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Here’s an example of what Katherine and Nathaniel have to look forward to: http://www.newappsblog.com/2011/09/are-children-intuitive-mathematical-platonists-.html. I can’t wait.

Many thanks for the good wishes and congratulations.  I had a great day yesterday.  My advisors were warm and encouraging throughout the defense, I really benefited from hearing them articulate my arguments and lay out how they saw the pieces … Continue reading →

Erin tells me the exam went really well. All the more impressive, considering our two lovely children determined to hijack our careers.

This morning Christi made me breakfast (yes, she’s really that nice) and then we headed out for an early hike at Treman.  It was great to be hiking familiar territory, and my legs appreciated the stretch.  I had lunch with … Continue reading →

My Ithaca visit is going extremely well.  Although Nathaniel sabotaged our sleep last night (keeping all three adults up: quite a feat!) and we had to leave the house by 4:30am, everything else has gone amazingly smoothly.  On my first … Continue reading →

I leave in the wee hours tomorrow morning for Ithaca.  I’ll be there Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (the defense is Friday morning), and I return early on Saturday morning.  Mom and Dad seem prepared for the kids, though I know … Continue reading →

A while back people were worrying about what Hurricane Katia might do. As it turned out, Katia never came onshore in the US. It did, however, remain a large, powerful storm as it made its way across the Atlantic, thereby … Continue reading →

This morning Mom and I took the kids to the National Cattle Congress, which just happens to be going on while we’re in town.  We ignored most of the carnival-esque elements and headed straight for the barns to show Katherine … Continue reading →

For my dissertation defense to go forward, I have to have a form submitted to the grad school at least one week before the exam is to take place.  The form requires signatures from all of my committee members (four … Continue reading →

The day after I wrote about his new crawling technique and the surprising way he skipped over the rolling over skill, he proved me wrong.  He was sleeping on my parents’ bed when a cry from Katherine woke him up.  … Continue reading →