My sister just texted me asking to buy my 11yo nephew a Kindle.
No, no, no, sir. No more chick pit for you. Come on.
Riley ,'Lessons'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Nov 29, 2010 8:03:05 am PST #7946 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Gudanov - Nov 29, 2010 8:05:26 am PST #7947 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
My 11yo daughter could use a Nook or Kindle (probably Nook for checking out from the library), maybe then her bed wouldn't be constantly covered with books.
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2010 8:06:23 am PST #7948 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey, Tom, can you buy me a Cintiq? It doesn't even have to be the big one. TIA!
meara - Nov 29, 2010 8:06:26 am PST #7949 of 30001
My sister emailed me, wanting to know if we should both pitch in to buy our mom a Kindle or a Nook! Good lord, apparently it's the gift of the season.
DavidS - Nov 29, 2010 8:06:36 am PST #7950 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, David, it's time for my annual question about what I should give my cousin for Christmas. He's a year younger than Emmett, and I like to give him books...
Emmett had to read Ender's Game at school and really liked it. Also, there's a new Wimpy Kid book out. If he likes video games and doesn't have it already the Harry Potter Lego game is very fun and engaging for a long time.
Emmett also likes humor books. Things like the Suicidal Bunnies book. Also, he has the Calvin & Hobbes complete set and re-reads that regularly.
If he's into that kind of comic strip stuff there are a couple of cool vintage comic collections that came out. I have and enjoy Classic Children's Comics edited by Art Spiegelman.
If that's too young, you could try some graphic novels depending on his interest. If he's into Batman try something like The Long Halloween.
If he's even more sophisticated there's an XKCD collection out now.
Amy - Nov 29, 2010 8:07:04 am PST #7951 of 30001
Because books.
My 13-year-old niece got a Kindle for her birthday. My brother thought he was so cool, uploading Deathly Hallows for her, "for just $1.59!" I told him that had to be a sale or something, that all books were not that cheap.
Turned out to be the CliffsNotes. Heh.
They're very pretty.
JZ - Nov 29, 2010 8:10:44 am PST #7952 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Billions of congratulations, Nilly! I'm totally weepy with excitement and joy for you, the Khusband, and the second-luckiest almost-baby in the world (Jessica's has precedence, but once she emerges and cedes her almost-crown for an actual, the almost- goes straight to your boy).
You're going to be an amazing parent. And I can't wait to read your spicy Nillybrain thoughts on that amazement. If you could make us all gasp and blub over a single episode of Firefly, I cannot imagine where your mind and heart and words will take us all when you're watching a tiny human discover the entire universe. (Not that there's any pressure on you -- seriously, all you have to do is be Nilly and that's enough.)
Jesse - Nov 29, 2010 8:12:03 am PST #7953 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Thank you!!
Cashmere - Nov 29, 2010 8:13:44 am PST #7954 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
If you ask me again this year, um, my answer will be a bit different (though, um, how shall I put it, not less with the Jewish-mommy part, in a sense).
AWESOME NILLY NEWS!!!! YAY! Congratulations to you and khusband!
sumi - Nov 29, 2010 8:17:24 am PST #7955 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Nilly! Congratulations!!