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Parenthood

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

As you know, I don’t have kids, and I don’t want kids, and in fact for most of my life, including now, the thought of having kids made me want to drive a cement mixer over my head. That’s not interesting, I know. But what _is_ interesting is that, from what I gather, there’s a [...]

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This is bleak

Sunday, February 15, 2009

You know I’m a sucker for the end of civilization stuff. This article, which compares the presently-collapsing United States with the collapsed USSR was a thoughtful read, and probably a good antidote to the polyannas popping up and saying that, no, really, everything is actually fine and will be fine forever, who are themselves a [...]

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Data is not enough

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

This blog post, from internet-social-research person danah boyd, probably won’t interest you, in and of itself. She’s talking about a study she co-authored on the ‘dangers of the internet’ to children: For the our Task Force Report, I helped create a Research Advisory Board Literature Review where, along with the tremendous help of Andrew Schrock, [...]

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ARGH!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

I just got back from an infuriating “conversation” with some idiot posting up door-hangers for Prop 102 all over our apartment complex (Prop 102 is Arizona’s Ban Gay Marriage amendment). I got home from walking the dog and he was just about to put one on my door, when I said, “Sorry, not on my [...]

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The system is broken part 1000

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

So I’m sitting in my neighborhood cafe, having a conversation with this lady about nursing. She’s doing the same thing Monica’s doing: trying to change careers and become a nurse, and taking the pre-requisite classes necessary to get into nursing school. Anyway, the conversation moved to insurance. I’ve been dealing with getting me and Monica [...]

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