Comments for Always Another Windmill http://www.anotherwindmill.net We are the musicmakers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:47:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Night Terrors by Jim http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=97&cpage=1#comment-203 Jim Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:47:03 +0000 http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=97#comment-203 From what I understand about night terrors, it may have been impossible to fully awaken Zag, there may not have been an understandable dream (but only a powerful sense of fear), and he may have no later memory of the event. Next time, maybe just try to ease him back to full sleep without trying to get an explanation. The miso-soup-on-cereal concern may have been a separate, later dream - but an understandably troubling one! Also, I can relate to Juan's experience. This kind of thing has brought me very close to putting vegetable juice in my coffee. From what I understand about night terrors, it may have been impossible to fully awaken Zag, there may not have been an understandable dream (but only a powerful sense of fear), and he may have no later memory of the event. Next time, maybe just try to ease him back to full sleep without trying to get an explanation.

The miso-soup-on-cereal concern may have been a separate, later dream – but an understandably troubling one!

Also, I can relate to Juan’s experience. This kind of thing has brought me very close to putting vegetable juice in my coffee.

]]> Comment on Night Terrors by Juan Quixote http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=97&cpage=1#comment-202 Juan Quixote Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:54:42 +0000 http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=97#comment-202 Woah. A couple of months ago, K and I were staying with some friends on the other side of the state, and one morning (while still in a post-sleep stupor) I reached for a container of what I thought was soy milk to pour on my granola. To my confusion, a mostly-clear liquid came out onto my wholesome breakfast. Why? Because some genious packaging engineer thought it would be a good idea to package CHICKEN BROTH in the same sort of jumbo juice-box container that soy milk usually comes in. The horror! On a hunch, I just googled "miso soup carton," with the following result: http://growersandgrocers.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/misosoup.jpg This is clearly a nightmare waiting to happen. Thank goodness we have Zag to warn us about this imminent danger! Woah. A couple of months ago, K and I were staying with some friends on the other side of the state, and one morning (while still in a post-sleep stupor) I reached for a container of what I thought was soy milk to pour on my granola. To my confusion, a mostly-clear liquid came out onto my wholesome breakfast. Why? Because some genious packaging engineer thought it would be a good idea to package CHICKEN BROTH in the same sort of jumbo juice-box container that soy milk usually comes in. The horror!

On a hunch, I just googled “miso soup carton,” with the following result:

http://growersandgrocers.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/misosoup.jpg

This is clearly a nightmare waiting to happen. Thank goodness we have Zag to warn us about this imminent danger!

]]> Comment on The snow, it keeps on snowing! by Baba Yaga http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=91&cpage=1#comment-198 Baba Yaga Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:40:16 +0000 http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=91#comment-198 You Minnesotans are weird. You Minnesotans are weird.

]]> Comment on The snow, it keeps on snowing! by Linda http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=91&cpage=1#comment-197 Linda Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:45:23 +0000 http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=91#comment-197 Oh Tilt, You sound just like your Dad! Oh Tilt, You sound just like your Dad!

]]> Comment on He’s like a chocoholic, but for Lego. by Juan Quixote http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-196 Juan Quixote Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:15:42 +0000 http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88#comment-196 Oh my. Tilt and The King appear to be talking in code! Play fair, gentlemen, it there an inside joke you care to let the rest of us in on? Or will you insist on cravenly concealing the meaning of this "spoonful?" As bluesman Howlin' Wolf famously said, "Seem's evrything's a fight about a spoonfull." Oh my. Tilt and The King appear to be talking in code! Play fair, gentlemen, it there an inside joke you care to let the rest of us in on? Or will you insist on cravenly concealing the meaning of this “spoonful?”

As bluesman Howlin’ Wolf famously said, “Seem’s evrything’s a fight about a spoonfull.”

]]> Comment on He’s like a chocoholic, but for Lego. by Tilt http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-195 Tilt Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:51:18 +0000 http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88#comment-195 My friend The King, you are most welcome to come over and play with Zag any time. We would happily provide all spoonfuls necessary to keep the both of you playing. My friend The King, you are most welcome to come over and play with Zag any time. We would happily provide all spoonfuls necessary to keep the both of you playing.

]]> Comment on He’s like a chocoholic, but for Lego. by The King http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-194 The King Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:38:05 +0000 http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88#comment-194 I think you might be getting a little bit bored with Legos. Maybe you should invite me to come over and play with Zag. In fact, I quite would like to only have to eat a mere spoonful then race off to go play Legos. I think you might be getting a little bit bored with Legos. Maybe you should invite me to come over and play with Zag. In fact, I quite would like to only have to eat a mere spoonful then race off to go play Legos.

]]> Comment on He’s like a chocoholic, but for Lego. by Juan Quixote http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-193 Juan Quixote Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:14:14 +0000 http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88#comment-193 Ya know, it's funny you mentioned that, because I've been considering what the best way to build a minifig-sized IV drip lately. Here's a sterling example, making excellent use of a fiber-optic cable component: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3337073 Dunno why it's hooked up to a chicken, though. Ya know, it’s funny you mentioned that, because I’ve been considering what the best way to build a minifig-sized IV drip lately. Here’s a sterling example, making excellent use of a fiber-optic cable component:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3337073

Dunno why it’s hooked up to a chicken, though.

]]> Comment on He’s like a chocoholic, but for Lego. by Tilt http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-192 Tilt Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:35:10 +0000 http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88#comment-192 Well, it turns out that as I was writing this, he actually built some things with Duplo for a while, and also laid out some wooden train tracks. So maybe it's not quite all Lego, all the time. Not quite. Juan: we did try to move closer, but really, perhaps it's just as well. If it was the two of you feeding off each other, I might have to become qualified at putting in an IV drip just to keep you both hydrated and nourished. Well, it turns out that as I was writing this, he actually built some things with Duplo for a while, and also laid out some wooden train tracks. So maybe it’s not quite all Lego, all the time. Not quite.

Juan: we did try to move closer, but really, perhaps it’s just as well. If it was the two of you feeding off each other, I might have to become qualified at putting in an IV drip just to keep you both hydrated and nourished.

]]> Comment on He’s like a chocoholic, but for Lego. by Juan Quixote http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-191 Juan Quixote Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:57:27 +0000 http://www.anotherwindmill.net/?p=88#comment-191 Well, what were you expecting, honestly? Now see, if you'd only moved somewhere much closer to us, you could just drop Zag off with me and we'd have all kinds of fun together. And K would quickly become the only wage-earner in our household. Well, what were you expecting, honestly? Now see, if you’d only moved somewhere much closer to us, you could just drop Zag off with me and we’d have all kinds of fun together. And K would quickly become the only wage-earner in our household.

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