"I'm glad I won't be around much longer to see what they do with it. The men who control the big studios today are stock manipulators and bankers. They know nothing about our business. They're in it for the buck. The only thing they can do is say, "Jeez, that picture with what's-her-name running around the park naked made money, so let's make another one. If that's what they want, let's give it to them." Some of these guys remind me of high-class whores."- John Wayne

January 21st: Duke is in the phase where he is not a fan of clothing. It could be negative zero and he would want to run around with no clothes on . I can't tell you how many time I have woken up to this little man in bed naked, my next thought is I am praying for no pee on the bed or worse.....well you know. Recently he has taken up acting like a Ninja turtle and showing off his sweet fighting moves (or not so sweet if we are doing them at daycare or school). His cousin who is taking martial arts classes saw these and thought Duke would be a good sparing partner. I am happy to say Duke held his own and Rockey was impressed with his little moves.

Duke and his cousin who were rough housing without shirts on...

Here is a snip-it of Duke's latest progress report "Duke is making great progress at school, especially in terms of his behavior but also in academics and communication too! Today I was working one on one with him and he sorted two colors apart all independently and sorted two shapes apart completely independently! We will keep working to increase to total independence but that is amazing!"