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Clicking Along
Posted on: March 19, 2009
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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? đŸ˜‰
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. đŸ˜‰Â
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!Â
ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE! ONESIE!Â
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. đŸ˜¦
Pointers to sound research on this would be appreciated. My curiosity is definitely piqued. đŸ™‚
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