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Happy Birthday ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
adamhmorse!
You're the bestest husband ever, and a wonderful father to our son. May the next year bring many triumphs and as little uncertainty as possible.
Happy Birthday
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Blog for Choice Day
Somehow, it seems ironic that on Blog for Choice Day, I happened onto the thread on Chronicle.com where a large number of female academics were discussing their unplanned pregnancies and how they were going to cope with them. I couldn't help but think, "If this many highly educated, presumably pretty intelligent women can't manage to use birth control correctly, no wonder there are a lot of accidents and mistakes among 15-year-olds!" I maintain my belief that abortion is a lousy form of birth control, and that, if you want to be sexually active and not get pregnant, you need to be careful, systematic, and cautious with methods of prevention. At the same time, it's an option that needs to exist - not just for rape victims, but for all the people who need it as a last resort, because they know that they are not ready to have a child.
And at the same time, I am so grateful that my life circumstances have enabled me to have my egregiously cute son at the right time for me and to raise him within a loving and welcoming family. May those of you who want such blessings in your lives gain them at the appropriate time; may those of you who don't enjoy the freedom and extra sleep that I now lack. :)
Mac, btw, is looking ridiculously more and more like his dad.
And at the same time, I am so grateful that my life circumstances have enabled me to have my egregiously cute son at the right time for me and to raise him within a loving and welcoming family. May those of you who want such blessings in your lives gain them at the appropriate time; may those of you who don't enjoy the freedom and extra sleep that I now lack. :)
Mac, btw, is looking ridiculously more and more like his dad.
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Mark Twain would be proud.
So, the Ohio Board of Education is having a contentious race between a pro-evolution candidate and an intelligent-design candidate. 70 scientists at Case Western Reserve signed a statement campaigning for the pro-evolution guy, which is causing controversy in and of itself. But my favorite thing about the race: The pro-evolution candidate is named Tom Sawyer.
Also, McLevy has Schnurgles. No, seriously. It's a name for the odd grunting noise he makes when he gets milk stuck in the back of his throat, and luckily, it's harmless. But so fun to say! Schnurgles!
Back to job applications. And trying to design the roleplaying simulation of the end of the Roman Republic for my winter course. :) Anyone have any ideas about how to design a simple structure of interlocking families for a group of 16 frosh, all of whom will be playing male Roman Senators?
Also, I note that Reacting, the simulation pedagogy group involved, has several upcoming free regional conferences to teach its methodology, including one in San Diego in January...
Also, McLevy has Schnurgles. No, seriously. It's a name for the odd grunting noise he makes when he gets milk stuck in the back of his throat, and luckily, it's harmless. But so fun to say! Schnurgles!
Back to job applications. And trying to design the roleplaying simulation of the end of the Roman Republic for my winter course. :) Anyone have any ideas about how to design a simple structure of interlocking families for a group of 16 frosh, all of whom will be playing male Roman Senators?
Also, I note that Reacting, the simulation pedagogy group involved, has several upcoming free regional conferences to teach its methodology, including one in San Diego in January...