BabyBoo Jr – The Blog!
How often does one get the change to bring deconstructive theory and consumer advocacy together in one move?
Intimations of Mortality
Thoughts about my dad have been resurfacing now and again, and in the rare quiet moment I realize that I’m not dealing with it very well yet. My best defenses are always information and humor. According to the death clock site, I’m to die Monday, September 8, 2036, in almost 33 years. That doesn’t seem right – I’ll only be 72 or something. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see. And if the HumanForSale site can be believed,…
Day 7 of the Flu
CDC – Weekly Report: Influenza (Flu) Summary Update Day 7 of the flu This is the first day I have been able to sit up and write. The raging fever that knocked me down has passed, leaving a wretching cough. My lungs have things in them that they won’t release. I think I’ve opened up internal surgical scars in my abdomen, and surely there are a few organs that are currently not where they are supposed to be. I have…
I am an auntie!
While I am already an auntie by marriage, this is the first time one of my own brothers has had a child. Roy and Patty had a little boy named Dylan on December 3rd. I’m so excited! I don’t know when I’ll be able to see him – maybe when the PhD is finished… Here is a little bit of Kahlil Gibran to commemorate the occasion: Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing…
Practical Feminism
You are woman, we are woman even when Helen Reddy seems overly optimistic, and there are so many feminisms, not just one.