Watching Garfield with Liam, who is four.
“Garfield is not funny,” I said.
“Yes, he is,” Liam said.
“Nope, he’s never been funny. Not even in 1984.”
“LAME!”
“Garfield’s lame, not me,” I said.
“Garfield is a cat who acts like a human,” he said, laughing at the TV. “That’s always funny.”
Posts Tagged: Liam
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Feb 10
How to adequately judge what is funny
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Jan 10
On the awesomeness of superheroes
“I think they take a bath with their suits on, right Aunt Jodi?” Liam is playing Lego Batman on the Wii. He keeps up a running dialog that I mostly ignore until I hear my name.
“Right,” I said. I was half listening at all.
“Does it take their suits a long time to dry? Huh, Aunt [...]
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Jan 10
Winkletoe, Sparkletoe, Wushy, D.T. & Blackhole Sun Blanket
Max calls his Winkletoe and Jaycie’s is Sparkletoe. Cade called his Wushy. Liam calls his D.T., because that’s what Nolan called his. Mine’s called Blackhole Sun, a nickname given to it by my college roommate F.R. Chicken because of its resemblance to an afghan that can be seen in the Soundgarden video.
The blanket doesn’t [...]
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Jan 10
The politics of Tom & Jerry
Liam is hopping across the living room, laughing his head off. “The mouse is chasing the dog.”
“I see that.”
“The dog always beats up the cat,” he says, hopping in the other direction. “The cat beats up the mouse. What’s the dog’s name?”
“Spike,” I say.
“How do you know? Are you sure?”
“Yes, I used to watch this [...]
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Oct 09
More savvy than 89% of America
“I will always play spikeyball,” Nolan said to Liam. “Oh look, look, it’s loading.”
The Tibbles (at least Nolan and Liam) have figured out how to use Ziggy to get to the App Store, find the free Kids games, and download games. They are officially more tech savvy than 89% of all Americans.
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Sep 09
Questions Liam, age 4, asked on our 10-minute drive to SuperT
What does it mean to bow down before the one you serve?
Why did Michael Jackson love Stevie Wonder?
What is the name of this weird song? (Sir Duke)
Why is his name Stevie Wonder?
Where does he live?
Does Stevie Wonder go to Target?
Is he dirty or does he take a shower?
Will we see him at Target?
Do you [...]
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Aug 09
Aunt Jodi’s Supergenius Daycare
We eat cereal for lunch:
Though sometimes we make our own pizzas:
And then we do crafts:
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Jun 09
Wondering if easily distracted is a sign of sun stroke
It was about 10:05 p.m. when I clicked the Add New link on my WordPress dashboard to begin composing a new post about how I took the Tibbles to the park (where I got sunburn) and watched Liam lick spilled Freezie Pop off the top of a table. There was going to be more Tibble [...]
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Jun 09
Interview with Liam, age 4
What’s your name?
Nolan: Liam the very hungry caterpillar.
Liam: No, It’s Liam. My name is Liam and I’m hungry all day because I have to get strong.
What’s your favorite color?
Liam: Uh, blue. Because I like it.
Nolan: Blue is lame.
Liam: Nuhuh, red and green is lame.
Liam: what are you typing? Are you typing blue. What are you [...]
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May 09
Young turks
Nolan sat cross-legged on the floor (a manner of sitting my niece Jaycie calls “criss-cross apple sauce” and what was called “Indian style” when I was a kid), Lucinda, my guitar, draped across his lap. Liam sat on the other side of the guitar petting the green surface.
“We’re going to play so loud, we’ll shake [...]
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Apr 09
The trouble with Beetles (and The Beatles)
At the age of four, Liam has decided he is not afraid of The Beatles’ Bear. The Beatles’ Bear had been living under my sink since that picture was taken in 2005. This morning when he arrived at Supergenius HQ, Liam announced he was no longer afraid of the bear and would very much like [...]
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Apr 09
Positively raging Easter
I’m not sure how you spent your Easter Sunday, but I spent mine sitting on a couch with my nephew Max singing along loudly to The Hold Steady’s new live album, A Positive Rage. We did this mostly to annoy Sister #2 because she hadn’t yet received her copy. She deserved it since she banned [...]
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Apr 09
Political differences as narrated by a Tibble
“That car is so cool,” Nolan said as we were venturing home from the SuperT. We had just pulled up behind a car with a bunch of bumper stickers.
“No it’s not,” I said.
“Why not?”
“He doesn’t like Obama.” The car was owned by a very red Republican and was the first time I’d ever noticed an [...]
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Apr 09
Disgusting
“You smell like icky tarter sauce,” Liam said.
“If you don’t like the way I smell you don’t have to sit on my lap,” I said.
“No, you can just go get clean.”
“I think I’ll stay like this.”
“Why, you like being disgusting?”
“Yes, yes, I do.”
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Mar 09
The very short list of things Liam, almost 4, likes
A bath and getting clean
hot dogs
That part in the Chipmunks where they suck on balloons and then say “let’s rock”
Aunt Jodi
