Thus Spake Russ

Posted By Russ Emerson on December 31, 2004 at 6:18 pm

Scanning my Quote of the Day archives, trying to avoid anything election-related, I found a true gem, completely devoid of political content or context:

When first you hold [your child’s] hand it’s a tight small walnut balled in protest against the cold and the light. Then it’s the small collection of wiggly digits you’re washing forty times a day. Then it’s big enough so its fingers fit into yours. You’re no longer holding the hand at the wrist; now you weave your fingers together instinctively. I don’t think it’s possible to do this, ever, without some voice in the back of your head steeling you for the day when she pulls away, and pulls away for good. Or at least for a few years. Four, ten, twenty – what counts is that you’ll hold hands again at the end.

James Lileks on parenthood. I think this falls into the category of “Eternal Truths.” I wish I could write so well and so profoundly.

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Posted By Russ Emerson on December 31, 2004 at 5:53 pm

I thought about doing a “Best of TacJammer – 2004” post, but as I look back at my output here for the last year, I am chagrined to realize that while I doubled the number of posts this year over 2003, I haven’t written nearly as much, as well, or as in-depth as I had hoped or wanted.
It’s doubly a shame, since I usually have a lot floating around in my brain that I could write about. And, frankly, I’m not a bad writer. Pity the ‘sphere doesn’t demand much in the way of technical manuals.
Rather than a “Best of,” perhaps a few of my personal favorite posts will suffice.

• The Tale of the Late-Night Caller: Just Leave My Oscar in the Mailbox.
• My version of the Weather Channel: Thunder.
• To those who kidnap and behead innocent civilians: a Memorandum — and a followup, Not Getting the Message.
• A reminder that as brilliant as my mother claims me to be, I have my moments of sheer idiocy: Playing With Fire.
• You want controversy? I’ve got controversy! How about a Note to Ted Rall?
• Surprisingly few thing really make me angry. Stewardship was my response to a case of wanton cruelty to animals.
• The Art of the Smoker: This Little Piggy
• The more things change, the more they stay the same: Current Affairs.
• Whenever I need to lower my blood pressure, I click back to A Moment of Unbearable Cuteness.
• My first and thus far only Instalanche: Could It Be…?
• The election might have gone differently this year without my Endorsement. Ya, right.
• I think this is my single favorite post of the year: Promises.

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