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Oscar
has memorized the rulebook for Axis and Allies. -
bad mommy!
Yesterday Oscar had an early release and an appointment for his H1N1 vax right in the middle of the three hours he was supposed to still be at school, plus a sick mom who couldn't be arsed to take him in for the 45 minutes before the appointment, so we just skipped the whole day. Just as well, because there was an emergency at the pediatricians, ( Read more... ) -
emergency preparedness
My bathroom is entirely clean, so that if the swine flu hits us, we can use it without cringing. :-) -
Stanley Fish's latest column
(yoinked from elsewhere)
I know it said "Late modern societies that are fundamentally shaped by the overwhelming presence of electronic media and the obscene inundation of every aspect of human life by pictures and sounds have turned the vice of curiosity into a prescribed way of life."
But all I kept hearing was "The Internets scare me!" -
so, how much should I be worrying about this?
Oscar. Maths. (waves to Sidheag and such ( Read more... ) -
entrepeneurship
Oscar's decided to start a business wherein he sells drawings of mosasaurs and orthocones for $0.05.
His market, sadly, is somewhat limited. -
summer
There are all these books -- Kingsolver, Abbey -- where transplants from the East Coast talk about how foreign the desert is ( Read more... )