The days have been flying by. Work has been intense and the weekends packed even when we have little planned.

So it has been a long time since I have posted. Really it is only because I am stuck here at jury duty that I have a moment to write anything at all.

Theory has changed so much in the past few months. She is a big little girl now. While she has not gained a lot of weight, she has gotten thinner and longer. Still a little …

Tara is visiting her ailing Aunt for a few days so I find myself this morning having enough  time to blog.  I just posted a comment on Daily Babblle which is talking today about paternity leave.
Here it is:

Most men do not take paternity leave in the US because of two underlying reasons. First the entire society is still built upon an organization of work that is based upon the old manufacturing model. This is finally beginning to transform as knowledge workers become the norm, and as women enter the …

Tara and I took Theory to Los Angeles this past week. It was both Tara’ birthday and my mom’s birthday. My father bought Tara the ticket to come out as a birthday gift. It was the time to visit before digging in my heels at work.

For many people in the family, it was the first time they saw Theory. For Theory, it was the first opportunity to play with her cousins and second-cousins.

The week was terrific. The weather in Los Angeles was perfect and we were able …

ACOG, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has asked for people to submit their unsuccessful homebirth stories in an effort to collect anonymous anecdotal evidence in their fight against the practice.

The homebirth community immediately responded by logging into the survey and listing positive homebirth stories. All the birth blogs have been soliciting people to log in and ruin the ACOG database.

Immediately, ACOG altered their site, limiting the access to ACOG members.

The events are illuminating.

For one, it demonstrates how partisan and …