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@simplytweet deleted, then re-installed about 6 hrs. ago. I got One ('plus at least 20 more', it said) notif. from ST---like it was trying to catch up.? They were all 'old mentions'. They were from today, but old. Since that point right after I installed for the 2nd time--Nothing (from ST). Not sure what's up. There still seem to be issues. Testing it more now.... Let you know.

My 4 year old daughter comes into contact with more dirt in one day than I encounter in a month. My girl is on the rt.

We (Shayla and I) came down to the outdoor food court here on S. Congress (at Milton) today to give Shayla some face time with one of her little girlfriends by the name of Bernadette. Bernadette is 3 1/2 and Shayla just turned 4 so they're perfect for each other. They're fun to watch. They go through everything: from fun and harmony to conflict resolution. The latter of the two, they invariably need assistance with at this age. They teach volumes just through simple observation. Amazing. Fun for them and educational for me.

Our daughter Shayla--4 years old as of a couple of weeks ago-- has recently taken to the interjection "Dammit". Thus begins now the un-conditioning of this attentive human sponge that is our daughter. As a parent, I sometimes wish that there was an 'off switch' somewhere on her back that we could flip at opportune times to put a halt to her natural counter surveillance practices. Well, we know that this is not anywhere in our near technological future, so I guess her mom and I are just going to have to tighten up our grammatical belts. ...So the learning continues...for the whole family.

I must say here that this has been a long time coming. Up to now, we have just lucked out in that she hasn't taken to the shadier side of our vernacular. Those days have now passed. A word, as well must be said to the fact that her mother and I do not have 'Sailor's mouths' when it comes to expressing ourselves. Yet, apparently our lips don't always have a 'G' rating. PG-13 will not do when your youngster is four. Point taken. I think we have a fair chance of success in our un-conditioning and going forward as our little one is a very intelligent little person.

All the same, it stung a little to explain to her that that was an 'adult' word and not to be uttered by a kid in a kids world: yet another example of a sense of hypocrisy from a child's point of view. Although it's right and true, I can see how, to them, it wouldn't make a lot of sense. I have a sense of sympathy for those feelings; I remember them.