JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

It can be dangerous not to know hamster anatomy.
Katy Lee and their family now have eight more hamsters than they did earlier this month. The babies sound cute and the parents prolific. The Lees have had a few birth dates in their household this month, including Elliot’s (another blogger) and Katy’s herself, on [...]

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Dinnertime with Ted/Daddy can be funny and delightful. I haven’t blogged details of many of these adventures over the dining table, keeping them a secret aspect of our family culture :-). But last night’s was a good one.
Ted was heading out the door to go to his local group which has named themselves “Geeks”. Our [...]

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Yesterday after I watched Dave Winer’s video clip, I realized that we need more Betsy Devines in the world. She’s witty, funny, generous and gracious. Just witness her rosl and daamsva. Life would be much better if more people danced amidst snowbanks on the sidewalk. Betsy’s vivacity, spontaneity and love of fun are [...]

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I thought the lion will lay down with the lamb was a Biblical quote but this is the closest reference I can find:

The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling [ Hebrew; Septuagint lion will [...]

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Last week Paul Beard described a conversation he had with another parent about raising kids with religion:

If your memories of churchgoing are not ones you’d like to repeat or visit on your own kids, how to choose a faith that fits?

Rayne talked with her daughter about religion

Until the rules and the reasons behind them — [...]

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Yesterday I called the Washington state legislative hotline - 1-800-562-6000 - to express my opposition to a potential bill that would affect homeschooling options. I confess that this is the first time I’ve phoned the hotline but it won’t be my last. It was easy to do: with a few moments spent standing in my [...]

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I went to bed before blogging. Got too tired to type. That might have made it a bad day.
But the rest of yesterday wasn’t as awful as I might have expected…
When I got up in the morning, I sat down at my desk and read Rayne’s link to the Guardian article… …today is the [...]

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The other day Abigail asked me, “What is a volunteer?” She was reading a newspaper article on the aquarium and wanted to know what it was that she had to wait until sixteen to do. Since we’re an open source family of sorts, I knew I needed to explain not only the word but [...]

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Months ago I was listing birthdays but I haven’t done that in a while….here’s a short list from this month so far…as I’ve remembered (apologies if I’ve forgotten someone…)
Bloggie finalist (for Best Kept Secret!) Susan Mernit is determined to join Xeni Jardin in a quest to sample chocolate sushi…. let us know how it [...]

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A photo from a fun party I was able to attend tonight, thanks to generous friends and my husband. It was great to be there amidst the array of aromatic cheeses and have time to hang out with other bloggers, geeks and friends of Scoble.
Thanks to everyone, especially Maryam and over-the-hill Robert.
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