Dead. Of. Joy.

Guess what guess what guess what?! :D

Tonight after dinner, as he often does, Mark was spelling out "Doscher" on davner's nametape, and then running over to me, sitting on the couch, for clapping and approval. ^_^ I'd repeat what he spelled, and say "Doscher", and cheer him on. Then he'd run back to the nametape and do it again.

This happened several times.

Then, as I was clapping, he looked at me intently and said "Osh-sher.."

@_@

I *really* cheered and bounced and clapped for that one. :D He giggled, and resumed spelling with the nametape.

He said "Osh-sher" once more before he got tired of the spelling game. So it wasn't a fluke. :D

I am an exceedingly excited mommy right now.

Awesome Thing of the Evening (That Isn't Zodling-related, mind. ^_^ )

Rescued high-quality images from Lunar Orbiter 1, back in 1966, slowly being restored via jury-rigged obsolete data tapes and drive readers:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-lunar22-2009mar22,0,931431.story?page=1

I am amazed and delighted that they were able to get those machines running again. ^_^ And delighted that Ms. Evans' determination paid off.

Can't wait til they eventually digitize the images and release them to the public. :D




(Edited for century fail. ::smacks fingers:: There were no lunar orbiters in eighteensixty-six, except in steampunk novels! )