http://scottelfstrom.com/journal sometimes it makes sense Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:03:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, Simon and I have hosted a picnic on Sesame Street, visited the moon, avoided an alligator that was slinking around the dark corners of the house and skidooed into Wacky Wild World to find the letters "H-O-M-E" -- just like Joe and Blue -- and played "scary lion" for ... http://scottelfstrom.com/journal/?p=34 It was bedtime last night, and Simon needed to get his diaper changed and don his pajamas. After much cajoling he came over to our designated diaper-changing-and-pajama-donning area, but he brought his school bus. He drove the bus over to me and said "poopie" from which I inferred that he ... http://scottelfstrom.com/journal/?p=32 >The longest journey begins with a single step. That's paraphrased, not a direct quote, but it sums things up nicely. In case you haven't noticed, this all looks different. I've moved to a new web host, and along the way decided to re-invent my presence on the web. No longer will ... http://scottelfstrom.com/journal/?p=31 As the piles of small spiral notebooks filled with scribbles scattered around the house will confirm, our little boy loves to draw. Or write. Or whatever he thinks it is. The point is that his favorite activity is to make his mark in colored wax whenever he gets the chance. ... http://scottelfstrom.com/journal/?p=28 Normally, when I get a call from home that begins with "Simon almost made me cry...," I expect the worst. 99% of the time Simon is a really good kid; we can't really complain. But that other 1% is enough to push us to the edge, and it can be ... http://scottelfstrom.com/journal/?p=27 Yes, I know. More than a year without a single update. If I were in the military, I should think I'd be court martialed for abandoning my post. Thankfully, I'm not, so the worst I can suffer is the shame of failing to deliver on the implicit promise that I ... http://scottelfstrom.com/journal/?p=26 Imagine there is a crisis facing the earth that threatens to wipe out millions and millions of people unless something is done to stop it _RIGHT NOW_. Suppose the governments of the world are too mired in politics and the drowning weight of bureaucracy to discover, much less implement, an ... http://scottelfstrom.com/journal/?p=6 The lead in this movie, Shia LeBouf, totally made me think of the kid from D.A.R.Y.L., who has mysteriously gone on to be a still photographer for Cold Mountain. Also, the kid who plays Zig Zag is the older brother of the guy who plays Zach Young on Despearate Housewives. I ... http://scottelfstrom.com/journal/?p=5 I was born a poor black child… Well, _I_ wasn't, but Steve Martin's character in The Jerk was. Actually, he wasn't either, he just _thought_ he was. The world that surrounded him was all he knew, so that's how he identified himself. I wasn't steeped from birth in the teachings ... http://scottelfstrom.com/journal/?p=4 I couldn't possibly catalogue all of the "daddy moments" that Simon and I share. A "daddy moment" being a point in time when the full weight and fulfillment of fatherhood descends on me and I just "get" what this is all about. But last night we had one that I ... http://scottelfstrom.com/journal/?p=25