Happy New Year!

"I pray my wish
will come true
For my child
and your child too
He'll see the day of glory
See the day
when men of good will
Live in peace,
live in peace again"

(Lyrics from Dani's favourite piece of Christmas music, "Peace On Earth - Little Drummer Boy.")

Wishing you and yours all the very best in 2008!

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2007 doodles in review

Readers' choice

The plan vs reality
[originally published 2007-06-30]



Motivation and happiness
[originally published 2007-02-25]

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Out of the loop
[originally published 2007-04-02]

My favs

When writers strike
[originally published 2007-11-05]



Mobius hopscotch
[originally published 2007-09-15]



RIP Naptime
[originally published 2007-07-03]

Merry Christmas!

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Best present ever - parent of pre-schooler edition

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Vote for me!

Voting for the 2007 Chewing Pencils Christmas Cartoon Project “People’s Choice” award closes on December 20th.

The voting system is easy. Chose your three favourite cartoons and then email your choices to Matt at mkglover (at) optusnet.com.au

Your email should read like this:

1. The name of the artist of your favourite cartoon, and the title of the cartoon itself
   
2. The name of the artist of your second favourite cartoon, and the title of the cartoon itself
   
3. The name of the artist of your third favourite cartoon, and the title of the cartoon itself

Your favourite gets three points, second favourite two points and third favourite one point. The one with the most points wins! You can only vote once.

Here's my submission: Best Present Ever

The rest of the submissions (in no particular order):

1. Rich from The Cartoon Days of Christmas submitted the Bethlehem Census.
2. Val from The Cartoon Days of Christmas submitted some Holiday Shopping.
3. Terry from A Touch of Terry Lou submitted A Not So Wise Man
4. Robbay from A Side of Cartoons submitted A Mouse Christmas Party
5. Teddy Tietz submitted a German Santa
6. Mick Ward submitted a Request for Santa
7. Frank Dutton submitted a Mauve Nosed Reindeer
8. Sheree from Sheree Bradford-Lea Cartoonist submitted Santa on Stress Leave
9. Dale from the Cartoon Days of Christmas submitted a Little Matt
10. Ron Atkinson submitted a present that Fits Like A Glove
11. A Chopra submitted a Nobel Prize Christmas Cartoon
12. Greg from EEight submitted a Polite Santa
13. Peter Naismith from the Nut Bank Files submitted a Runway Matt
14. Lee from Lee’s Things submitted the Best Present Ever
15. John from JDCartoons submitted a Christmas Protest
16. Henry from The Cartoon Days of Christmas submitted a Snowman’s Christmas Wish
17. Jason from Twisted Musings submitted a God Father Christmas
18. Andre submitted a Fishy Christmas
19. Rob from Rob and Jods submitted some Christmas Spirit
20. Bill Lumley submitted a Stocking Filler (PDF File)
21. Matt from Wickerdoodle submitted Santa in Space

Southern Ontario

After 18 hours, we had over 25cm (10 inches) of the white stuff yesterday afternoon. How'd you fair in the big storm of 2007?

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Best present ever - new parent edition

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Best present ever - toddler edition

Here's my entry for the 2007 Chewing Pencils Christmas Cartoon Project!

(And boy do I miss the days when empty boxes provided hours of enterainment!)

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Getting through the holidays

In order to get everything done, I seem to spend this time of year running on catecholamine C9H13NO3 (epinephrine).

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Rerun: Decorated moose

[Orignally posted May 20, 2007.]

No matter how you decorate it, a moose is still a moose!
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Potty training manual

For kids, by kids

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Christmas crush

Is it just me, or did the Christmas decorations appear in the stores earlier than usual this year? I could have swore there was a time when Christmas-y things didn't appear until after American Thanksgiving!

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Parallel parking

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Lest we forget

Remembering our Veterans.

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When writers strike

For a screenwriter's perspective on the WGA strike, have a read over at Dead Things On Sticks.

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Advice to parents of 3 year olds

The quote below is taken from Ask Moxie's book review of Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy by Louise Bates Ames, PhD and Frances L. Ilg, MD.

I love her favourite quote from the book which apparently "comes from the section talking about how a three-year-old can be completely adversarial with the mother, because the mother is the one the child is most emotionally engaged with:"

"Recognizing this fact, you will if at all possible enlist the services of a good baby-sitter for as much of the time as possible...This advice may seem like the all-time cop-out. It remains our best advice."

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S.A.D. Light

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is no laughing matter.

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Pushing fifty

(But fifty's pushing back.)

This one's for you... you know who you are!

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Daycare dropoff

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When phones were phones

I'd really appreciate it if anyone out there could recommend some software for the Telus LG-490 that would let me back-up (and edit) my phone book and memopad onto my computer!

