It was time for Curious George on television, so Danny sat down to get ready for the programme. PBS was finishing up a special on radical labour leaders and Danny asked what that means.
"Great", I thought, "Here’s the opportunity I’ve been waiting for!"
I tried to explain the basics of union organising in a way a four year old could grasp, and how collective bargaining works. Danny quietly listened, nodding now and then. I was explaining how capitalism exploits workers when Danny politely interrupted:
"Mama? That’s very interesting, but I really want to watch George."
Ouch. Who knew four year olds could be so condescending?
Four-year-olds can be harsh, dude. Totally.
So my wife (yeah, I got married this summer!) and I just moved to South Bend, Indiana, I’m going to study at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary this fall, and I have a new domain for my site. Big changes are afoot! Feel free to ignore the adverts, except maybe my “Absolution Revolution no-sweat shop” designs, I think some of them are pretty nifty.
Hope things are good, I’ve been offline a lot for the past few months due to spotty connection, broken hard drive, working thirds, and oh yeah that whole getting married thing took up a lot of time with planning and then getting ready to move and whatnot.
Maybe when he’s six you can explain to him why Curious George is an anarchist.
Comment by Jason Barr — August 8, 2009 @ 5:03 pm
Actually, I knew you were getting married and like, a year ago started an embroidered fractur for you guys. Have I finished it? Nah. I will though, I promise! Sooner or later I’ll be ready to stick in the names, dates, etc. and I’ll drop you an email.
Congratulations.
I’m off to update my bookmarks now. Good to hear from you.
Comment by JSM — August 8, 2009 @ 5:18 pm
Well it’s a good thing we got married then!
Actually, in all seriousness, within the past year we called it off, split up, and then got back together and got married, planning the wedding in the span of about 2 months, so it’s been quite a year. Definitely made the right decision, though.
Comment by Jason Barr — August 9, 2009 @ 1:09 am