L’ultima cosa che fa prima di dormire ? Do un bacio a mio marito .

Il suo rapporto con le droghe , o l’alcol ? Sono sposato , ne faccio

uso come diversivo .

Cosa le piace di più nel corpo di una donna ? Il sedere .

Cosa mangia a pranzo la domenica ? Piatti estremamente variabili .

Cosa la tiene sveglia la notte ? Mio marito , sempre lui .

Beauty : mai senza .... I tatuaggi .

Quanto conta il sesso nella vita ? Molto , ma dipende anche da dove

sei . E da quanto costa .

Fa sport ? Si , sport acquatici , quando capita .

Si reincarna in donna , la prima cosa che vorrebbe sperimentare ?

Gli uomini .

ى mai andato da uno psicanalista ? S … .

Cosa c’è sempre nel suo frigo ? il pollo . Per i cani .

Come si rilassa ? Con il valium .

Il senso più importante ? La vista .

Cosa non indosserebbe mai ? Preferisco non dire “mai” .

Se non facesse male , con cosa si consolerebbe ? Se mi fa bene , va

bene tutto .

FRANKO B , 50 anni , artista milanese . Fino al 28/11 al Pac di Milano c’è la

sua mostra “I Still Love” , curata da Francesca Alfano Miglietti . Vive a

Londra , dove si è affermato con progetti radicali . Le sue opere sono

anche alla Tate Modern , al Victoria and Albert Museum , al Modern Art

Museum di Tel Aviv . (on "D" di Repubblica)

Dear Dianne, I know that stability is at the very tip top of your list when it comes to employment criteria. And I know that Plan B is all set for if/when you when the lottery. I'm asking you to think somewhere in between those parameters. Let's say, hypothetically, you won, not the lottery, but an annuity equivalent to your current income and benefits, so the "stability" part of the equation is solved, then what would you do with your days? What would be more satisfying that just stability, but not as fabulous as winning the lottery?

I knew that returning to NoVA to work in DC would mean a significant change to my commute. I knew it would be more expensive and more time consuming. But dammit I can't take it! I spend $301.90/mo for my VRE/Metro ticket, which is actually cheaper than it would be for gas into and out of DC plus parking in DC, but it's still a lot of money. But what pains me even more is the time! I had a 20min commute in Hampton, and now I have a 1½hr commute - that's 3hrs/day - on top of an 8hr work day! So if I bust my ass and take no breaks, I still have to spend ELEVEN hours apart from my home and family - it blows!



I tried to warn Ken when I started that the commute to DC was most unappealing, and asked if I might be able to work from home (or our Fairfax office) a couple days a week, but was denied, because "presence" is such a key part of our support. Well "presence" is a key part of a happy home-life too, and I ain't gettin' enough!



Plus, when Ken hired me, he said he was BUSY and needed help, so that he would not be working so many late hours. But as it turns out, Ken still works those late hours, and I am, to some degree, expected to "make myself useful" in SEA05Z where we have funding, but where the clients are not routinely using our support. I struggled for too long to "make myself useful" at SUPSHIP Newport News, with limited success, and am not keen on having to solicit/generate my own work.



So, if things continue along this path, which I think they will, I am already mentally preparing myself to give this job one year, then I'm going to move on. I don't have a plan yet, and won't make the same mistake this time of announcing my intentions to my boss and clients before I do have another plan, but a plan is indeed brewing.

We are on the road to having Little Mister Christopher's language issues identified so we can get that boy talking! Our "case" goes before Fairfax County Early Childhood Special Education Preschool Program's Local Screening Committee on Tuesday 16 November. We are expecting he will be referred into the system for services.



My work friend, Michele, knew of a mutual contact whose child also exhibited developmental delays at about age three, so she put Dave & I in touch by email, we may meet for a bit on Tuesday if our work schedules permit. His son, also a Christopher, was diagnosed with Severe Apraxia, which of course I immediately Googled, and while I am not jumping to conclusions, many of the Apraxia indicators do seem to fit w/our Christopher's typical behavior. The Family Start Guide at Apraxia-Kids.org was a decent intro.



I told JR yesterday that his new job starts soon: he's about to become a full-time speech therapist. Whatever Christopher's particular language development diagnosis is, I feel certain he will be registered for at least speech therapy, and my initial research indicates that most parents have success with therapy at least three times per week. And of course the success of therapy depends on the willingness/ability of children and parents to practice at home. I hope therapy with a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) includes teaching the parents, I'm thinking language therapy would be most effective done ALL THE TIME, we've got to turn language use into fun 24/7 language therapy.

Contrary to recent press articles, Franko B is not represented by Galleria Pack in any way, anywhere in the world.

I often waffle between wanting to share my blog and wanting to keep it private, so I think I've finally come to a "system" of sorts: facebook for the world, My Little Contribution for those who are more interested, and a new totally private blog for my 'Dear Diary' type stuff. So, I moved my most private posts to the other blog, and I'm opening this one back up, no invite required, so that My Little Contribution can be what I intended: my little contribution to the internets. :) I don't like that there are now months with no entries, but oh well, I needed those months to myself.