California Name Equality Act of 2007
California has passed the Name Equality Act of 2007 (AB 102). Hooray! Among other things, this law allows either spouse to change their name upon marriage (or upon registration of a domestic partnership) simply by filling in a blank in…
Dina Having Trampoline Fun
Apologies for the implicit beaming-dad nature of this post, but I thought this short video perfectly captured Dina’s personality.
Googling “Eric Goldman”
Kevin Delaney of the WSJ ran an interesting story about how parents are selecting baby names on their ability to generate distinctive results in the search engines. As someone who went through a personal re-branding, this is a topic of…
Name Equality Act of 2007 Passes CA Assembly
The California Assembly has passed AB102, the Name Equality Act of 2007. The latest text of the law. The Mercury News article. This law, sponsored by the ACLU and others, is designed to statutorily overturn the discriminatory imbalance between men…
Dina Stacks Tupperware
I realize that I’m biased, but I just think this is too cute. Make sure your sound is loud enough to hear Dina.
ACLU Sues Over CA’s Discriminatory Name Change Practices
When my wife and I got married, we discussed our various naming options. (See my brief writeup on this decision). “Traditionally,” the wife takes the husband’s last name. However, my last name, Schlachter, was long, hard to pronounce and harder…
Jacob Turns 4
Jacob turned four last week. After a birthday party at his school, where he got to wear a crown, we had a birthday party for him in our backyard–it was 70 degrees, sunny and beautiful. At Jacob’s request, Lisa made…
Halloween Photos
Photos from our trip to Bob’s Pumpkin Farm in Half Moon Bay (more on that soon), the obligatory Dina-with-chocolate-face photos, and other goodies here.
New Family Photos
Over 100 unedited family photos for your perusal. Among others, I like the Dina tush shot, the Dina thumbs up, and the sequence showing the (messy) interaction of a one year old baby and a piece of ice cream cake….
Dina Turns 1!
Hard to believe it, but Dina turned 1. I’m sorry to say that I’ve been remiss about disseminating photos of her. I feel guilty for succumbing to second child syndrome. Despite that, if you want the latest poorly edited photo…