Thursday, November 06, 2008

71 Years Ago Today

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My daddy was born... ... and since last year we could not celebrate properly his 70th birthday because of some unfortunate and life-shat ter...
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Dreaming of Academia

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Over two weeks ago I sent out a fellowship application* and I felt so motivated and excited about my work! It felt energizing and just GREA...
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

It's Official!! Obama is the Next President!

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And I'm so glad I can wake up my son tomorrow morning and tell him that he got his wish: (he wrote that this evening and taped it to the...
Monday, November 03, 2008

I Really Wish I Could Vote...

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... But I have to wait for five more years, much too late even for the next presidential (re)election. :-( Well, if we could wait for twelve...
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Sunday, November 02, 2008

Ooops!

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I almost missed posting on the second day of the "all important" NaBloPoMo 08, but thanks for the ability of manipulating the time...
Saturday, November 01, 2008

The Best for Last

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(the end, at least temporarily, of our milestones series) Do any of you believe that everything (or at least some things) happens for a reas...
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Friday, October 31, 2008

One Year Ago Today...

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... all of a sudden, our peaceful existence came to a crashing halt and full blown crisis mode and uncertainty ensued. Looking back, I feel...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

The 700th Post!!!

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I just wanted to register my 700th post into the "blogosphere." And, if you hadn't already noticed that I started posting dail...

The First Tooth

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Continuing our milestones series... :-D These were Kelvin's first teeth in, six years ago: (I just had to share this one too -- these w...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

68 Years Ago

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Edited to add one more photo. I just wanted to mention, I guess for the first time in this blog, that today is my mom's birthday. Happy ...
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Getting Connected, An Unexpected Milestone

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So, after Kelvin's fascination with yesterday's impromptu "lecture" given by his dad about how the internet works and how ...
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Monday, October 27, 2008

Hey Doris! A Spot on Female Icon Quiz

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I saw this first at M , but then also at Prof. Mama and Libby's . What surprised me was that this quiz couldn't be more spot on! (a...
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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Boring and Unfun Milestone

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(I just deleted this whole post as I was about to publish it, by accidentally selecting the whole thing and replacing it by the letter ...
Saturday, October 25, 2008

Bike Riding -- Milestone I

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So, over two years earlier than his brother, who was six last April when he rode the very same bike without the training wheels (I blogged a...

Milestones - An Overdue Series, Coming Up!

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I just wanted to announce, with pomp and circumstance, that in the past months we (ok, mostly the boys, but they were still significant for ...
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Friday, October 24, 2008

First Pay Check in Over 4 Years!

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Oh, it feels so good to be back in the workforce, particularly when $ is sorely needed in the family budget (not that we have a proper budg...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Call Me Pollyanna If You'd Like...

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So... it's been ten days! I'm sorry for the posting hiatus, but it was for a very good cause, or, several good causes. Last week sta...
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Friday, October 10, 2008

Of Births, Dreams, and Donations

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My mom called from Brazil not too long ago to tell me that my dearest cousin's daughter was born today around noon and that everything i...
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Saturday, October 04, 2008

For the Record...

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(regarding the previous post) ... I did not drive down yesterday because it was too late, we're going this morning. ... In my defense, I...
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Friday, October 03, 2008

One of the Hardest of the Hard Parenting and Teaching Issues

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Well, at least that's my opinion about discipline. :( And the worst part for me is that I've always known that I suck at it. [Here, ...
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