What was once principle and pride has become practicality. I’m not happy about it. I like to think that I live what I believe. But sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I can’t. And sometimes I won’t. Many would say I’m making a mountain from a molehill. What’s upsetting me is a simple matter of sanitation. Whether […]
Entries from May 2004
Cutting the cloth
May 8th, 2004 · 5 Comments
Tags: family
Learn to drive better – and younger
May 8th, 2004 · Comments Off on Learn to drive better – and younger
As Lisa Williams put it, I’m no Mario Andretti when it comes to driving. Okay, she said this before meeting me, while quoting a piece I had written about my Bad Driving. Come to think of it, when I was in Boston with her, she didn’t let me take a turn at the wheel for […]
Tags: family
The denial of our mammalian nature
May 8th, 2004 · 8 Comments
Richard at Just a Gwai Lo linked to Girl Talk: why I’m tired of the cautionary advice by books… by Meghan O’Rourke. In her book review of Cathi Hanauer’s anthology The Bitch in the House (subtitled 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage) O’Rourke asked Is there any useful guidance […]
Tags: motherhood
Thank you U.S. Marshals and moms and…
May 8th, 2004 · Comments Off on Thank you U.S. Marshals and moms and…
The news this week has sickened my stomach. The other night I was listening to NPR while making spaghetti, and I had to stop, too distracted to continue cooking. I was upset, but this time in a good way: I had caught most of the segment Breaking the Color Barrier: U.S. Marshals Recall Life on […]
Tags: news
Moblogging with a museum piece
May 8th, 2004 · Comments Off on Moblogging with a museum piece
I’ve started joking that I’m going to start mobile blogging (moblogging). My one problem is my lack of equipment. At the moment, any funds in our technology budget would be directed to higher priority items (like a new laptop for me…). Ah, but now I know how I will moblog – I’ll convert one of […]
Tags: geek
