Archive for the ‘Funky Dung’ Category
Clicking Along
Posted on: March 19, 2009
CC image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Red’s lip smacking has graduated to very distinct and deliberate post-alveolar click. I’ve been trying to teach him American Sign Language and hope to teach him Latin later. Maybe I should be teaching him !Kung instead.
Silliness aside, it’s neat having click “conversations” with Red. I click once; he clicks once. I click twice; he clicks twice. After a few exchanges, he changes the pattern, seemingly expecting me to imitate it. He’s a smart lil bugger, ain’t he? 
Lip Service
Posted on: February 23, 2009
Red has developed an interesting habit. He spends a lot of his time flapping/smacking his lips. By that I mean that he seems to be immitating adults talking, but no sound comes from his throat. It’s kinda amusing to watch. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that a child of mine is is odd.
Anybody else experience this with their kids?
Some companies go overboard protecting their copyrights and trademarks. The latest case of obsessive possessiveness comes from Gerber. They sent a cease and desist letter to Aquinas and More to stop their use of “onesie“. In solidarity with A&M and in defiance of such silliness, I offer the following.
ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE!
ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE!
Pthbb :-p~~~~~~~~~
Hair Whorls and Handedness
Posted on: January 21, 2009
I’ve known for a while that there’s a correlation between the direction of hair whorling and handedness, i.e., that clockwise whorls are nearly perfectly indicative of being right-handed and counter-clockwise whorls are indicative of left-handedness or ambidexterity in about 50% of cases. Having noticed my son showing some preference for his left hand, such as for sucking his thumb, I was curious to note which direction his whorl goes. Imagine my surprise when I saw that DS has two whorls – one going each direction!
Two whorls?!
Anyone know what, if anything, this might be correlated with? Ambidexterity? I did a quick search at Scopus, but I didn’t find much. Counterclockwise whorls are rare, occuring in about 5% of people, and multiple whorls are even rarer. Apparently, that also means research on their significance is also rare. 
Pointers to sound research on this would be appreciated. My curiosity is definitely piqued. 
