Browsing Category: Miscellany

  • Deja vu…

    Today I discovered an absolutely fascinating article about Princeton’s “Global Consciousness Project”, and how a little, black box supposedly sensed the 9/11 and Asian tsunami tragedies before they happened. Yes, it sounds “far out”, and it is. Only a passing mention is given to the other side of the story — the “skeptics” as they …

    February 15, 2005
  • Mommy’s little laundry helper…

    T has been trying to help Cari with laundry for some time now, but when you’re 2-3 years old and still knee-high to a grasshopper, there’s not a whole lot you can do. She was trying to help tonight. Told Cari, “Mommy, let me fold this.” It was one of our bath towels — standard …

    February 10, 2005
  • The two books on my desk right now…

    This one… and this one. Paradoxical, isn’t it? For fun, click both those links and add them to you Amazon shopping cart, then see the chaos as Amazon tries to figure out what to recommend to you next!

    January 15, 2005
  • My wish for the world is…

    Sean was asked to finish this sentence in school last week. Here’s how he did it: My wish for the world is… that the war could end. My boy’s a compassionate conservative. 🙂

    January 9, 2005
  • Christmas 2004

    Let it be known and remembered that T, soon to turn 3 years old, is very excited about tonight’s visit from that jolly old man in the red suit. You know who I’m talking about. She calls him: Clanta Saw 🙂

    December 24, 2004
  • It’s crowded in that bed

    A psychologist would probably have a good and interesting theory about this, and be able to use this to give us some insight into T’s psyche or personality, or maybe even about the kind of person she’s going to become later in life. But I can’t do any of that. All I can come up …

    October 23, 2004