Portrait of the Academic as a Young Man
Today my son is two years old. After playing in the sandbox his grandmother gave him for his birthday, here he sits, just before holding forth on the tensile and shear strength of support elements in all sand construction. Later, in a similar pose, he lectured the family on the history of the sand castle, its persistence as an image of transience and instability, and its connection to the 'building on sand' metaphors in the theology of the Early Church Fathers.
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I can't believe he's 2 and he
I can't believe he's 2 and he already crosses his legs. B, he wants to grow up and be just like you. ;-)
Great picture, and it does
Great picture, and it does look like he ought to be gesturing with a briar pipe. "Pass the sherry, Professor M________, there's a good fellow." :-)
A Happy Birthday to him!
What an absolutely gorgeous
What an absolutely gorgeous little boy!! Hope his birthday was wonderful.
The illusion of hugeness
The illusion of hugeness (other than the fact that that is a very small deck chair) may owe something to the fact that he seems to have inherited my tiny head. His tiny head gives him more "adult-like" proportions than other kids. (It also means that I still don't know how to hold a baby since JC came out of the womb holding his head up, it being so light and all.)
I'm sure it's just an optical
I'm sure it's just an optical contusion caused by the size I normally associate with plastic deck chairs, but he seems huge for a two year old.
Perceived hugeness, however, doesn't diminish the fact he's a handsome young man. Kidblogging is so much better than catblogging.
B,
B,
That's a great pic.
Tell me you have a tiny tweed jacket and miniature lectern for him. You know, the OshKosh "Baby's First Seminar" series.
Great shot! OK, now we
Great shot! OK, now we absolutely need to socialize. Damn I have been insanely, wall-to-wall busy over the last few months :(
hmm. I just discovered that
hmm. I just discovered that I couldn't make a comment entry from Mozilla. Gonna have to figure that out ;)
What... Firefox too
What... Firefox too commercial for you, Ross?
;)
B, that kid is the most damn adorable spawn I could ever imagine. Ever considered selling his image to kiddie catalogs?
Geez. I totally forgot to
Geez. I totally forgot to wish the little man a happy birthday. Much celebrating will be had soon I hope?