I’m coming to the conclusion that a major cause of childhood obesity is the excellence of the modern stroller.
These days, the stroller/pram you buy when you first have a baby has enough features to last you to age four, if you wish. And if you don’t wish, a new one isn’t ridiculously expensive as a [...]
Archive for May, 2006
Strollers and obesity
Posted in Life on 27 May, 2006 | 8 Comments »
Crackberry
Posted in Work and life on 24 May, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Yes, I’ve succumbed, I’ve got a Blackberry. I’ve read many articles about how terrible blackberries are, since they encourage you to be available at all times. Laura at 11D hates the idea, after her husband has been forced to get one.
But I think that just like many other things, the effect on your life depends [...]
Childcare shortages
Posted in Work and life on 23 May, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Interesting article in the SMH today about how the lack of childcare is stopping people from working.
A few interesting points; as suzoz pointed here a few days ago, family day care is not that popular, because increasingly the higher standards and professionalism of long day care (whether real or perceived) is more popular. So there [...]
Serendipity
Posted in Life on 21 May, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, I was in The Rocks, and a band was playing – a double bass, electric guitar, a saxophone, drums and a vocalist (at the muzak end of swing, but very listenable).
I was reminded of a magic evening a few years ago.
I was working in Wellington, NZ on a company acquisition. It happened to [...]
Running
Posted in Life on 20 May, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I’ve decided that I do need to get fit again. I had all these good intentions about getting into good habits when I started my new job in February; but then I got pneumonia, and my doctor gave me a stern lecture about not exercising until I was totally better. It’s been nearly three months [...]
Starting young
Posted in Feminism on 18 May, 2006 | 5 Comments »
I was doing a puzzle with D this evening (who is just 3). It was about a farm, and he asked me “where is the farmer?”. I pointed out the woman who was putting hay in a wheelbarrow. He said “girls aren’t farmers”.
I’m amazed by this, as we have a series of books about “Mrs [...]
Names
Posted in Life on 17 May, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The US has released their stats on names for 2005. I found a link there via some blog or other, and went back to check on my name the year I was born (I wasn’t born in the US, but I wasn’t born in Australia, either). I reckon from my own personal experience, that Jennifer [...]
Australian Club
Posted in Feminism on 16 May, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I was taken to lunch at the Australian Club today. It’s quite a strange phenomenen. In a modern (well 60s) office building, the club has three or four floors decorated in late Victorian english style (to ape the London club it is trying to be). I was in the guests dining room, didn’t make the [...]
Mothers’ Day
Posted in Life on 14 May, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I’ve always hated the idea of Mothers’ Day. It has always seemed so commercialised and meaningless. The recognition aspect has completely fallen by the wayside, and now it’s just about commercialism. Lately it seems to have got even more commercialised, so that it is now compulsory for all mothers to be taken out for a [...]
Book Review: Neal Stephenson
Posted in Book Reviews on 13 May, 2006 | 2 Comments »
This week’s book review is a survey of Neal Stephenson’s work. I’ve lately been on a kick of re-reading all our Neal Stephenson books, partly prompted by tigtog’s rave review of SnowCrash. Tigtog’s rave was mostly about one of the main characters, YT (a sexy intelligent kick-ass woman), a variant of whom appears surprisingly often [...]
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