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Follow me below the dingledoodlesquiggliedividerthingie fold for why I'm smiling today...
Waay back in May 2009 Casa Brillig submitted paperwork. Then in July 2009 I mentioned we'd had a spot of good news. There were a few months of pooties, music, food, and the usual brillig TC fare, and then just after Election Day 2009, I posted a rare non-TC diary, which of course had to turn into a TC diary :-). FINALLY, I got to write this one.
Confused? Wondering if you really have to click all those links? I won't stop you, but that is the saga of How Casa Brillig Brought Their Son K2 Home From Ethiopia.
We left for London the Monday before Thanksgiving 2009, spent a few days visiting friends, then the day after a Thanksgiving spent with friends at a lovely little Brazilian restaurant in SoHo, we flew to Addis Ababa. Jet-lagged and achy after 9 hours on The Least-Legroom Jet Ever, we met our driver from the orphanage, loaded our bags in, and arrived at Horizon House. We thought we'd have some time to freshen up before we met OUR SON for the very first time, but as soon as we stepped out of the van, one of the nannies asked who we were there to meet. We gave K2's name, and suddenly "K2, your Mommy Daddy Sister here!!" and he came immediately over to hug us!!!
That day was November 28, 2009, heretofore Gotcha Day at Casa Brillig.
I can't believe everything that's happened in the past two years: he's learned English (although sadly, has forgotten his first two languages), does well in school, is a skilled soccer player, loves to sing and dance both to Ethiopian AND pop/hip-hop, asked for science project stuff for Christmas, and is virtually indistinguishable from any American kid. In fact, since the re-adoption in US court that allowed us to file for his Certificate of Citizenship, he IS an American kid!! He still loves injera and wot, remembers his family and time in Ethiopia, and dislikes chocolate - intensely.
Casa Brillig simply wouldn't be the same without our little Gotcha. Glad you're here, K2!
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From Dragon5616:
In kos' front page post Herman Cain: And then there were...who the heck knows anymore?, Greasy Grant engaged in speculation about David Vitter's fetish, and BobBlueMass made me spew with this reply. The rest of the thread's pretty funny too.
From ItsSimpleSimon:
In Rick Lopez' diary Arrest McCain and Levin Now ..., alguien points out irony of an ex-POW drafting law promoting unconstitutional detention of domestic enemies.
From Yours Truly, brillig:
kos says rich white guy arrested using a Brown People Law? wmc418 reminds us to consider the fate of the arresting officer.
Barney Frank won't seek reelection next year. Madisonian sums it up for me.
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Top Mojo from yesterday, November 27, courtesy of mik's mojo magic!
1) The principal has no right to ask her or expect by importer — 238
2) Good.It's the principal who's really the villain by homerun — 206
3) Just waiting. by Lightbulb — 135
4) Then We Have Wars by bink — 127
5) That is why they are so by gulfgal98 — 121
6) How hard would it have been for Brownback... by Dallasdoc — 119
7) Well, thank you for this. by Clarknt67 — 118
8) Power which relies on the consent of by hannah — 114
9) Yes, he's a villain, because... by TheMeansAreTheEnd — 108
10) Me too by gjohnsit — 100
11) Here's a pic from yesterday's installation of the by navajo — 97
12) Good for Emma by nofltwlt — 96
13) I Am Nothing Close To A Conspiracy Guy by webranding — 95
14) I wrote my major dissertation topic on the cost- by mswsm — 94
15) There are differences by gjohnsit — 86
16) shamed enough...... by princesspat — 81
17) The other great truth by NyteByrd1954 — 78
18) Her principal has no right by Catesby — 77
19) there seems to be one big difference by onemadson — 77
20) They were being more than just tools and lackies by NYFM — 76
21) Thank you for your service. by Notthemayor — 75
22) Brownback's an authoritarian by Buzzer — 73
23) After reading this by tobendaro — 71
24) What a terrific series this is! by navajo — 71
25) He's the one with a greater responsibility here, by Dale — 69
26) Easy on the tylenol by Horace Boothroyd III — 66
27) My 1st thought was that I hoped she say no. by lexalou — 66
28) I've gotten in the habit of by grover — 65
29) I think Brownback and co. and the principal are by CTMET — 64
30) Ancient America by Ojibwa — 63
31) Yeah. I was so naive and blindsided. by mswsm — 63