Notes

Short, title-less, often half-baked. Published anyway.

↩ In reply to @maram_fah

@maram_fah @Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick Yea that’s the one part I would’ve done differently. I value the opportunities to work through problems with my kids, but certainly not when they’re hungry and definitely not for 6 hours!

↩ In reply to @Ishikawa_Sachi

@Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick Yes, I remember you went nc on your abusive parent, so I understand where you’re coming from. In this case though, it isn’t neglect. It’s actually the opposite. He actually spent much more time helping his daughter discover and learn about how a “simple” can opener works.

↩ In reply to @nicwn

@Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick You can read it in his words. It’s much easier to give up and do it for her, or even give her a helping hand. I have often encounter this as a Dad too, and I’ll admit I’m often not as patient as him and end up doing too much for my daughter, which is actually not good for her.

↩ In reply to @nicwn

@Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick He didn’t ignore her and go back to his jigsaw puzzle. He didn’t shame her for not being able to do “such a simple thing”. What he did was helping his daughter figure something out for herself, and in the end SHE felt proud of her achievement. She learned that she can do it!

↩ In reply to @nicwn

@Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick now this may be how I project myself on him, but from what I read, he worked with his daughter, not allowing her to give up, continued to give her examples and his own experiences. The only think he didn’t do was giving her the answer or doing it for her.

↩ In reply to @Ishikawa_Sachi

@Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick Of course not. It’s because you said his daughter will think her dad cares about his pride more than her. You’re a parent too, I think, so may be you understand the amount of thinking parents put into what they say / do with their children… how we can help them overcome and grow

Deleted Twitter from my phone. First time coming back on the desktop. Not missing much I guess.

Kids at home screaming while I try to fix 4 Logitech device-to-receiver issue is… SOMEBODY KILL ME PLEASE!!!

*Search for Kung Pao Chicken recipe

“WTF? Just gimme the fucking recipe! I didn’t come here to be judged.”

↩ In reply to @nicwn

Maurice Hilleman. Hilleman cranked out more than 40 other vaccines over the course of his career, including 8 of the 14 routinely given to children. He arguably saved more lives than any other single person. And through his work, Hilleman embodied the instincts, drive, and 2/

Until now, the fastest vaccine ever made - for mumps - took four years. And while our current effort to develop a covid-19 vaccine involves thousands of people working around the clock, the mumps vaccine was developed almost exclusively by one person 1/ https://one.npr.org/i/942765354:942765356

↩ In reply to @maram_fah

@maram_fah @Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick Yea that’s the one part I would’ve done differently. I value the opportunities to work through problems with my kids, but certainly not when they’re hungry and definitely not for 6 hours!

↩ In reply to @Ishikawa_Sachi

@Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick Yes, I remember you went nc on your abusive parent, so I understand where you’re coming from. In this case though, it isn’t neglect. It’s actually the opposite. He actually spent much more time helping his daughter discover and learn about how a “simple” can opener works.

↩ In reply to @nicwn

@Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick You can read it in his words. It’s much easier to give up and do it for her, or even give her a helping hand. I have often encounter this as a Dad too, and I’ll admit I’m often not as patient as him and end up doing too much for my daughter, which is actually not good for her.

↩ In reply to @nicwn

@Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick He didn’t ignore her and go back to his jigsaw puzzle. He didn’t shame her for not being able to do “such a simple thing”. What he did was helping his daughter figure something out for herself, and in the end SHE felt proud of her achievement. She learned that she can do it!

↩ In reply to @nicwn

@Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick now this may be how I project myself on him, but from what I read, he worked with his daughter, not allowing her to give up, continued to give her examples and his own experiences. The only think he didn’t do was giving her the answer or doing it for her.

↩ In reply to @Ishikawa_Sachi

@Ishikawa_Sachi @johnroderick Of course not. It’s because you said his daughter will think her dad cares about his pride more than her. You’re a parent too, I think, so may be you understand the amount of thinking parents put into what they say / do with their children… how we can help them overcome and grow

Deleted Twitter from my phone. First time coming back on the desktop. Not missing much I guess.

Kids at home screaming while I try to fix 4 Logitech device-to-receiver issue is… SOMEBODY KILL ME PLEASE!!!

*Search for Kung Pao Chicken recipe

“WTF? Just gimme the fucking recipe! I didn’t come here to be judged.”

↩ In reply to @nicwn

Maurice Hilleman. Hilleman cranked out more than 40 other vaccines over the course of his career, including 8 of the 14 routinely given to children. He arguably saved more lives than any other single person. And through his work, Hilleman embodied the instincts, drive, and 2/

Until now, the fastest vaccine ever made - for mumps - took four years. And while our current effort to develop a covid-19 vaccine involves thousands of people working around the clock, the mumps vaccine was developed almost exclusively by one person 1/ https://one.npr.org/i/942765354:942765356