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We had our first soccer event last night, a pizza party. I thought, now’s my chance to start getting to them. I introduced myself to people (unusual for me) and chatted. Here are some observations. Soccer moms don’t introduce themselves; they introduce their kids. “Hi, my daughter’s name is ____. What’s yours?” It’s like they…

Last night at 11:30, as I was going into the kitchen to make my coffee for the next morning, I stopped by the hamster cages. You see, over the weekend, Funnie gave birth to 12 or so babies, so I wanted to check on them. I peeked into the cage and saw all the babies…

Today was a day of getting back to routine. As Phantom Scribbler noted, If there is one thing I have learned from the events of the past week, it is that the rhythms of the mundane are unbearably brittle. They falter and dissolve into chaos suddenly, in the crack of concrete, the seep of water…

Dear George, I am one your lowly citizens. I know you don’t like to think about us unless we make a good photo op, but I’ve got something to say, so sit down for a minute. Your citizens need you. No, I didn’t vote for you, but that shouldn’t matter right now. Your citizens are…

I slinked over to the enemy, having seen some right-wing criticism of Bush. Here’s what some of them are saying: The mainstream media’s handling of Hurricane Katrina and the disasters in New Orleans is a disgrace, possibly the worst instance yet of media bias. Insane claims by left-wing nuts that President Bush botched the recovery…

This is my strategy, to confront the security moms. You know, the ones who voted for Bush because they thought he’d protect their families better. I wrote about this a little bit before the election. I am so often shocked by women who vote Republican. I just don’t get why you would vote for a…

There are others doing this as well–with pictures. I’ll just throw out some of my thoughts. All in all, I found the whole thing energizing. It was great to hear and talk to people who are all trying to figure out how to get these people out of office and get some better people in.…

So I’m attending Eschacon this weekend, a blogger’s conference centered around Eschaton. Last night was the opening reception. It was really fun. I met some interesting people, many from our Drinking Liberally group (which I have yet to attend, but now plan to). What amazed me were the people from as far as San Francisco,…

Well, we’re off to an interesting start. I hope to reflect on the class as a whole later–and hope my students will do the same. We’re all navigating this new community we’ve created and trying to figure out how to relate to each other and to the world at large, something I’m still trying to…

This editorial in the NY Times this morning expresses much of what I’m feeling right now. And David Brooks notes the inequities in who is left to suffer the most. And there will be political fallout. I can imagine Bush sitting around saying, “Well, they should have evacuated.” Here’s an absolutely fabulous post explaining why…