Conversations with Jerry are becoming more and more rich.

verbal words:

da da - dako (carry me) ba - bus oppai/pai - oppai (breast milk) bo - poi (throw) da - daddy (me!) bo bo - baru (ball) bo bo - boshi (hat) bu - book bon - zubon (pants) itai - itai (ouch) uh oh - uh oh babi - baby tsee - cheese gepu/upu - gepu (burp) ba ba - blanket pa pa - pan (bread) nen ne - neru (sleep)

The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything: Forty-two.

Now what was the actual question, again?

Joseph Palmer - Hi Joe! ;)

(Found randomly from http://pk-kirsch.de/)

Glück ist, das meiste aus dem zu machen, was man ist.

Reichtum ist, das meiste aus dem zu machen, was man hat.

(Translated by Google)

Luck is, to make most from, what one is.

Wealth is, to make most from, what one has.

Eriko, Jerry, and I went to Vancouver, BC on Saturday. We spent about 8 hours in the car in exchange for about 8 hours in Canada - most of which were spent with Naofumi, Eriko’s cousin. We went to Stanley park, the aquarium, walked around downtown, and hung out at the Oakridge Mail (unfortunately it was raining.)

I finally had an opportunity to listen to some of the longer podcasts; I found this one particularly interesting. In it William talks about his new book and fields questions regarding the problem of inevitable nuclear proliferation. I haven’t exactly done research on this subject, but William was very unbiased and rational in his approach towards analyzing the problem. I recommend it for anyone tired of one-sided media coverage of this issue.

Jerry demonstrated the first use of his new sign language word - “more”, which he does by bringing his hands together (after making a cone with each hand.)

I think this is quite noteworthy because it is the first use of an action or feeling rather than just a noun.

Jerry does have signs for plane, gorilla, bird, and hat: plane is where he holds his hand up high over his head; for gorilla he beats his hands on his chest (or more typically, his stomach); for bird he moves his pointer and thumb together (like beak); for hat he hits his head with his hand.