Actually, pretty pre-Jackie. Most people didn’t know who Jacqueline Kennedy was back in 1957 unless they were the kind of political junkie who paid attention to her husband’s career as a freshman senator from Massachusetts and his vice-presidential boomlet at the 1956 Democratic convention. Your mother was a pacesetter, PZ.
Crip Dyke, Right Reverend Feminist FuckToy of Death & Her Handmaidensays
This is damn cute.
All except the Edwardian wallpaper. I’ve never been a fan of wall paper, but the old Edwardian wallpaper always turned me off.
Apparently before I make my photo album of cute pictures of people I don’t really know, I’m gonna have to photoshop in some high-saturation, brilliant purple wall paint.
But y’know what I like best about this photo? PZ’s mum could be one of 5 or 6 of my friends. Seriously. Awesome.
carliesays
I love that look of concentration that babies have when looking at people like that – you can tell that inside baby PZ’s head was “Learn this face. This is an important face. Keep eye contact with this face.”
Abraham Van Helsingsays
We’re glad you made it from burping to blogging, P.Z. What’s that? You still do the burping thing? Yeah, me too….
rqsays
… As long as the burping doesn’t occur all over the blogging. :P
You were so small and cute, PZ. Whatever happened?
I don’t know where the photo was taken. It was either at my grandparents’ house, in which case the old wall paper has been painted over. Or it could be at the little apartment my parents lived in at the corner of 2nd & Titus in Kent, in which case it was demolished to make a church parking lot. Either way, it’s gone.
Keep this up, you’ll ruin your reputation as a curmudgeon :)
yazikussays
This is a lovely picture. Can I ask how old your mother was?
jacksprocketsays
Lovely, but here’s one way times have changed for the better: many mothers today would still be breastfeeding a baby that age. Besides the immunity boost, those glass feeder bottles were lethal, I remember one getting broken into my sister’s pram, and mum having to pick out the baby from the shards before any damage was done.
It is amazing, as I get older, how young people look to me.
blfsays
Those are not pearls. There are Krackenite gems to keep the evil poopyhead at bay. Note the tentacle, horns, claws, and other notable features are hidden, and poopyhead has shapeshifted.
Not sure what he’s shapeshifted into, the wooden chair? The watch? The mysterious and foreboding dark blob on top of the possibly-poopyhead refrigerator?
JohnnieCanucksays
blf, even you have been deceived. That, to my mind is a heater, possibly oil-fired.
pocketnerdsays
Beautiful picture, PZ. Thanks for sharing it here.
opposablethumbssays
Thank you for letting us see the photo, PZ.
Moggiesays
They appear deceptively harmless in the larval stage.
Doc Billsays
She appears to like you!
I call Photoshopped.
arakasisays
Of course she’s smiling. Otherwise, it’s the cornfield.
It’s a good day
arakasisays
Ack
I, of course, meant
It’s a good life
carliesays
I think she had probably just turned 18.
My mom had me at 19; every age I turn that matches one of our milestones, I realize how terrifying it had to be for her to be dealing with parenting at that age (“I’m the same age my mom was when I graduated! I’m the same age my mom was when I got married! But I’m not old enough to have a kid who is getting married!” etc.)
chigau (違う) says
You still have the same hair.
Crimson Clupeidae says
No beard yet?
…so you started shaving early?
Zeno says
Actually, pretty pre-Jackie. Most people didn’t know who Jacqueline Kennedy was back in 1957 unless they were the kind of political junkie who paid attention to her husband’s career as a freshman senator from Massachusetts and his vice-presidential boomlet at the 1956 Democratic convention. Your mother was a pacesetter, PZ.
PZ Myers says
Well, yeah. Jackie was copying her.
Crip Dyke, Right Reverend Feminist FuckToy of Death & Her Handmaiden says
This is damn cute.
All except the Edwardian wallpaper. I’ve never been a fan of wall paper, but the old Edwardian wallpaper always turned me off.
Apparently before I make my photo album of cute pictures of people I don’t really know, I’m gonna have to photoshop in some high-saturation, brilliant purple wall paint.
But y’know what I like best about this photo? PZ’s mum could be one of 5 or 6 of my friends. Seriously. Awesome.
carlie says
I love that look of concentration that babies have when looking at people like that – you can tell that inside baby PZ’s head was “Learn this face. This is an important face. Keep eye contact with this face.”
Abraham Van Helsing says
We’re glad you made it from burping to blogging, P.Z. What’s that? You still do the burping thing? Yeah, me too….
rq says
… As long as the burping doesn’t occur all over the blogging. :P
You were so small and cute, PZ. Whatever happened?
PZ Myers says
I don’t know where the photo was taken. It was either at my grandparents’ house, in which case the old wall paper has been painted over. Or it could be at the little apartment my parents lived in at the corner of 2nd & Titus in Kent, in which case it was demolished to make a church parking lot. Either way, it’s gone.
cycleninja says
Keep this up, you’ll ruin your reputation as a curmudgeon :)
yazikus says
This is a lovely picture. Can I ask how old your mother was?
jacksprocket says
Lovely, but here’s one way times have changed for the better: many mothers today would still be breastfeeding a baby that age. Besides the immunity boost, those glass feeder bottles were lethal, I remember one getting broken into my sister’s pram, and mum having to pick out the baby from the shards before any damage was done.
PZ Myers says
I think she had probably just turned 18.
yazikus says
It is amazing, as I get older, how young people look to me.
blf says
Those are not pearls. There are Krackenite gems to keep the evil poopyhead at bay. Note the tentacle, horns, claws, and other notable features are hidden, and poopyhead has shapeshifted.
Not sure what he’s shapeshifted into, the wooden chair? The watch? The mysterious and foreboding dark blob on top of the possibly-poopyhead refrigerator?
JohnnieCanuck says
blf, even you have been deceived. That, to my mind is a heater, possibly oil-fired.
pocketnerd says
Beautiful picture, PZ. Thanks for sharing it here.
opposablethumbs says
Thank you for letting us see the photo, PZ.
Moggie says
They appear deceptively harmless in the larval stage.
Doc Bill says
She appears to like you!
I call Photoshopped.
arakasi says
Of course she’s smiling. Otherwise, it’s the cornfield.
It’s a good day
arakasi says
Ack
I, of course, meant
It’s a good life
carlie says
My mom had me at 19; every age I turn that matches one of our milestones, I realize how terrifying it had to be for her to be dealing with parenting at that age (“I’m the same age my mom was when I graduated! I’m the same age my mom was when I got married! But I’m not old enough to have a kid who is getting married!” etc.)
chakolate says
“Very Jackie.”
“Actually, pretty pre-Jackie.”
Actually, very Mamie.
PZ Myers says
#23, Carlie:
Another photo I found here was of my grandparents, on their 25th wedding anniversary. I even vaguely remember the event.
And then it sunk in that I’ve been married for 34 years. I’m older now than my grandparents were then. Now that was a weird feeling.
Mobius says
Aw. You really were cute once upon a time.
NelC says
It was a very strange feeling when my Dad died at 88, and I realised that I was then the age he was when he had me (i.e. 44).
theoreticalgrrrl says
Aww, you still have the same cheeks. Cute.