Category Archives: Baby & kid blogging

You see that expression in the above photo – that expression that makes you want to drop absolutely everything and give this baby whatever she wants? That expression does not come naturally. Sydney spends hours practicing with a mirror.

Here’s Sydney way before she got her “Alas, a Blog” t-shirt. Notice that she looks subtly downcast. Also, she seems to have a bit of a drinking problem. Here we see Sydney modeling her lovely new “Alas, a Blog” t-shirt. … Continue reading →

Well, Sydney is around 19 months old now. Long past time she learned something about her proper gender role in life! And what better way to start than with housework? First, we learned how to do the dishes….

Sydney got ahold of her daddy’s glasses, and suddenly she looks so smart. Looking so sharp in specs is by no means the only sign that Sidney is swiftly becoming a pint-sized soi dissant cultural elite bleeding-heart intellectual sheeple – … Continue reading →

I think this photo Bean took of Sydney is simply fantastic. Click on the image to see a larger version.

Due to this and that (too much for me to bother explaining right now), our household has a tradition of exchanging presents a couple of months after Christmas. So we exchanged presents yesterday. I don’t think Sydney understood what was … Continue reading →

I sleep on a bunk bed, about six feet off the ground. Under the bed is my computer desk; next to the bed is an extra-tall stepladder, which I use to get in and out of bed. Sydney – who … Continue reading →

With no prompting from me, Sydney Quinn opened my desk drawer, pulled out my tax forms and a pen, and got to work. Hmmmn… Interesting, interesting. This is too hard! Oh, well. At least she’ll always have booze.

I’ll say this for Sydney Quinn – she sure enjoys her Baileys! Chug, Sydney, chug! Ugh… not smooth.

Here’s my housemate Sydney Quinn, showing off how much cooler she is than us ordinary mortals. Just you wait: Four decades from now, she’ll be playing the Samuel Jackson part in a remake of Pulp Fiction. .