{"id":368,"date":"2009-11-20T09:38:18","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T17:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?p=368"},"modified":"2011-03-04T16:36:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T00:36:48","slug":"as-the-finnster-turns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2009\/11\/20\/as-the-finnster-turns\/","title":{"rendered":"As the Finnster Turns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"15\" vspace=\"10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/finnegan\/images\/tinypix\/ticker.jpg\" height=\"145\" width=\"222\" align=\"left\"><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been a tad light on picture &#038; video-taking lately, but there&#8217;ve been no end of little developments with our big(ger) guy.  Random news from the Finn front:<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>Language fun: Finn&#8217;s learning to conjugate verbs, adding &#8220;-ing&#8221; to the end of many (for example, &#8220;Finny achoo-ing!&#8221;).  I&#8217;m especially fond of his onomatopoeia.  He says, &#8220;Turn on the vaporizer.  More &#8216;<em>hwwwoo<\/em>&#8216;-ing!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>In a similar vein, he&#8217;s learning to make things plural, adding &#8220;s&#8221; to the end.  Unintentionally funny stuff often results as he lays it on a little thick&#8211;&#8220;Gobots-es,&#8221; &#8220;green beans-es,&#8221; etc.<\/li>\n<li><em>Birdman Sings The Hits<\/em>: The little guy gleefully recites the bits of popular songs I sometimes warble to him.  Current fun includes Usher&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yeah!_(Usher_song)\">Yeah!<\/a>&#8221; (Finny: &#8220;Yeah, yeah!&#8230; Rea-dy to go!&#8221;), Soundgarden&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spoonman\">Spoonman<\/a>&#8221; (&#8220;(S)&#8217;poonman&#8230; save me!&#8221;), Rick James&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_Blooded\">Cold Blooded<\/a>&#8221; (&#8220;Dad-O cold blooded!&#8221;), and Fatboy Slim&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rockafeller_Skank\">Rockafella Skank<\/a>&#8221; (&#8220;Funk soul brutha!!&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li>With a chill now in the air, our breath condenses visibly.  Pointing to my mouth during yesterday&#8217;s AM garbage can run, Finn said, &#8220;(S)&#8217;moke!  &#8216;Moke coming out!&#8221;  He was a little too psyched out to try making his own.<\/li>\n<li>It seems that despite all our blogging, we&#8217;ve somehow neglected to talk about &#8220;The Meedgit House,&#8221; an innovation my dad used to apply to me&#8211;trapping a little kid by crossing one&#8217;s legs, then holding the kid prisoner while he delightedly tries to wriggle free.  Finn took a shine to the idea right away, often trapping things in his own meedgit house (&#8220;Leo meedgit house! Squash!!&#8221;).  Now Margot has added some Aztec flair, making &#8220;Meedgit Tacos.&#8221;  The recipe consists of one (1) giant floor pillow and one (1) fast-moving lad.  Delicious! \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of Mexican chow, Finn greeted me last night saying, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horchata\">Horchata<\/a>, horchata!&#8221;  He&#8217;s kind of a sweet rice milk junkie, so we trundled off to grab drinks &amp; tacos.  En route, we talked about different animals and the noises they make.  &#8220;Who makes bubbles, Finny?&#8221; I asked.  &#8220;Fish,&#8221; he replied, then added, &#8220;Goonie!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been a tad light on picture &#038; video-taking lately, but there&#8217;ve been no end of little developments with our big(ger) guy. Random news from the Finn front: Language fun: Finn&#8217;s learning to conjugate verbs, adding &#8220;-ing&#8221; to the end of many (for example, &#8220;Finny achoo-ing!&#8221;). I&#8217;m especially fond of his onomatopoeia. 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