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The Great Easter Egg Hunt


We went to an Easter egg hunt at the Reid Park Zoo, which is near our house. Ben enjoyed the hunt immensely — I tried not to ambush those kids who took more than their share (the older kids were supposed to stop after 8 eggs and let the younger kids find the rest, and you can guess how that worked out). Ben only found two eggs until the very end, when he and daddy found another egg hiding out in a forgotten corner. He was very proud of finding that one. Afterwards, the zoo staff brought out animals the children could pet, including a lizard, a snake, a guinea pig and a turtle. Ben was okay with all of them, although he hesitated a bit with the snake. After the festivities we walked through the zoo with some friends, stopping at the bronze elephant for pictures, of course. It was a very nice first easter egg hunt for Ben.

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Ben fights the monster


Whenever I vacuum, Ben likes to chase the vacuum cleaner with all sorts of things — his poppers, sticks, etc. — and fight the vacuum. Here he is fighting it with a plastic sword I bought in England. On guard!

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George W. Bush — Red Communist?

Recently my husband and I took a long drive: destination, Las Vegas. There we met my sister (it is a halfway point) who took our son for a brief visit. On our way home, in the accompanying silence that comes sans 3-year-old boy, we talked politics, and M., my husband, made a wild statement: George W. Bush is a communist. Now, you have to understand, M. is a Republican who has voted for W., so it wasn’t like I was settling in with Noam Chomsky (who wouldn’t consider the “C” word an insult, anyway) for a nice long talk. more »

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Slime-mold politicians

Former Cornell University entomologists name new species of slime-mold beetles after Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield. Read the whole article here.

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