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First Tastes
The Boy is starting fifth grade, as hard as it is for me to process that. In our district, fifth...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Feminism and Baking
At the beginning of the school year I let a lot of things slide. I let the listserv email pile...
What's Your Dragon Fruit?
Growing up in Iowa, the typical grocery store fruit options included: apples, bananas, pears, peaches, watermelons, and grapes. After a...
Working Man's PhD
“ Can't hang it on the wall for the world to see But you've got yourself a working man's Ph.D.”...
University of Venus - What's New at University of Venus
What’s New at University of Venus - Week Ending 3 September 2011UVenus Around the Web: UVenus at The Guardian (UK)...
Status Anxiety
Earlier this week I had a pair of meetings right on top of each other that made for a hell...
Choosing Kindle Over Hulu+
My Kindle is cannibalizing my media consumption. Not so much the Kindle device, which I look forward to Amazon making...
Math Geek Mom: Laborers
When I was in my graduate program in economics, and chose Labor Economics as one of my fields, I would...