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Never give me hot peppers to work with.  Today, having just minced a jalapeno, I sat down to my computer to work while the carrot latkes were baking and the jalapeno-lime-apple salsa was waiting (one of Sydney’s best recipe finds)–and … Continue reading →

According to a NYTimes piece, the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind law requires that “every American child reach proficiency in reading and math.” I don’t know much about the law so I don’t know how proficiency gets defined or … Continue reading →

Moving to England on our budget will mean leaving many of our things behind in storage.  So as I move around the house I’m compiling lists of things to donate, store, ship, or give to either sets of our parents.  … Continue reading →

Apparently we’re unwittingly fashionable:  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/fashion/11BABY.html?hp Who knew? No, I do not collect baby carriers like other women collect handbags.  I do have to wonder that nobody mentions how quickly babies get heavy.  I mean, at 23 pounds or so Katherine … Continue reading →

Although my plan is to do research at Oxford (like Sydney, but without the pay, the colleagues, and the free meals!), I find myself continually tempted by non-academic job openings.  How cool to be one of two librarians in one … Continue reading →

This is the first time I put “3”! Erin

I see a lot of open positions at Oxford with application deadlines in mid-March, so I’m doing a bit of scrambling over here to get my foot in the door for possible jobs next fall.  Which leads me to understand … Continue reading →

We learned today that Sydney was selected for the research fellowship at Oxford.  We have a lot (a LOT) of details to sort out, but for now we’re simply happy that he landed such a great position and that we’ll … Continue reading →

Katherine’s been up to interesting sleep antics again.  We know what this looks like, having done it for seven weeks in the fall: no more than a couple of hours at a time at night, very reluctant to sleep alone, … Continue reading →