I may actually go a whole day without being reminded that I am a mean mommy: Buckeye Peanut Butter Cake
Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
MIchael Pollan on Julie, Julia, and the Food Network: How is it that we are so eager to watch other people browning beef cubes on screen but so much less eager to brown them ourselves? For the rise of Julia Child as a figure of cultural consequence — along with Alice Waters and Mario Batali… Continue reading Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
Note to self: Staple to forehead and heed
Morning Routines: The Rule of 5
On film: Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller
Seen at Inside Catholic: Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller. I don’t know why it never occurred to me that there would be footage of them out there somewhere.
Memo to Hambet (age 8)
My dear little son, No. We are not going to switch to homeschooling just so you can watch your two favorite cartoons in the morning.
Random thoughts on health care reform
1. “First, do no harm.” Legislators should keep this in mind (about a lot of stuff.) 2. If the choice to kill my child in the womb is a matter between me and my doctor, why isn’t the choice to undergo a tonsillectomy a matter between me and my doctor? 3. Subsidiarity! The social teaching… Continue reading Random thoughts on health care reform
Big roundup post from Peony because Facebook ate her life
So I finally finished our 2008 family album last week and started on 2009, only to find that we hadn’t done very much momentous. Since I haven’t been blogging here much, I turned to Facebook to try to glean some clues… only to find that I can’t pull up any status updates older than a… Continue reading Big roundup post from Peony because Facebook ate her life
Spend less on health care — it’s good for the tourist industry
From The American Spectator (emphasis mine): Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, who is health-policy adviser at the Office of Management and Budget and a member of the Federal Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research as well as being White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s brother, propounds discrimination against the elderly and other less-than-robust patients. In the medical… Continue reading Spend less on health care — it’s good for the tourist industry