Allow me to introduce Hazel. She’s pretty darn cute, isn’t she? That’s by natural design. She’s a beagle and a crackhead. Her crack is people food and she will stop at absolutely nothing to get it. If you could see the things she is capable of doing, you would swear she has opposable thumbs. Alas, nature stopped just read more…
It’s been a stressful few days (weeks, really). Ever since Lilly turned one, I know there have been eyes upon me wondering when, if ever, I’ll put that awfully expensive law degree back to work. I’ve been feeling the pressure and, perhaps, have been compounding it with my own confusion — and, I’ll say it, guilt. read more…
I have been looking forward to camping with my daughter since before she was born. I grew up camping on weekends and for longer stretches in the summer and always loved it. I think those trips gave me an important appreciation for nature and for being unplugged now and then. I couldn’t wait to share that with Lilly. read more…
I have a love/hate relationship with facebook. I find it strangely addictive, but I also fill with self-loathing every time I waste more than 30 seconds on it. On the one hand, I am in closer contact with my cousins than I have been in decades; I’m back in touch with the old college gang. That’s wonderful. But then there’s read more…
So, you’re in the supermarket and you see two packages of chicken: one is “all natural” chicken, the other is chicken that’s been “enhanced” with flavoring, coloring, tenderizing agents and seaweed extract (carrageenan). No brainer: all natural chicken. read more…
When people learn that I lived in New York on September 11, 2001, the response is nearly always the same.
“Were you there?”
It doesn’t get any more specific than that. It doesn’t need to. Yes, I was there. read more…
As I’ve already conceded, I am not an expert on healthcare. But sometimes it doesn’t take an expert to see through the bullshit. I keep hearing opponents of healthcare reform – or at least the public option component – saying they don’t want to lose control of their healthcare or they don’t want the government interfering with their healthcare options. Case in point, Karl Rove recently argued in the WSJ: read more…
There’s something very satisfying about purging stuff. For some reason, Elliott and I tend to get very ambitious about clearing out the clutter in our lives on Labor Day weekend and this year is no different. read more…
If you spend any time on facebook, you might have noticed that there was a widely-used status update yesterday that said: “No one should die because they cannot afford healthcare; and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day.” And many people did read more…
Today is probably the last day I will be breastfeeding Lilly. It’s hard to think that I’ll never have that unique bonding time with her again, but it’s been a long time coming. I lasted a year and several weeks, so I am proud of that. My goal was one year. I knew it was the beginning of the end when I was nursing her one early read more…
When I was a kid, my family traveled often, taking long car trips all over North America. My brother, my sister and I would pile into my parents’ 1977 Pontiac station wagon and we’d head off. The destination varied. Sometimes it was a national park, or an amusement park, or a random tourist trap or, in one case, a read more…
