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7 Telltale Signs You've Got a Toddler

Toddlers affect every single aspect of your existence. Yes, of course having a baby does that anyway, but toddlers are a lot harder to keep up with. Here are 10 ways to recognise that your toddler has taken over your life:

1. You can name every character on In The Night Garden, but you don’t know what day it is.

2. You do know what day it is, but only because the kids’ TV presenters were singing about it.

3. Your most exciting conversation today went along the lines of, “What’s that?” “It’s a shoe.” “What’s that?” “A shoe.” “What’s that?” “Still a shoe.” “What’s THAT?” “That, surprisingly enough, is the same shoe you asked about earlier. It’s a shoe.” “What’s that?”…

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Sep 152011
 
 September 15, 2011  Posted by at 13:13 All psychology is amateur Tagged with: , , , ,  2 Responses »
CAPTCHA Your Future [Chaos Magick]

Just a thought: Every day I submit several online forms with a “type the magic words” anti-bot security feature. Sometimes those words seem relevant to one another or to something I was doing at the time. Are they trying to tell me something? BTW, If I now say “yes,” then I’m officially a bit of a twat unless I’m suffering some sort of delusions. But I’m not, on either count, so hold your fire.

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Jun 142011
 

I’m massively happy to announce that I’m now the go-to girl for brains, robots, archaeology and freaks/feats of nature on FrontSideBus.net — if you haven’t checked it out yet, go there now.  You’re missing all sorts of tasty science, gadget & geek news. ***Update: FrontSideBus.net was closed down by the owner in late 2011, so I’ve removed the links.*** My first 2 stories for them: Making Brains out of Skin: A New Genetic Technique Forgotten Something? Your Brain’s on the Wrong Frequency

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Jun 052010
 

Things that have made me yay/lol/:-O/wtf/ha!/etc: Giant clothes swap at Bigwardrobe.com. Having Sex: It’s All in Your Head (Wired.com) The neurochemistry of  shagging. Warner Bros Sued for Pirating Anti Piracy Technology (The Escapist.com) Raised a ha! and a bit of a lol. Do we clamp the umbilical cord too soon? (ScienceDaily.com) Evidence that clamping should be delayed in normal births to maximise transmission of stem cells, clotting factors and whatnot to the child. Eat bacteria to boost brain power (NewScientist.com) Playing in the dirt & eating mud makes you smarter. Official.

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