Trick or Treating

We did trick or treating both in the afternoon (the merchants of Lexington) and in the evening (our neighbors). Much candy was gathered, although only a little consumed. So far, Joshua's favorite was his first Snickers bar; Miriam's, her first cherry Tootsie Roll. The excitement level was definitely the highest it's ever been, fueled by the expectation of candy. One can only imagine what it will be at age 8.

Costume progression:
2003 - Space alien and frankenstein
2004 - Fire truck and fire fighter
2005 - Ballerina and bumblebee
2006 - Ariel the mermaid and Lightning McQueen's pit crew

Reading

Joshua read his first sentence yesterday: "The cat sat in a hat." He has read lots of single words, and recited sentences from books, but this was an unequivocal case of sight-reading words (in this case, they were from Souperchicken. This seems momentous. And it's one of the rare things that Joshua has done before his sister (although she too is on the verge of really reading as well).

An old fun correction and an incorrect fun prediction

A co-worker was telling me about one of the all-time best corrections in the Globe: the obituary that spoke of the distinguished teachers tacky pants, instead of khaki pants. A quick search finds the correction, another the obit. Ooops.

On a totally unrelated note, Scott Adams has some interesting thoughts on the future of newspapers. He hopes for "a newspaper that is a hybrid of social voting, such as you see on web sites like www.reddit.com and www.digg.com, but further filtered by human editors who weed out the redundant, the juvenile, and the stuff unsubstantiated by facts." What he doesn't see is newspapers getting into the more general ad-supported search and information business. I think it's a natural - after all, Dilbert certainly isn't news, but the comics are certainly a major reason some people buy the newspaper. And the coupons. And the weather.