Today the Washington State Supreme Court upheld the Defense of Marriage Act as constitutional. One should note, however, that they explicitly did not say whether or not it was a good idea — in fact, they hinted otherwise. But their job is not to make policy, only decide if policy is constitutional, and they sided [...]
Archive for July, 2006
DOMA upheld in Washington State
July 26, 2006
Ruby’s huggy future
July 26, 2006
Metrodad posted this today: … The Peanut is NOT a hugger. … For the most part, she never really wants to hug us. She’s either too busy or she’s just too independent. The ONLY times that she ever gives us one of those huge neck-grabbing bear hugs is when she’s absolutey scared out of her [...]
The Stochastic Baby
July 24, 2006
It seems like just the day after I sang the praises of Ruby’s predictable schedule, Ruby changed her mind. It looks like she’s evolved (or is evolving) towards a new schedule, and in the meantime my planning has been shot all to hell. Last week I wasn’t able to predict her sleeping (and, to a lesser [...]
Peggy Noonan against Science
July 20, 2006
Sometimes I wonder how apparently dumb people get to be in positions of such influence. Take, for example, this column by Peggy Noonan, an editor at the Wall Street Journal: During the past week’s heat wave–it hit 100 degrees in New York City Monday–I got thinking, again, of how sad and frustrating it is that [...]
Smackety Smack
July 19, 2006
I’ve been continuing to think about discipline the past few weeks. I feel like we’re coming to a threshold where catering to Ruby’s every whim will no longer be the best parenting philosophy. Not sure when, and it’ll probably be a gradual change, but it’s coming… I read T. Berry Brazelton’s Discipline: The Brazelton Way last [...]
Hope for Spinach
July 13, 2006
Rudd Sound Bites is the blog for the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale. At first glance, it looks pretty interesting. I’ve got a Feedwhip subscription set up. Here’s a post that inspires me to aim high for Ruby’s diet: http://ruddsoundbites.typepad.com/rudd_sound_bites/2006/07/spinach_im_look.html#more While six-year-old Faith and four-year-old Elijah cycle through finicky preferences, like any other children, [...]
The Statistical Baby
July 13, 2006
Ruby’s now at the age where numbers matter. Not to her, of course — she’s not that gifted — but to me. Any time she eats, sleeps, or poops, I want to know when, for how long, and how much. When Kate and I come back from an evening out, we immediately grill the babysitters [...]
How long of a straw does Dr. Hawking need?
July 10, 2006
I would have loved to be a fly on the wall at this conference: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/krauss06/krauss06.2_index.html [LAWRENCE KRAUSS:] I just returned from the Virgin Islands, from a delightful event — a conference in St. Thomas — that I organized with 21 physicists. I like small events, and I got to hand-pick the people. The topic of [...]
Getting in the Habits
July 7, 2006
A comment I’ve heard from parents of slightly older children goes something like this: “Wow, I’m surprised at how much my baby is paying attention to what I do. Just yesterday [he|she] started copying [some behavior]“. Apparently kids are learning from you way earlier than you think they are. With that in mind, I’ve started thinking [...]
Your Bad Choice
July 5, 2006
Cynical Dad relates a great story about his wife defending his honor at Target (while shopping for Father’s day cards): Zoey: Why does it say that? Ella: It means that Daddy gets to take the day off. Unknown Woman Standing A Few Feet From Them: Which is also every day. Now I would love to [...]