Mummy is away

Clare went to England on Tuesday morning with Rosa, and Isaac and I are joining them tomorrow (friday). It's the first time he seemed to really pay attention to the fact that they are not here. He's been much less active in the morning when we get up - usually he would be off playing with his trains, whereas he is more happy to lie next to me in bed as though he is a bit sad because Clare is not here. It is a lot quieter without Rosa squawking the whole time.

Last night I put him to bed a bit later as he never goes to sleep on time, probably around 8.30. I heard a noise at some point, and after I'd spoken to Clare I went upstairs to check on him. He wasn't in bed, and there was no noise! It was a bit freaky as usually when he is not in bed in the evening it's obvious where he is because you can hear the noise of him pushing his train around. I checked in the bathroom, then went into our bedroom, where I found him sleeping. He was on top of the duvet on Clare's side of the bed sucking his thumb. :-)

A sentence

"I don't want to say 'Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye' really fast any more Daddy."

Said Isaac when he was supposed to be eating his dinner. It doesn't make much sense, but not a bad sentence for a kid of 2 yrs 3 months.

Books

Isaac loves them, always has. He sits there patiently sucking his thumb, playing with his ear while he is read to.

Rosa on the other hand has no time for it. If she can't eat the book, or destroy it, she is off to seek other prey.

Thursday

I have a headache, must be something to do with a hectic day - half preparing a MyPhone workshop, and half racing around Haarlem looking at houses with loud grumpy kids. Isaac and Rosa are now up stairs with Clare for their bath while I finish my work (better make this short). Isaac unfortunately commented on his way up stairs "I'm not going in the bath I'm afraid Mummy".

Maybe John Lennon rather than Jonny Rotten?

The Truth about Climate Change Denial

It makes me really angry when people talk about climate change being a hoax, or that it's impossible that 'little ol' humans' could make any impact on the worlds climate. I really woke up to this issue when we had an email discussion about it at work, prompted by the Channel 4 documentary 'The Great Global Warming Swindle'.

When you watch the documentary without much background knowldge, it does really make you think. You suddenly doubt everything you thought you knew, and it's quite a shock. The program basically suggests that global warming is a gigantic conspiracy. That scientists who support the theory do so because they are funded by groups whose goal is to promote man-made climate change as a reality - and why? Oh, because it is a good way of preventing the 3rd world developing. If we stop the 3rd world using fossil fuels, it keeps them living in caves and enables the west to remain in control. That is not beyond what human beings are capable of, but the program is a terrible pack of lies. The wikipedia has a very good page which exposes some of the falsehoods, with support from angry mis-represented scientists on the program who have spoken out since it was shown.

Newsweek has just published a long article about the whole motivation for the climate change denial movement. Funny, it doesn't mention keeping the 3rd world in the stone age, it seems the write thinks it is more to do with industry - chiefly large oil companies that don't want bad press for Hummers and other forms of obscene mass consumption.

Anyone interested in finding out what proper climate scientists believe should read this blog -
http://www.realclimate.org/. It is very good, and has one particularly good post responding to the crap broadcast in the C4 documentary.

Finally - probably the single best resource for taking on a climate change skeptic - http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics.

Read it, get educated, and take on the evil deniers!

An Isaac quote

Had to record this, a little comment from Isaac just now when I was reading his bedtime story - his book had torn a bit where the pages were stuck after he had spilt his drink over it some time ago. Isaac saw it, and said "I spilt my drink on Henry's footplate Daddy!". He's 2 yrs and 2 months! Some kids can barely say more than a 2 or 3 word sentence. And I had no idea he knew what a footplate was - in fact I didn't know it myself.

We had a good day today, went out this morning on the bike and bought him a new cycle helmet, bought myself a couple of polo shirts from Adidas shop then came back for lunch. He went to sleep, I painted the window, then we went to the pool in the park where Ike proceeded to run pretty much all around the pool for about an hour and a half. Then we had a massive spaghetti bol and cake and custard for pudding. Now he is singing in bed while I finish painting the window.

I still have a pounding headache. Never again will i drink Prosecco, then finish off with a Leffe Dubbel. Felt like I had been kicked in the head by a horse most of today.