Category: politics
09/03/08 12:41 - 71ºF - ID#45544
Rare political post
That's irony for you. Or karma, depending on your belief system.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: politics
08/26/08 08:40 - 54ºF - ID#45456
Same as it ever was
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: crime
08/25/08 08:46 - 61ºF - ID#45446
Crime story
I don't have anything to say other than "that's fucked up". Especially since the people it happened to have the same basic living situation as my family.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: life
07/31/08 10:26 - 73ºF - ID#45202
Monthly Post
Two weeks ago grandma and grampa took us to the Buffalo zoo.
He slept virtually the entire time.
Except when he's hungry.
They're finally cleaning up Beth Jacob Cemetery in the east side. The last several weeks I've been volunteering to help restore the cemetery (as best we can). It's good to get outside of the house and use my muscles a little. This sunday we're meeting their again, and we might just get to expose a few overturned monuments!
Of all the monuments, this one gets to me the most, especially since I now have a child of my own. The last time I saw it this winter, it was barely visible under the substantial brush and thorns. The area's been cleared enough that the Jewish custom of placing a rock on it can be observed again.
I never thought I'd see the day where there'd be real living people in the cemetery.
A slightly better shot of overturned monuments.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: iphone
07/24/08 09:08 - 66ºF - ID#45117
Finally
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: suburbs
06/02/08 11:27 - 61ºF - ID#44526
To move or not to move
Pros:
- If I buy the right house, I can basically walk to work. I can basically cut at least $150 off my gasoline bill. Gas is killing me right now.
- The above would also be good for the environment.
- If I bike/drive, my commute is 5/2 minutes respectively. So I get home earlier and I have an extra hour to spend with my family.
- Ari would probably get a nice backyard to play in.
- Good school system
Cons:
- I love Kenmore. One of my less grandiose dreams is to live in a cute house in Kenmore.
- I like the city of Buffalo. I don't want to be thought of as "one of those wusses who moves to the suburbs".
- If the Suburban Collapse happens because of increased gas prices, the suburbs will be a bad place to live. Especially if I end up working in the city someday. The city will (possibly) have much better public transportation in the face of this event.
- A house in OP would probably be more expensive than one in Kenmore, and definitely more expensive than one in the city.
- OP is boring. The city has lots of stuff to do.
- A place with greater population density would have more kids for Ari to play with. I don't like the idea of moving to a neighborhood where there may not be many kids for my son to play with. I want him to have the social life I never had as a child.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: baby
05/07/08 01:07 - 53ºF - ID#44258
Name Redux
As of last sunday, Mr. Wiggles has been officially named Ari Nachshon.
Ari is Hebrew for Lion. We named him this because it was a name we could agree upon. Nachshon is from (WIKIPEDIA - Nachshon), a biblical figure who I've always admired since my childhood Rabbi gave a sermon about him doing great things even though he had a lowly name that meant "snake".
Ari is loud. And very, very demanding.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: politics
05/01/08 12:51 - 56ºF - ID#44209
Same Ol Same Ol
Politics has largely been about stuff tangential to real issues since its inception. We've actually progressed quite a bit considering that voters a century and half ago voted for candidates on the quality of their jawlines and candidates would routinely hold drinking parties to ply voters with booze (which is why alcohol sales on election days are banned in some places). And that's why we require a strong education system, because critical thinking is required to ignore the BS and objectively evaluate candidates' pre-political-compromise-plans for dealing with real issues.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: baby
04/24/08 09:38 - 59ºF - ID#44133
Baby's first week
We took the little guy home on the 17th. It became a little stressful when he had some difficulty feeding, but eventually stuff worked out. Right after he was born, he got jaundice, which he still has but which we're working to lower. Apparently, newborn jaundice is common, but it's a little upsetting seeing your son have yellow eyes.
(e:inscrutable)'s family came up and helped us with stuff, like laundry and keeping sane.
Lesson's I've learned:
- You really have to watch them every second
- While you want to be gentle with them, they're hardier than they look.
- The "you'll have to change them every several hours" warning is bullshit. You can change them and they'll go in the new diaper thirty seconds later, and another clean one thirty seconds after that.
- Never be more than five feet away from a pacifier if you lack the ability to lactate.
- Not being able to lactate doesn't mean they won't try to get milk from you anways.
- Having a new child is like meeting somebody new whose personality you're trying to figure out.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: baby
04/15/08 11:28 - 38ºF - ID#44024
Newest Peep
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Location: Buffalo, NY
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I see this sort of behaviour as examples of poor parenting. I know it's a little harsh but what you are reflects on your kids. If you are irresponsible, so will your kids. You could argue that parents can't forever be watching kids and I agree. But if your kids respect you, then your constant presence would not even be required. If you have been a good parent then respect alone would make good habits a way of life, rather than a way of forced education. Environmental influences (including parental guidance and care) weigh in a lot on behavioural attributes of an individual.
If not, I would say that it's her family and thus it's her business, just as Hoyt's affairs are his business.
While it's not for us to say (or even point fingers), it definitely is high time she shook herself out of this ill-informed reverie and change her stance on sex education - having seen its effects first-hand.
@(e:janelle): I see your point of view. The approach to sex education matters a LOT. Just going through the motions and reciting stuff from a pamphlet or viewing a video has never been and never will be effective. For any education to be effective (Abstinence/safe sex/whatever), good parenting and quality time with kids is an ABSOLUTE necessity. It takes a lot to be an educator. Lip-service just doesn't cut it. :/ You could push out safe-sex education and condoms with the whole state behind you and yet have teenage pregnancies. It all boils down to how much time you are willing to spend with your children and how much of a guidance and role-model you are to your kids. If you don't worry about when they are coming home and what kind of company they keep, then I am afraid no sex-education, however intense, is ever going to help.
This isn't to say, I support abstinence only education, because I don't. More safe sex education please.
Oh, and if she gets raped she better have that baby too.