In which we review yet another good year of blogging, including the establishment of some ongoing series. And also a useful reality check. ———— This great blog re-read project has been useful for a couple of reasons. First, it’s reminded me that there have been long stretches of time when I produced a lot of… Continue reading Ten Years Before the Blog: 2009-2010
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Ten Years Before the Blog: 2008-2009
In which the great blog recap rolls on to probably the most important event of the last ten years: the arrival of SteelyKid. And a bunch of other bloggy stuff. ———— There’s really no question what should be the featured image for this recap post: Clearly, it needs to be an early photo of SteelyKid,… Continue reading Ten Years Before the Blog: 2008-2009
Woke Up This Morning
So, anyway, as of today, I’m apparently the same age as the Reverend D. Wayne Love in 1998 or thereabouts. And the sound makes its way outta the window Minglin’ with the traffic noises outside, you know and All of a sudden I’m overcome by a feelin’ of brief mortality ‘Cause I’m gettin’ on in… Continue reading Woke Up This Morning
Graduation 2012
I just realized that I forgot to do the annual congratulatory post for our graduates this year. I plead jet lag– my flight back from DAMOP didn’t get in until after midnight, and graduation was first thing Sunday morning. I didn’t march in the procession for only the third time– instead, I snuck around back… Continue reading Graduation 2012
Green Speckled Frogs
In which we look at the very latest in amphibian science. ———— The embedded video shows one Prof. S. Kid describing her latest observations in detail. It’s a very comprehensive study.
Arbitrary Numerical Signifier
Ten years. Still the best decision I ever made.
How the NBA Ruins Our Pick-Up Games
In which I get a little ranty about basketball. ———– Over at Slate, Matt Yglesias has a column about why everybody ignores the Spurs.: America—at least in its own imagination—stands for certain things. For the idea that hard work and sound judgment bring success, and that success deserves celebration. That winners should be celebrated as… Continue reading How the NBA Ruins Our Pick-Up Games
The Story of the Three Hippopotamuses
Tell me a story. Tell me the story about the three hippopotamuses. Ummm… OK. Once upon a time, there were three hipopotamuses. And they lived in Africa, in a river. Right, it was a great big long river, that had so much salt in it that they could float! Well, salt does help things float,… Continue reading The Story of the Three Hippopotamuses
Official Portrait Blogging 050212
I’ve gotten really bad about posting pictures of the kids, but we got the official school picture proofs today, featuring a smiling SteelyKid and an insouciant Pip: Both pictures pretty accurately reflect them at this stage, which is kind of nice. SteelyKid’s kind of camera-averse at the moment, and it apparently took some doing to… Continue reading Official Portrait Blogging 050212
It’s Organic Pixie Dust, from Fair-Trade Pixies
SteelyKid: Daddy, would you like to go to visit Jake and the Never Land Pirates? Me:: In principle, sure. But it’s a cartoon. We can’t go there, it’s not a real place. SteelyKid: Yes it is. Never Land is real, we can go there. Me: Well, look, if you find some pixies dust that we… Continue reading It’s Organic Pixie Dust, from Fair-Trade Pixies