New word last night.

Our living room couch is a convertible futon sofa. It folds flat into a futon bed. Last year, U developed the dangerous habit of climbing up to the top of the couch to sit and hang out. We couldn't get him to stop. So we folded the couch flat, into its bed shape, and decided that would be the configuration until he was mature enough to be safer.

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New words since February. There are more. I'll add as I think of 'em.

hug
wolf
ay-soh        dinosaur
cheshire      treasure
egg
jaja          Serbian for egg
tea
chai          Serbian for tea
game
cheech        grape
yes 
shee-shee     TV
ball
chip-chop, chip-chop    What you say when you stomp in a puddle


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I posted this today on a message board at lowcarbfriends.com, in the following thread:

	Low Carb Friends > Eating and Exercise Plans > Other Plans
Macrobiotic Diet...thoughts

 
I'm posting it here, too, because I'm kinda psyched about finally writing out some of the things I've been kicking around in my head, and ranting about verbally, for so many years. The first part, in QUOTE tags, was posted by someone who was responding to another LCF member who had harsh criticism of macrobiotics.

[QUOTE]While Nero's proposed eating plan may be considered macrobiotic, that doesn't mean he can't follow it's general guidelines with success...
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I still believe it's a workable framework.....[/QUOTE]

This is a reasonable point of view. But in this case the general guidelines aren't worth a hill of adzuki beans. Let's take a look at those guidelines and what they're based on.

The macrobiotic diet is...   more »