A political link: Mea culpa–on the Iraq war via Crooked Timber A parenting link: On how stupid Leslie Steiner Morgan is via Rebel Dad Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Well, I got in about 3.5 hours of good work today. I’m going to read a couple of articles tonight before bed–probably another hour or so of work. Not too bad. Unfortunately, whenever I’m working like this, I need snacks. So I went to the grocery store and loaded up on chocolate. So not good.…

I have to get back to work on the diss, after about a week off, thanks to traveling and then recovering from the traveling. So, today, unfortunately, will be quiet around here. But here’s some random thoughts and links as a send off. First, I very much liked New Kid’s post about writer’s block, especially…

Bob Casey is a pro-life democrat and the Democratic party’s choice of him to run against Rick Santorum represents all that I think is wrong with the Democratic party. They keep thinking that if they just move a little more to the right, they’ll get more votes and win. No! No! No! You get more…

Memes! And I can finally do this–since Mr. Geeky got me a new iPod for my birthday. Yay Mr. Geeky! Actually, the real reason is that we finally have the internets working properly in my office. So here goes the iMeme: 1. How does the world see me?“She loves you” The Beatles (cool!) 2. Will…

I think I like my new design, if I do say so myself. My flowers are coming in and once they do, I may include some pics of them somewhere. Thanks to Joe Calhoun for the flickr photo. Tags: design,blog,Geeky Mom Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for…

I’ve been reading Perfect Madness (almost done, real review coming!) and I just finished the chapter on husbands and then I saw Rebel Dad’s link to Leslie Morgan Steiner’s post. Steiner’s blog is really driving me crazy. But that’s another story. In Perfect Madness, Warner goes on and on about how the husbands pretty much…

Today’s my birthday. I’m 38. Most of the time I feel about 30. At SXSW, I felt ancient, for lots of reasons which I’ll go into in another post. I’ve seen lots of people out there with birthdays lately. Do you feel your age? Tags: birthday,Geeky Mom Please consider donating to my efforts in the…

Laura has an excellent post with equally excellent comments on the issue of quality daycare. We have been through the daycare ringer. When Geeky Boy was born, we lived in a state with good state regulations for affordable day care. He ended up in a multiage, home-based (and state regulated) daycare with a woman who’d…

The bad thing about returning from a trip mid-week is that you have to jump right into work. Luckily, it’s pretty quiet around here. There are a few loose ends to tie up, things to work out, emails to send, but nothing major right now. I’m looking forward to a home-cooked meal (though I did…