(LG-490 trivia: the "zoom" function on the camera isn't available if you're at 640x480 resolution.)

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A downside to parity

It's been a long, long time since the dollar closed above parity. I thought it worthy of a mention.

Thanks to Debbie for the tip about The Word on the Street (this Sunday for those of you living in Calgary, Kitchener, Toronto or Vancouver).

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Picture perfect

(or be careful what you wish for)

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Mobius hopscotch

(or "How to keep your kids busy for a long, long time")


[With thanks to Mathematical Object Exhibit for publishing the image upon which this mobius strip was based.]

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Power tools

Inspired by my friend Bob. Bob's favourite power tools for home renovation projects are: phone, Yellow Pages, pen and credit card. Thanks Bob!

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Eating out

Is it just me, or are there more wasps around this year than normal?

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Back to school

Happy Back to School!

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Whatever you do ...

Blink from Dr. Who Season 3 has got to be one of the finest one hour stories I've ever seen -- by any series. Original concepts. Excellent execution. Not in the least bit predictable.

"Don't blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink."

"Good Luck."

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Post-op

Another doodle (and double entendre) inspired by one of Craig's comments on Post Inside.

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sodsnodds/383182189/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1077/1213784280_5f971de403_o.jpg" width="400" height="437" alt="2007_08_23_post-op" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p sytle="font-size: 0.8em;">Doodle by <a href="http://leesvoice.blogspot.com">Lee</a>. The code for <a href="http://leesdoodles.blogspot.com/2007/08/post-op.html">this doodle</a> and other doodles you can use on your blog can be found at <a href="http://leesdoodles.blogspot.com/">Doodles</a>.</p>

In the black

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Post inside

Loosely inspired by Seth Godin.

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Happy (and unhappy) numbers

While watching the Dr. Who episode from season 3 titled "42" last night, David Tennant rattled off:

"Any number that reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits, reduce it and continue iterating until it yields 1, is a happy number. Any number that doesn't, isn't. A happy prime is both happy and prime"

As I've never taken a recreational mathematics course, in my mind's eye all I saw was this:

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Safety conscious

If you haven't already, get up to speed on the current Mattel/Fisher-Price toy recall. Parent Hacks lists all the links you need to know.

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Consider this

A friend of mine saw a bumper sticker the other day that said, "If you can't keep up, try slowing down." Sounds like it's worth a try!

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If no one reads it, does it exist?

With apologies to Seth Godin.

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Short term goals are important

I first heard the idea that (parents) should "aim for better, not for perfect" on an episode of CityLine which had Joe Rich of "Parenting -- The Long Journey."

I think it's a terrific adage -- unless of course, you're my neurosurgeon. Then, by all means, aim for perfect!

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The law of attraction*

Why do clothing manufacturers even make white clothing for toddlers and pre-schoolers?

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* with apologies to Michael Losier, Ehryck F. Gilmore, Esther Hicks and anyone else who wrote a book or screenplay by this name.

Full of ideas

Were this always the case ...

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Good intentions

Do the calories count if the intentions are good?

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Awards: Pageant of the Transmundane

With thanks to Matthew Caverhill for awarding me a Homer Simpson Transmundanity Award!

And welcome to everyone visiting here from "Culture kills... wait, I mean cutlery."

That's a big ...

I remember seeing an Animation Fesitval in the early 90's that had a short film with a gag similar to this in it. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the animated short. If it comes to me, I'll be sure to put the appropriate credit for the inspiration here! (But that's a big IF!)

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Welcome Neatorama visitors!

Welcome Neatorama visitors! Have a look around and enjoy your stay!

I'd also like to extend a warm welcome to everyone coming here from:

• Irgendwas ist ja immer (can someone help me out with a translation?)
• Christopher Hayes
• Fazed (thanks to "ph ap st er" for acknowleding the source of his inspiration for the modified version of my doodle! -- though I think "ph ap st er" should also claim partial credit on the modified image )
• and to everyone who tripped over StumbledUpon me!

Hope y'all come back soon!

Creativity versus caffeine

Inspired (again) by Craig. Unfortunately, my free-hand 3-D graph rendering abilities are, shall we say, lacking so I'll leave Craig's actual suggestion as an exercise for the reader.

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A matter of perspective

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RIP Naptime

Mmmm..... naptime.

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The plan vs reality

Have a terrific long weekend everyone!

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Postcard from camp

Increase the odds of getting a letter from camp by sending the kidlets off with multiple choice postcards to fill out. (Pre-stamped and pre-addressed, of course!)



(Items with a variation of this image can be purchased at Cafe Press.)

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