WhatsAPundit

...to catch nasty colds.

Liz had one for New Years. It hit me and the kids a few days later. Monday and Tuesday nights I was sick as a dog (have no idea why the nights were worse than the days, but they were) and the babies spiked little fevers (like 100.5) off-and-on over the same period.

Meh.

Anyway, yesterday was better, except for the babies' Synagis shots. RSV is bad news for babies, especially premies, but let me tell you, the shots aren't any walks in the park either, at least from a decibel perspective.

The doctor says they're too young to have memories of experiences a month apart, but I'm convinced Hunter knows the pediatrician's office. As soon as we were in the examination room and I started undressing her, she went into total I'm–mad–as–hell–and–I'm–not–going–to–take– it–anymore meltdown mode. This continued for the entire hour and a half that we were there.

No fun.

Anyway, a picture for you (click for a glorious expansion):

Hunter can be a bit fussy about eating. She has this habit of pulling the old ninja slap-the-sword-out-of-line trick when the bottle or the spoon is coming toward her mouth, pretty much randomly. I was trying to feed her solid food while she was in her buzzy seat (she'd earler decided she didn't want to eat in her high chair) when she slapped not only the spoon, but the whole two-sided bowl containing rice cereal in one half, sweet potatoes in the other, out of my hand and onto her lap.

As you can see from the picture, that she considered fun.

Yes, it has been a long time between posts. With the political season heating up, and with it turning into such an interesting political season, posts may be a much more regular occurrence.

If you excite .1% (which I think you'll agree is a tiny fraction) of the eligible voters in the United States, you've tapped into the resources of 220,000 people. If a significant fraction of those are technologically sophisticated (forget their ability to function in society otherwise) you get a mighty strong presence in this intertube thingy. Hence the perpetually skewed internet polls.

Ronulans screwing up the Pajama Media polls.)

What you don't get is much in the way of traction with the 99.9% who, when confronted by some really odoriferous statements and views, tend to tune the loon out.

Ron Paul has gotten attention from old media because he's this cycle's Republican Freak. (Remember Pat Robertson? How about Pat Buchanan?) The fact that he's also drawn the support of members of the population who each know at least four words of Klingon and aren't afraid to use them, just adds spice to the dish.

(Or sauce for the goose, as Spock might say.)

Note: I left the original version of this post as a comment on Roger L. Simon's blog. I've edited it a bit, but not much.