Happy Birthday, Baby!

Work, work, work. Party, party, party. Good times, good times. Baby’s now 35 weeks and Erin’s now 31 years. Both had a pretty good day today. Although Erin had to do a little grading of papers here and there, she also got a chance to do some gardening...

Baby’s nursery ahoy!

I’m not sure, but I think I see a completed room on the horizon. The Lillys joined us on Monday and will be helping us all week with the nursery remodel. We’ve got all the holes in the room patched, the molding removed, the walls taped, mudded, and...

I won’t misunderestimate him again

It’s not so much that George Bush is a moron as it is that he’s a really bad president. A really bad president. An assessment of media war coverage and my pick for 2004. Death is never an easy thing, but the rah-rah press coverage in Iraq has done its best...

If you can’t say something nice…

Bowling for Columbine wins for best documentary, and the director goes off. Some would say the deep end. I’m confident that Michael Moore, during his acceptance speech at the Oscars, said exactly what he meant to say. He intended to be incendiary, using his...