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Quantum Blogging

The most simplistic interpretation of quantum physics (and that’s the only one I have) is that the behavior of sub-atomic particles changes as a result of being observed. I am living that now through this blog, and wonder about the value of the blog in general.
This world, for reasons of self-preservation, is frequently one of […]

Sweet Moments

Blake and Trixie. 1/20/08.
 
Blake and me, eating pears. 1/20/08.
 

Stilted by Sin #6

Envy. It’s the sixth of the seven deadly sins. I have a big issue with it, and it swallows me up at times more than any of the others.
Or, sure, I can eat a few too many cookies sometimes. And I’m no stranger to sloth and wrath, but, envy is the thing that keeps me […]

School Progress and Discipline Questions

I’m an undergoing an education in elementary education. It’s not all bad, but it’s a lesson that you think I would have learned by now. You have to speak up, you have to advocate. I think that folks who regularly complain about government not doing things well perhaps do nothing to effectively advocate for their […]

Toy Recalls and the Class Divide

The most prominent RSS feed on my iGoogle page is the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s toy safety recall list. I’ve been subscribing to it since the big scares about lead paint hit the mainstream media this past year.
Since subscribing, I’ve noticed a pattern. Many of the items recalled are off-brand knockoffs sold at stores like […]

For Now, Some Peace

I made some noise with the school about consistency with the SBIT plan (see this post). Lo and behold — all of a sudden my son is not being sent home or sent out of the classroom to the principal’s office. What changed?
I was told that sometimes kindergartners are different after the winter break. They […]

Thank God I’m a Country Girl. YEE HAW!!

My 21 adult years in New York City almost wiped out childhood memories made in a far less glamorous place. When I was 4, my family moved from Jersey City to Suffern NY, a suburb about 30 miles northwest of NYC. I lived there for 15 years, until I transferred to college in New York […]