Knut the Polar Bear
Hannah gifted both sets of parents and ourselves with a great collection of children’s books this Christmas. Without a doubt, my favorite was Knut: How One Little Bear Captivated the World. I admit I was strictly judging the books by their covers, so I had no idea this was a story about a real bear. Let alone, a huge celebrity animal with his own website. Several, actually, but I liked the knute.net one the best. I was even more impressed after searching Amazon a bit, and realizing the book is popular enough to have a spanish translation. And a DVD. Although, I was a little surprised that 5% of Amazon customers buy Inglorious Basterds after viewing the listing for the Knut and Friends DVD.
Anyway, I was planning on giving the books a read through once Maggie was born. That way we could both enjoy them for the first time together. Then Brian, my brother, sent me a message the other day about Knut. Brian’s as big a fan of the Knut book as I am, but he also was judging the books by their covers. His message:
I just saw this story about Knut. I guess he’s a real bear. Who knew?
Apparently, lots of people knew. Just not the two Miller boys. Consider us in the know now. Brian had a story come across his computer about Knut possibly being castrated, and passed it along to me. I didn’t ask how that came up at work, but was naturally grateful that a story of a bear being castrated reminded him of me. I now know that Knut is a real bear with lots of real problems.
Brian has assured me he will not seek out a sequel to Knut, although he’s certain someone will write Knoe Knut sometime soon.
Five free touches
Hannah ordered a new diaper bag about a week ago, and it arrived yesterday. Since then I’ve been finding it displayed in different areas of the house. This morning it was not only displayed on my work desk, but there was a note attached. “You may have 5 free touches with the bag. No more, no less”. There was no indication of how to buy more touches.
