This is much too large to fit the blog template, but oh well. If I shrink it it’s unreadable. Cat and Girl:
Author: Robyn
Penance
Quotation of the Day for January 5, 2007: “I’ve been waist-deep in a dead hippopotamus, and I’d rather do that than change diapers.” – Eric Humphries, production manager at Skulls
Book #4 – Nattering on the Net: Women, Power and Cyberspace
by Dale Spender I’m not going to link this one. I don’t actually like it. Amazon does carry it, though, if you feel inclined to pick it up. Dale Spender’s
Oh, GREAT.
Sez the BBC: Housework cuts breast cancer risk The latest study looked at both pre- and post-menopausal women and a range of activities, including work, leisure and housework. … Out
Camel, meet straw
I’ve crossed from vague dissatisfaction into active dislike of our current daycare. Objectively speaking, they’re OK. They keep the kids safe and all that stuff. The location is good and
Blogging about books
I’m starting on January 3rd, so I guess I have to post about three books today to catch up. 1. Robert Twigger: Voyageur This crazy guy built a birchbark canoe
Denouement
I have no clever words with which to bring 2006 to an end. I’m still alive. That’s good enough for me.
Why I’m always so tired after vacations
Errands. I spend my vacations doing errands, cleaning the house, and — inevitably — painting things. Today we (minus Maddy, who spent the day happily playing at daycare since she
The camera works
New computer smell!
Sitting next to me on the table, her power light breathing quietly in the way that Macs do, is my shiny new black MacBook — my present from D, who
Shortcut!
On our way into the schoolyard we accumulated Maddy’s friend S (his mom sometimes leaves him with me while she drops off her older child). “Shortcut!” S yelled, and they
This is not a picture of Canada
Originally uploaded by opeksei. …reminding me of how cold and snowy it emphatically is not, at the moment. If I wasn’t still sick — still!! It’s been over three weeks
King Google
The BBC reports that the top Google search terms this year were Bebo Myspace …which is kind of peculiar, if you think about it a moment. Both Bebo and Myspace
And then they took over the world
I was working at home today, sitting in the dining room with a view into the living room. Every time the furnace came on all the leftover balloons from Maddy’s
Leah is wrong, as usual
Why online should be off limits in the bedroom And on and on it goes. Wherever you find a household with wireless technology, you will more than likely find a
Wow, five
Five years ago right about now I was being wheeled into a hospital room with a brand-new Maddy. I’d barely slept in three days, I was all stoned on endorphins
Not a morning person after all
Until very recently Maddy was the sort of kid that would spring out of bed, bubbling with happiness and talkativeness and raring to start the day. That, thank goodness and
Daughters of Feminists
They say “Please mommy, may I do the dishes?” and “Let’s make a pie for my brother!’ Are they sincere? Are they crazy? Or are they just trying to stick
Give that dead horse a good poke!
The CBC is reporting that the Conservatives will introduce a motion to reopen the issue of same-sex marriage. Apparently in their world that horse ain’t dead, it’s just resting. I
Ballet recital!
We have for the viewing enjoyment of the grandparents (I can’t imagine anyone else will stick this out for the full 1:43) a video of many small girls trying hard