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The Gurgle Did It by Gabriel A. Fraire • gafraire@comcast.net


Excerpts from his book: Daddy I Need to go Potty T


here is one sound that makes me hang my head: The gurgle. The gurgle


is the sound that used to make me jump and scramble and try to stop the impending crisis. Parenting Lesson # 5671: Certain inevitable


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just can’t be con- trolled. The gurgle is that sound that sort of sounds likes ground up food rushing through a hose. Which is because that is sort of what it is, food, rushing back up from the stomach. It’s that brief burp- gurgle you hear, like a heav- ing, just before one of your children throws-up. My kids like to pick the car as a place to get sick, too much junk in the stomach (like cook- ies or candy or ice cream)


on top of a too long a car ride. I hear the gurgle and then, sure enough, ground up goodies all over the car. The first time you hear the sound, you know immedi- ately what is about to happen, but for some insane rea- son you think you can jump over the front seat into the


back, grab a towel, tilt your kid’s head down and have them nicely regurgitate into the towel. What usually gets accom- plished is you get right in the line of fire, so to speak. And then for days walk around with this child vomit smell imbedded into the skin.


What’s that smell a


co-worked asked me. All I could say was, the gurgle did it.


Hoppy 2014!


Pictured as Tevye's three oldest daughters are (left to right) Sarah Maxon (as Chava), Emilianne Lewis (as Hodel) and Anna Leach (as Tzeitel). Photo by Linnea Mullins


ROHNERT PARK, CA - The Sonoma State University Department of Theatre Arts & Dance 2013-2014 perfor- mance season, showcasing emerging talents of Sonoma State University students studying dance, theater and music, continues with the beloved Broadway musical "Fiddler on the Roof." The 50th Anniversary of "Fiddler on the Roof" will be celebrated with a co-produc- tion by the SSU Departments of Music and Theatre Arts & Dance presented Feb. 6 to Feb. 16, 2014 at the Evert B. Person Theatre.


Featuring music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and book by Joseph Stein, "Fiddler on the Roof" is the groundbreaking Broadway


musical which tells the story of a Jewish family clinging to its sacred traditions in a rap- idly changing world.


The musical production, with musical direction by Lynne Morrow and stage direction by Adrian Elfenbaum, fea- tures a sixteen-piece orchestra and a special "Sing-A-Long" performance at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb 9, 2014. Tickets for the SSU Dept. of Theatre Arts & Dance 2013- 2014 performance season are on sale now at http://www. sonoma.edu/theatreanddance/ productions/fiddler.html Box office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. For tickets or more information call the box office at 707-664-4246 or email tickets@sonoma.edu


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We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher


Main Stage Production Celebrates 50Th AnniversaryOf Legendary Broadway Musical "Fiddler On The Roof."


Weird Facts & Trivia -7 2014


Alaska Strawberries: This is a facetious nineteenth-century American euphemism for 'dried beans', which need some work to make them an into appealing meal.


The largest private industry employer in Alaska is the seafood industry.


Most of America's catch of salmon, crab, halibut, and herring come from Alaska.


Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is a legume in the Pea Family. It is also know as lucerne.


Alfalfa is supposedly the oldest know plant used for livestock feed, with records of its use as early as 1,000 BC in the Middle East.


British ships took kraut on voy- ages to prevent scurvy due to its ability to keep well without refrigeration, and one famous ship captain, James Cook, actually or- dered 25,000 pounds of sauerkraut to outfit two ships.


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