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Monkey Busy-ness 27 Sep 2006 | 01:22 pm
The semester began three weeks ago today, and it’s been a busy three weeks. For starters, there’s the teaching, the research, and all the fun administrative stuff that comes at the beginning of the s...
Phil, How I Have Missed Thee 17 Sep 2006 | 01:20 pm
Tomorrow night, a new season of The Amazing Race begins. TAR is the one reality TV show that I regularly watch. It’s also the one reality TV show in which ZGirl and I would like to participate. I w...
Log-In Date: August 29, 2006 6 Sep 2006 | 04:33 am
Our adoption dossier has been registered in China. Huzzah!
At Least It’s Not 7 x 70 5 Sep 2006 | 02:34 pm
I was in Philadelphia this weekend. Saw the bell. It was fun. I returned to discover that Singing Bird had tagged me with the 7×7 meme. Here goes. 7 things I want to do without dying of embarrass...
International Adopters’ Secret Sign 31 Aug 2006 | 10:33 am
Almost every day, ZGirl and I walk past a house that’s about a block away from our own. A white couple lives there. They seem like nice people; they say hello when we pass. The husband looks a lot l...
Book It, Monkey-O 28 Aug 2006 | 01:50 pm
Following Nicole’s lead, I’ve answered the 10-book challenge. 1. A book that changed my life: The one that I’m trying to write. No, it’s not the great American novel. It’s not a novel at all. If I...
Here There Be Snow Monkeys 26 Aug 2006 | 02:40 pm
I acquired a love of maps from my brother the cartographer, so I got a kick out of this post at Walternatives. It links to a website that allows you to map which countries and states you’ve visited. ...
“Have You Thought About…” 25 Aug 2006 | 07:45 am
In an earlier post, I discussed some of the comments that ZGirl and I have received from people when we’ve told them that we’re in the process of adopting from China. One of them was the question, “H...
The Global Zucchini Revolt 22 Aug 2006 | 10:04 am
The shadowy Green Mountain has brought together an umbrella organization of international zucchini liberation movements, including the Zucchinistas (click here for a closer look at the member groups)....
Erin Go Bragh and All That 20 Aug 2006 | 11:22 am
For the third year in a row, ZGirl and I went to Irish Fest in Milwaukee. This was our best visit yet. I should mention that I am, as far as I know, exactly 0% Irish. Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norweg...