Category Archives: family

Return of the Sun

Posted on December 31, 2009 by

We went to the Morrison Planetarium the other day, where despite Whoopie Goldberg’s reassuring voice, I felt the usual claustrophobia at the limitlessness of space and yet the finity of our Sun. My daughter was scared most of the time, … Continue reading →

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Transition

Posted on August 5, 2009 by

Today at work, a colleague originally from Russia told me the reason nobody uses those templates we spend lots of time creating is because they are temporal – from the root of “template” – never meant to be permanent. I … Continue reading →

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What Year is This Again?

Posted on July 8, 2009 by

The news from Philadelphia today — specifically from the Valley Swim Club — is not very pretty: Pool Boots Kids Who Might “Change the Complexion”: “When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited … Continue reading →

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