Today was my birthday, one of the integer-multiple-of-ten ones that’s supposed to be a milestone. And, really, to the extent that it does prompt self-reflection, it’s nice to be reminded that the last several decades have been pretty good to me: I’ve got a really good job, a great family, and the whole nice-house-in-the-suburbs life… Continue reading Arbitrary Numerical Signifier
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Thursday Toddler Blogging 061911
Kate here while Chad is at DAMOP, with this week’s Toddler Blogging. What, you may ask, is SteelyKid counting on her fingers? In fact, she is counting down to . . .
Graduation 2011
It was the sort of mid-June morning that global warming deniers dream of: cold and threatening rain. the rain held off until all the speakers had spoken, all the graduates had done their walk across the stage, and all the degrees had been passed out. That’s as much as you can ask for, really. through… Continue reading Graduation 2011
Thursday Toddler Blogging 060911
SteelyKid is in an intermittently shy phase right at the moment. Sometimes, she’s really outgoing and shamelessly mugs for the camera, other times, well… Of course, two minutes after hiding behind Appa and insisting that I not take pictures of her, she marched over and demanded to see the pictures on the camera. We’ve had… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 060911
Another Reason Why I’ve Been Preoccupied Lately
Achievement Unlocked: Twisty Slide
Why no blogging today? Among other reasons, because we went to the playground with SteelyKid. And this: is a whole lot more fun than the Internet.
Thursday Patriotic Toddler Blogging
I didn’t post anything to acknowledge Memorial Day this past Monday, because Union doesn’t take the day off, so it was just another Monday around here, albeit with fewer stores and restaurants open than usual. SteelyKid was at Grandma and Grandpa’s for the weekend, though, and celebrated by going to the annual parade. Which was… Continue reading Thursday Patriotic Toddler Blogging
Thor’s-day Toddler Blogging 052611
Kate is off at Wiscon (or at least en route– her flights are all screwed up), and SteelyKid is off at Grandma and Grandpa’s for the weekend. Which means I don’t have an Appa picture this week, but in honor of the pagan origins of the name of the day, here’s a picture of SteelyKid… Continue reading Thor’s-day Toddler Blogging 052611
Friday Toddler Ego Blogging
This was a hellishly busy week, and today was especially bad. I barely had time to read non-work-related email, let alone write anything for the blog. And now that I have time, I’m too fried to write anything. So here’s a bonus cute-toddler photo, with an ego-blogging element: That’s SteelyKid sitting in my desk chair,… Continue reading Friday Toddler Ego Blogging
Thursday Holy Land Blogging 051911
Earlier tonight, I was sitting at my computer, and SteelyKid came running over. “Let’s go to Israel. Pretend Israel.” she said in a conspiratorial whisper. “Why are you whispering?” I asked. “Do we have to whisper in pretend Israel?” “Yes,” she replied immediately. “Because there are bears.” The origin of this odd conversation was today’s… Continue reading Thursday Holy Land Blogging 051911