sci-fi/romance novel by Ann Aguirre

The Ethics of Modern Agriculture

http://www.springerlink.com/content/l12858476u034458/fulltext.pdf

I thought this paper was thought-provoking.

One sentence summary: compared to either pre-industrial agriculture or organic farming, modern agriculture is better for people, better for the environment, worse for farm animals.

Discuss (but only if you actually read the paper - it's only 5 pages long).