Just read an article about newborn screening in an old issue of a parenting magazine from last spring. There’s a little steam coming out of my ears now, because the article lays out all the benefits of the newborn screen, but none of the risks, and paints parents who opt out as reckless and [...]
We survived our vacation. Spent nearly half of it driving.
We had an interesting experience at Two Rivers Motels and Cabins, in Trout Creek, Michigan. We had stayed there once before, when OLC was a toddler, and had a very positive opinion of it. This time, though, was different. This is what [...]
I just finished reading Radical Homemakers, by Shannon Hayes, and I thought it was mostly good. She lays out how American households transformed from centers of production to centers of consumption, gives the currently ascendant corporatism a sound thrashing, and presents what she has learned from families making the transition back to a home-centered [...]
August is my least favorite month of the year; worse than February, even. In February I’m trapped indoors most of the time, but at least the indoor climate is tolerable. In this 90 degrees and 90 percent humidity weather, I can’t do much indoors or outdoors. Might as well be hibernating.
I’ve sanded [...]
Once again, Target fails to carry the simple, basic, utilitarian items that I want to buy…appliance locks to keep toddlers out of stoves and dishwashers (and toilets, and soon, no doubt, the refrigerator as well). All they had were doorknob covers and cupboard/drawer latches….useless. TLG can’t turn doorknobs yet, and he’s allowed to [...]
I commented on Get Rich Slowly’s post on credit card rewards funneling money from the poor to the rich, but I think teh internets eated it.
What I wrote was that credit card companies are not quasi-governmental entities; they act in their own interests, and we shouldn’t be surprised that social justice ranks low as a [...]