For those of you raising infants with the Babywise method, there is a great blog called Chronicles of a Babywise Mom that you will defintely want to check out. Babywise is a great method and has been really good in helping Jonah get on a decent schedule and at least sleep through the night. The prob...

Today was my high school’s after-graduation party.  It’s my 3rd year teaching at that school, so I have known these students their whole high school career.  It was a strange feeling…a mixture of joy and guilt, motivation and hope.  I don’t participate in much that can be ...

One of my favorite prayers is the Magnificat. What has always appealed to me about this passage is that it is a beautiful expression of Mary’s long memory of God’s lovingkindness. I can appreciate the the politics of a minority bastard child born, to a father descended not just from David but al...

I'm in Cycling Camp this week, a camp run by Chris Carmichael, the former and current coach of Lance Armstrong.  This is my 6th year at the camp ... a remarkable experience, run just like the pros. Today, we rode in the rain and cold, just like the pros did in the Amgen's Tour of California. Be...

In January my stats dropped to an all time low. There are a number of reasons, I guess. One reason is that I haven’t been writing much lately. Just an occasional link. Short cross-references to my Flickr stream. That’s it. Another reason is my retro-style homepage, which points to my oth...

The Intertubes are abuzz with comments about an episode of the ABC reality show Wife Swap in which an earnest Missouri housewife trades places with an upscale San Francisco fitness counselor. Most of the comments are angry, and the anger is directed at the fitness counselor's husband, Stephen Fo...

If you haven't heard, an audio clip of actor Christian Bale excoriating a crew member on the set of the upcoming movie Terminator: Salvation has hit the Internet. The extremely foulmouthed and offensive tirade can be heard here -- and no doubt countless other places on the Web. Bale engage...

Mood rating: 4.7+ Bummed that I've gone from regular part-time work to on-call. I've been expecting something like this anyway....

Who knew that the economic downturn would elicit a softer, friendlier side to the IRS? According to this Wall Street Journal article, the IRS will go easy on taxpayers having a hard time paying their bill this year -- specifically, those who've lost their jobs, rely solely on Social Security or ...

I came from an immigrant family as many people in my generation did, and still do. Growing up, my parents were involved in the labor movement and unemployment insurance was a big deal. In today’s context, unemployment insurance s hardly significant. But, don’t tell that to the many who a...