<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Paper Dolls for Boys]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://paperdollsforboys.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[twlowenstein]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://paperdollsforboys.wordpress.com/author/twlowenstein/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[What is the Opposite of&nbsp;Progress?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;">This is the picture of success, his not ours.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="3275" data-permalink="https://paperdollsforboys.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/what-is-the-opposite-of-progress/kickin-the-habbit-21/" data-orig-file="https://paperdollsforboys.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kickin-the-habbit-21.jpg" data-orig-size="1935,1254" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D60&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1238610736&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="kickin-the-habbit-21" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://paperdollsforboys.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kickin-the-habbit-21.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://paperdollsforboys.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kickin-the-habbit-21.jpg?w=1024" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3275" title="kickin-the-habbit-21" src="https://paperdollsforboys.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kickin-the-habbit-21.jpg?w=625&#038;h=404" alt="kickin-the-habbit-21" width="625" height="404" srcset="https://paperdollsforboys.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kickin-the-habbit-21.jpg?w=623&amp;h=404 623w, https://paperdollsforboys.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kickin-the-habbit-21.jpg?w=1247&amp;h=808 1247w, https://paperdollsforboys.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kickin-the-habbit-21.jpg?w=150&amp;h=97 150w, https://paperdollsforboys.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kickin-the-habbit-21.jpg?w=300&amp;h=194 300w, https://paperdollsforboys.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kickin-the-habbit-21.jpg?w=768&amp;h=498 768w, https://paperdollsforboys.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kickin-the-habbit-21.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=664 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px" /></p>
<p>I boiled all the pacifiers in the house and forgot them cooling beside the stove.  I heard the happiest squeal of delight coming from the kitchen, like all holidays and birthdays melted together and formed into the shape of a rubber duckie, kind of squeal.  Before I could investigate, my little guy came tearing down the hallway juggling all the pacifiers (or <em>suck</em> <em>monkeys</em> as I wanted to call them, vetoed).  He had them all in his hands, and mouth, and was ready to use them.</p>
<p>Someone should come from Harvard and study this kid&#8217;s pacifier usage.  There may be a pattern to his rotation that could cure diaper rash or something.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Pacifier stew, it&#8217;s the only thing cookin&#8217; in my house tonight.</p>
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