I spent the day entirely off-screen (mostly). There was a bit of George Stephanopolis watching while folding laundry. One thing I realize when I have days like this and throw myself into household management is that this household management thing is hard work. The day began at 9:00 a.m. and didn’t end until 9 p.m.…

I’ve been blogging now for almost two years. I began in fits and starts here, moving to a professional blog over the summer of 2004 (which is now completely gone) and then deciding I could handle both a professional and a personal blog. I am ever so glad I started doing this. It’s really amazing…

I got the kids new toothbrushes last night. These. Geeky Girl has brushed her teeth at least 3 times already today. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

I should probably start the next dissertation chapter, but I’m tired; we’re all running on fumes here. It’s a beautiful day. I’m taking Geeky Boy to a lacrosse game in a couple of hours. I want to do some gardening. And did I’m mention that I’m tired? I will probably tinker, but I just don’t…

Harry at Crooked Timber, writes about a book on parenting. I would say, a controversial book on parenting. It’s worth reading the comments as well. I don’t have time for a reasoned response. I love it when someone else does my work for me. Barbara Ganley has a wonderful post about “these kids today.” This…

Phantom has, of course, blogged the whole thing already. But she didn’t explain how wonderful her kids are. I mean, the walk *was* pretty long and up hills. She also didn’t tell you that LG and Baby Blue held hands much of the time, which was the cutest thing ever. Her kids are as articulate…

I’m traveling somewhere, where I will be participating in a panel presentation, but more importantly, I will be meeting the Housewife of the Universe and her offspring. I’m very excited. I’m flying in just for the day, which just seems so extravagant to me. In front of me is a family, granparents, mom, dad and…

Geeky Girl is explaining a playground mystery to us. She points out where she found the mystery objects. A more detailed view of the map is below. Click to see a larger view. Note the dodge ball players in the top right corner. And I don’t know who the people down below are. Geeky Girl…

Last night, I was working on my Works Cited section for Chapter 1 when I realized I had an old xeroxed copy of an article on which I had no source information. No problem, I thought. I’ll just look it up in the library database. It’s a famous article. I’ll find it. Unfortunately, the copy…

I was redirected by Pharyngula to Dean Dad‘s post at Bitch, Ph.D’s on “Giving Something Back” focused primarily on people who retire and then want to “give back” by teaching a class or two at the college (usually getting paid to so; how is that giving back again?) Anyway, what PZ was redirected me to…