22 Tuesday Jul 2014
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Me: (Asking Katie about where her classroom is in the building) At the top of the stairs, do you turn left or right?
Katie: The close one.
Me: What?
Katie: It is the close one.
Me: But do you turn to the left or to the right to get to the close one?
Katie: I don’t know. I just go to the closest door.
(At the top of these stairs, she can only go left or right not forward)
05 Saturday Jul 2014
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Me: Did you have fun yesterday?
Katie: Yes, we went to the rodeo.
Me: How did you like the rodeo?
Katie: It was different than I expected.
Me: What made it different?
Katie: It was more like a monster truck rally with horses.
Me: That sounds like a rodeo to me.
05 Thursday Jun 2014
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Katie: Is ganache chocolate shavings?
Me: No it is like a liquid. Thick kind of like pudding or icing.
Katie: What are chocolate shavings called then?
Me: Those are called chocolate shavings. Or you can call it shaved chocolate.
23 Sunday Mar 2014
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(Listening to Tiny Dancer)
Katie: Is it true that when you were a teenager, you all thought that this song said.”hold me closer Tommy Danza?”
Me: I never thought that.
Katie: I thought everyone sang the wrong lyrics.
Me: I knew it was Tiny Dancer. Who is Tommy Danza? (Yes I knew who she meant)
Katie: Some actor that teenagers liked when you were young.
Me: Oh you mean Tony Danza?
Katie: I don’t know who he is.
Me: I wasn’t all that in to him anyway. He’s no Andrew McCarthy.
14 Saturday Sep 2013
Scot: Have you heard of people having naturally violet eyes?
Me: I have heard something like that before. Why?
Scot: Katie was telling me about people having violet eyes.
Katie: Elizabeth Taylor has violet eyes. Did you know that she is also an actress?
Me: UM Yes? That is what she is famous for.
Katie: I just thought she was famous for making make-up and perfume and stuff.
Scot: She is known for being a beautiful movie star.
Scot: I heard that Bach wrote some songs too.
13 Friday Sep 2013
Katie and I were discussing cat breeds.
Katie: I like the Scottish Fold.
Me: I like the ragdoll.
Katie: Whenever I see the ragdoll cat I think of that song by Van Halen.
Me: Van Halen has a song about cats?
Katie: No the song Rag Doll.
Me: I don’t know a song called Rag Doll by Van Halen.
Katie: You know: (singing) Rag doll livin’ in a movie. Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie…
Me: I have never heard a song like that from Van Halen and I used to have all of their albums.
Katie: You have never heard that song?
Me: I heard the version of it by Aerosmith.
Katie: OH! I really thought that was Van Halen.
13 Friday Sep 2013
Katie: (While driving into the driveway) Oh look! The little one is getting hairy too.
Luckily I knew exactly what she was talking about. The smallest corn stalk finally is getting some corn on it.
07 Saturday Sep 2013
Me: He looks like Drew Carey.
Scot: Yes he kind of does.
Me: I wonder if his name is Andrew or just Drew.
Scot: Andrew sounds like the name of a boy who would get beat up.
Me: No one would dare beat up Andrew McCarthy.
Scot: Andrew McCarthy is the one person your mom would dump me for.
Me: In a heartbeat.
Katie: Isn’t Andrew McCarthy that guy who made the list of communists?
Scot: What?
Me: She means that other McCarthy guy.
Scot: Oh Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Katie: I thought his name was Andrew.
Me: Andrew McCarthy is so much better looking.
22 Thursday Aug 2013
Katie and Scot are watching an interview with Jim Butcher. Someone asked if Harry Dresden is a Red Sox fan or a White Sox fan.
Katie: (paused the video) Do they have both kinds of socks?
Scot: Yes the Red Sox and the White Sox are both baseball teams. Actually now the Red Sox are just the Reds.
Katie: If the Red Socks and the White Socks fight on the same field and it rains, would all their socks turn pink? Do they actually wear red and white socks?
Scot: I think they do but it is spelled SOX.
Katie: What? That is stupid.
16 Friday Aug 2013
Katie: (setting a stack of CD’s next to Scot) You could copy these CD’s onto your hard drive while you are working.
Scot: I don’t know if I have software on this computer that will do that. (Work laptop)
Katie: You should have Windows Media Player and that should do it.
Scot: But doesn’t that only do WMA files? I don’t like WMA files. I like MP3’s and OGG’s.
Katie: It used to – I – I think it used – It used – I think it – I – I think – I think it – I – I don’t know.
Scot: Okay, thanks. I think I feel a headache coming on.
