I love it when others do my work for me
Here I was, berating myself for not posting more often, and then this drops into my lap.
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Have a great weekend, everyone!
Musings about being a MOM. Working. Being a working MOM. Sleep. And other stuff.
Here I was, berating myself for not posting more often, and then this drops into my lap.
R.I.P., Hunter S. Thompson. You were a true original. The afterlife just got a whole lot more interesting.
Thanks to the Daddy Types blog, I found yet another way to ignore the looming deadlines at work: The Baby Name Wizard. Developed by Laura Wattenberg, a self-described "writer, researcher, software designer, and mother," the blog grew out of her book of the same name, which she researched and wrote when frustrated in her own search for a name for her child. In her words:
The Baby Name Wizard is the result of my years of research into name trends across the country and around the world. I built a computer database of thousands of names, tracking popularity, ethnic origins, cultural references, and dozens of other subtle cues that help shape each name's unique image. From soap opera cast lists to Ivy League alumni rosters, I built a complete portrait of America's naming style. Then I used that data to create computer models to help guide parents' choices.
Just had to share the response I received from the Department of Education to my email missive. I guess they were so proud of their answer that they felt they had to send it three times (check out the time stamps).
It is a cold, rainy day here, the kind of day that makes you want to curl up at home with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book. However, it being a Monday, it is supposed to be a day of hard and industrious work. This morning, after a night featuring a stunning five wake up calls from my darling DOM (something that we - thankfully - rarely have to deal with any more), I decided to compromise and work from home today.
For when DOM gets a little older.
The sad thing is...for a while this really could have been me. It still can, except for DOM's stubborn insistence on holding veto power over the outfits I choose. (It's a "pick your battles" kind of thing.)
Well, it seems that today's teens think that the First Amendment goes too far. That the government has the right to censor the press. I'd like to chalk it up to immaturity, but I'm worried that it is yet another sign (registration req'd) that the educational system is going down the drain.