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the next big step in potty training

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2010.02.10

One of Kenny's sudden recent leaps forward has been the way he uses the potty.

Somehow, he's the most advanced kid in the class at the day care, keeping his diaper dry between visits to the potty. He even prefers to stand up while he's peeing. Here at home he even tells us when he needs to go to the potty, though he tells us "unchi" even though he's only means pee. Tonight we switched from the sitting potty to its configuration as a step so that he can stand and pee into the toilet.

He loves it.

rand()m quote

Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

—Hermann Goering