Archives for March, 2009

My father is visiting. Last night, over dinner, he said: perhaps time isn't continuous. We measure it by recurring events - the sun's rotation, the seasons ...


Today is Ada Lovelace Day, and I am joining thousands of others to write about a woman in technology who has inspired me. This woman, Maria ...


I have a confession to make: at the moment I don't entirely love my body. I look fine - when I'm fully dressed. I'm not fat. ...


Current firsts: In addition to the word 'lamp,' Z recognizes the dog's name. She now likes putting things into and taking them out of containers. Endlessly. Until ...


Baby Z understands the word 'lamp'. In Hungarian, for starters. (What that means? That I've been pointing out lamps to her very diligently of late. ...


All day I kept thinking: in their shoes, I'd fear for my life too. Except there's a difference: I hope I would not have accepted money ...


It works fine for us: being silly. One could say we are good at it. To wit: (Z did not suddenly grow all that hair: it's ...


Apparently the spring forward of the clock to daylight savings time causes health problems, suicides, and accidents (via Caterina). And sleep problems: It seems that when ...


1. Turns out I'm a very lazy twitterer (tweeter?). Every few days I write down some tiny fact going on right then and there that's ...


This blog is kind of repetitive these days. But it's my blog and anyway, that is how life is at the moment. I want some ...


Nevertheless, its what finally got Z to try fingerfoods: I baked some sugary pecan-fig-orange cookies that she was rather taken with. Yes, I know how ...