Another word of the day

Kaon

Neutral kaons may be (who knows? certainly not the physicists) responsible for the existence of time, or rather, the one way passage of time.

[Generally we grow older but not younger- unless of course one falls in love. Perhaps due to presence of biased kaons?]

Word of the day

Word of the day.

Octanal; a compound which smells like meat to some people and light citrus to others. present in some wines. "whadaya mean you smell lime? I smell meat lehh..." I do not make this up, a husband and wife couple I know (as opposed to husband and husband couple) alway go like this.

He : "I smell/taste meat."

She : "No, there's lemon citrus in them there drink (plus on occasion, inexplicably, the smell/taste of detergent. (Probably free association of lemon scented detergent with the real stuff??? Who knows? Who knows what does on in the minds of a woman? or a man for that matter)

tfc turns into werewolf from food additives

look carefully at the right side of summer's face

books of the week

Book of the week:

Candide by Voltaire.

Reads like Gulliver's travels.....In french, what passes for humour is still funny. I guess....

Goodbye girl

To my girl. I miss you. You may not know it, but it will be a long time before I see you. I keep you in my heart, my little summer.

stop....

This has been a water-shed weekend for me. As usual, I didn't get to see summer this weekend despite a lot of begging. Like the proverbial straw, right now, I don't see any place for me to stand ,as a father. And so with a very heavy heart, I will stop asking for my rights I know her mother has wanted me to give up for a long time but I cannot go on fighting every week.

My dear little girl, your papa is very sorry that he cannot continue to be your papa anymore. I am so sorry you lose what belongs to you and what should be a part of your childhood. YOu must trust me when I tell you that I really tried my best for so many years to give you all that your mother has tried to take away and deny from you.

I am not sure about the legal avenues after this. Frankly the previous legal advice given had been desultory and action taken , almost none. I know it is in your interest to have two parents, but the reality is that I have to let go of you. Maybe in the future , I cab be a part of your life again. I hope you will remember me,I will always keep you in my heart.

I started this blog to record your childhood and to serve as a repository in event that I would not be able to see you anymore. When you are older, I hope you will be able to see that you had a father who loved you so very much.

give me the world

Obit.

Leila Hadley died 15 Feb 2009 at 83. Author of "Give me the world" and other travel books. Great great great great great granddaughter of James Boswell. She was a glamour.

run ,girl, run!

asleep on papa

edible chicken rice

tiny food critic eaten by bear!

summer dresses

I got to see my girl last weekend. Took her shopping for some clothes. While taking the cloths off the racks, my girl kept telling me which of the dresses were not her size. "Too big, papa....its too small, papa..."Her guesstimation was much better than mine. I need glasses.

She looks like a little angel in a sun dress, so I it would be nice to have her wear such. However I have a sneaking feeling that her mother has been keeping the nicer dresses in the closet. tfc keeps telling me she can't find her tube dress (probably her favourite- I think she is trying to get me to buy another one...every time I get to see tfc, she tells me this.)

word of the day

Cwm.

As in "the hidden valley, the Western Cwm was an essential part of the approach from the southern face of Mt. Everest by John Hunt."

Not to be confused with "quim".

odd

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Notre dame de paris

bw

Ok I post something else which is totally off -topic. test test....

trials and travails of a terrible marriage

Didn't get a chance to see my girl late week, despite the usual begging and grovelling. Right now I am thinking it would be better to just give up on trying to be a father for my poor girl. I have come to believe there is evil in this world, and unfortunately , my girl has a mother who doesn't seem to understand any of the basics of being human.

Don't mean to rant.

music calms the tfc

Having gotten a new radio installed the car, I tested it out on tfc. "Hang on girl, papa's gonna put on some music..."

Lo and behold, she was stoned, with a blank look on the face, staring at the roof lining of the car. For one moment I was a little worried (mayhaps there were magic mushrooms in the chicken katsu she had for lunch?). Then it struck me.... I had the same look listening to music when I was much younger. Blood runs thick, I guess.

Anyway, some photos now. Proud papa profusely posts processed photos...


Big Glass


Ice cream meditation


Spin spin spin


Glamour babe. Looks a bit like Godzilla here but she's still my babe.

other oddball stuff

self-explanatory

summer stars

Tiny Food Critic ratings



One star. "No good. Get me out of here!"

Two stars. "My dad can't choose restaurants"

Three stars. "You're getting warm.."

Four stars. "Now you're talking.."

tiny food critic

Tiny food critic turns restaurant menu upside down....



Told you.

Stories for my summer - around the world

Once upon a time. Lord Siva and his consort, the Lady Parvathi had two sons. Lord Ganesan stout and strong and Lord Murugan, proud and quick. The parents had a fruit, very precious. (Don't worry, this story got no snakes. Elephant, got. Peacock got. But no snakes)

Anyhow, both the boys wanted the fruit. And boys being boys, they wouldn't or couldn't share. So how? The father Lord Siva, " All right boy. Winner takes all. Both of you, race around the world. The winner gets to take and eat the prize."

Lord Mrugan immediately sets off, confident that as a peacock , he would win. After all his brother was strong as an elephant , but slow. How could he lose?

Ganesh sits down. How to win? He didn;'t want to trot around the wolrd. Not an elephant thing to do. My parents want me to go around the world but do they actually? And what is the world actually but a construct, an illusion??

"Papa, Mama please stand together".

Lord Ganesh then goes in a circle ambulating around his parents. "Papa, mama, you are my world. And I have gone around my world!"

Moral :The world is as big or as small as you want it to be. And with a bit lof love and imagination everything is possible.