The next few weeks are going to be filled with stuff, lots of good stuff, but still crazy. Things will settle down on April 2. Seriously. First, tomorrow is the conference I’ve organized. This weekend (through Tues.), I’m headed to Grad School city to meet with my dissertation committee. Mr. Geeky leaves the day after…

I was having an email exchange with some folks about cocomment and I finally got around to signing up for an account. While I was tinkering around, I also ran into Commentosphere. Both sites are an attempt to syndicate everything you say everywhere. A neat idea in theory. I’ve been wanting something like this for…

Geeky Girl is glued to the Olympics right now. We caught her watching them up on Geeky Boy’s tv which gets two channels (not clearly). So we agreed to record some of them for her. When they came on and did the preview of what was going to be on, Geeky Girl shouted, “Hey, Mom,…

I’ve just returned from a rally mostly for Lois Murphy, running for the 6th Congressional District, and Joe Sestak, running in my district, the 7th. One thing that’s interesting about being involved in local politics is realizing that these people are human beings who are not perfect. After both Lois and Joe gave brief speeches,…

On the mommy track at Bitch Ph.D. (can’t get the specific post to link). It’s the latest today. On the “choices” mothers have for employment: mamazine :: Breeder Cow: If I Were President I appear in a dream at Running*Cooking*Writing: When bloggers invade your dreams I’m headed to a political rally later today (after revising…

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Our Tivo updated last night and added some really cool features. My favorite? Podcasts! I was even able to add my own url. I can’t tell you how cool I think this is. You can also search theater listings and even buy tickets. It’s obviously a deal they’ve cut with Yahoo. I’m sure some Silicon…

That’s all have to say. I hate arranging figures. The stupid program crashes every single time. I shook my fists at the computer, but apparently it didn’t feel threatened enough. Time for food, I guess. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Should I work on chapter 2 of the dissertation or go to the grocery store? It’s true we only have peanut m&m’s and coke to eat, but it’s also true that I’ll be a little behind on my (self-imposed) schedule. Should I organize my office so I know where my books and articles actually are…

Ironically, before the whole explosion of posts over housework on the internets occurred, I attended a talk about social policies and gender equity. And then, I went to another one. The first talk occurred within the framework of emergence (the idea that simple rules can lead to complex systems). The argument was that social policies,…