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Alec gets born (blog entry) [many details. you have been warned.]

September 16th; one month prior to my due date.

Two hours start to finish.

I woke up at 2:15 with a gush of fluids. I hadn’t change positions or coughed or done anything else to precipitate the fl... read more
blog entry posted Fri, September 26, 2008 - 5:58 PM permalink - 8 comments
Dad (blog entry) My father died last Saturday. This was both expected and not. He had been diagnosed with a slow growing form of cancer which tended to metastasize back in 2004. He had surgery in 2006 to remove a tumor from his lungs, and another procedure in 2... read more
blog entry posted Thu, July 24, 2008 - 4:21 PM permalink - 16 comments
Summer poetry (blog entry) Millions of Strawberries

Genevieve Tagged

Marcia and I went over the curve,
Eating our way down
Jewels of strawberries we didn't deserve,
Eating our way down.
Till our hands were sticky, and our lips painted,
And over us the hot day fai... read more
blog entry posted Tue, July 15, 2008 - 11:29 AM permalink - 0 comments
Lissa (blog entry) June 21, 2008

Yesterday I was looking for my friend Lissa’s husband Jay on-line. UCSD had just hired someone who might have been his dissertation advisor (a Chaucer scholar from Stanford), but I couldn’t remember Jay’s last name. When I could... read more
blog entry posted Sat, June 21, 2008 - 5:07 PM permalink - 5 comments
marijuana and gum disease (blog entry) Hey guys, there can be bad repercussions for smoking 40 times/year (that's a little less than once a week) see below. SO FLOSS!

(Here's the link to the original article in JAMA: jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/conte...299/5/525)


Study ... read more
blog entry posted Thu, February 7, 2008 - 10:48 PM permalink - 4 comments
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Mind the Gap
( miscellaneous » movie reviews ) "thought provoking movie" I had not heard of this movie and picked it up on a whim. I liked the individual characters and wanted to learn more about them. I was intrigued by their interactions. The soundtrack music was good, mostly by Krishna Das, as were the songs perf... read more
recommendation posted on Tue, October 25, 2005 - 9:30 PM
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The Wit's End
( local favorites » bars / clubs / cafes ) "good place for beer" Great beer selection, great atmosphere, great food
recommendation posted on Tue, October 25, 2005 - 9:12 PM