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Families and schools (Father’s Day edition)
I’m recovering from the ritual that millions of parents have been through before me: taking a teenager out for the lane-changing experiment. My daughter earned her Florida learner’s permit 9 days ago, started driving classes at a local high school last week, and has been driving short jaunts with her mother or me every day […]
NPR’s coverage of the Sichuan earthquake
Is there anyone else who wishes that the general public could nominate entries for the Peabody Awards for electronic media? National Public Radio’s coverage of the Sichuan earthquake has demonstrated what a treasure the organization is. All Things Considered hosts Robert Siegel and Melissa Block were in Sichuan province so NPR could air features on […]
May progress notes
All May birthdays and the anniversary are now done, all but two of the musical events are done, and one of the two belt tests are done. We know roughly how many faculty are being laid off at my university (very few, which is good, but many staff, which is bad). I’m far behind on […]
Anniversary
My spouse and I will have been married 20 years, as of this afternoon around 2:30. My gift to her this morning: the complete Far Side collection. We couldn’t fit it on the shelves upright. Ah, well.
On call for Mother’s Day
Material gifts: a magazine and Ursula Le Guin’s Lavinia (hat tip). Non-material gift: we do all the chores today. I didn’t quite catch my spouse before she did a few minor things, but we’ve gotten to six tasks before she got there. We don’t do the breakfast-in-bed routine for Mother’s Day, especially not with adolescent […]