Old School Posts

• ABC's of Insecurity

  We humans are insecure creatures.  To pretend otherwise is foolish.  And yet that is exactly what we do.  Everyday.  We pretend that we have it all together.  We wake up and get dressed and go outside and smile.  What lingers behind those well-practiced smiles? The ABC’s of insecurity.

• Now We're Talking

  Last Friday, I wrote a post about Judith Warner's latest Domestic Disturbances piece wherein Warner provocatively posits that there is a dangerous resentment toward affluent and educated women brewing in our contemporary society. Though her words sparked a storm of criticism among many readers,

• Pondering Profanity

  I've never been big on profanity, but back in the day, I wouldn't say my language was squeaky clean. Somewhere along the way, though, I stopped swearing.  Not sure whether it was graduating law school, or getting married, or pondering kids or having them, but I just stopped. These days I am busy

• Do I Look Like an Aidan?

  Yesterday, I passed along the big news that I have a new nephew, whined a bit about geographical distance, and praised modern technology for keeping us closer to those who are far away. Today, I'm talking about names. For the first day of his life, my nephew was nameless. We all knew that

• Bump Ahead

  Today was Toddler's first official day of school. We are phasing in and it was only forty-five minutes and there were only five kids, but still. It was her first day. And everything went smoothly. Too smoothly. I want my baby back. She woke up this morning very excited, almost bouncing. The immed

• So Far So Good

  Just back from putting Baby down for her first nap and it seems Toddler couldn't decide which Pooh DVD she wanted to view because she shoved both into my laptop causing it to "suffer an error the DVD player cannot recover from."  (Or, more correctly, an error from which it cannot recover.)  And th

• Prudent or Purple?

  Well, it's Friday again.  And time for my weekly update on the Happy Headache (the untimely-given-the-recession-gut-renovation of our new place).  Anyway, things have slowed. Or, more precisely, stalled.  We are still waiting on an all-important report from the structural engineer.  And Husband

• Schooled

  There is a fascinating post over at Zen Habits today called Education Needs to Be Turned on Its Head. This post resonated with me on one level and then enraged me on another. In this thoughtful and provocative piece, Leo Babauta argues that the system of education qua concept needs to be, yes, t

• The Happy Headache Begins

  "Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction." Pablo Picasso After a lovely almost-two-year-waiting-game, work officially began yesterday on our new place! Last night, Husband and I waded through the devastation depicted here, giddy with excitement that this is actually happening.

• Tuning In (and Out)

  Well. This afternoon was a waiting game for this faux juror. The six Major League jurors began to deliberate.  But my fellow alternate and I were kicked off the island.  (Talk about mixed metaphors.  Yikes.) I was banished to Starbucks to wait.  Ordered to remain within striking distance of the