Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
“I wanted you to like me, and I thought the best way to do that was with brilliant and insightful critique.” This is what I said during the first session at my critique group. “But in order to do that,…
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If you haven’t already seen the article about Amazon.com’s $23million book about flies, please check it out. A few weeks ago a postdoc in my lab logged on to Amazon to buy the lab an extra copy of Peter Lawrence’s The…
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Two days ago, I posted about how it struck me that while I certainly never liked bin Laden, I also had never prayed for him to convert from embracing violence to embracing peace and compassionate understanding. Since then I’ve tried…
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Kiddo#4, my tender three year old, has been exposed to dirty books. From the public library no less. Kiddo#4: Mom? We go library today and get a dirty book! I’m fairly open-minded, and I believe a three-year-old is fully capable…
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Monica tagged me for her meme, and I haven’t done one for a while, so here we go: If you could go back in time and relive one moment, what would it be? I’d probably go back and hold Emily…
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On Friday, it was a gorgeous enough day that my kids should have been playing outside while we waited for Kiddo#2 to finish her horseback riding lesson. But Kiddo#3 and Kiddo#4 have gotten into the habit of turning the interior…
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At risk of getting flamed on my own blog, which is always fun, I’m not “overjoyed” or celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden. You’ll note I’m not saying he didn’t deserve to die, or we shouldn’t have killed him….
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