Every year, we go to the Asian Festival over Memorial day weekend.  Usually, it is one of my favorite events of the year.  It also tends to lead to a lot of angst and introspection for me…usually because of all the white people there who have Asian kids dressed in silky costumes.
Surprise, surprise, this year […]

I wanted to take a quick second discuss the comments on the naming post a little more.  Before I do, though, I just want to acknowledge that talking about names is always difficult because it is so personal.  Whenever it comes up, parents always want to defend the choices THEY made and the reasons they […]

Thank you all for your kind thoughts for my friend.  I finally got word that he made it through the surgery ok, though with some minor complications.  Things are looking up for them and I couldn’t be more thrilled.
On other topics, I have been thinking a lot about names for the HFC*.  Or rather, I […]

Did you ever have one of those days when all of the forces of suck in your life converge at once into an explosion of suck of massive proportions?
Yeah.  I had one of those today. 
On a normal day, none of the little things individually would have been a big deal.  I am really sick […]

Right now, the son of one of my best friends is in a very serious surgery.   He is only 4 months old.
If you can spare any good thoughts, please send them their way.