Announcing Dina’s Flickr Gallery and Zazzle Store
For the last few years, my daughter Dina has been taking classes at a local art school, Drawn2Art. I know I’m being a proud dad, but my view is that she has unique artistic gifts, and her new items routinely…
Favorite Photos of the Past 3 Years
Lisa and I have posted over 400 photos to Flickr over the past 3 years. See goldmanlisa, Eric Goldman Mountain View and my newest account. I’ve gone back through them and selected some of my favorites. Family * Me in…
Jacob’s Sixth Birthday Party Pictures
Lisa has posted some photos from Jacob’s 6th birthday party to Flickr, including photos of the carousel cake, face painting and various games organized by Grandpa Howard. Who can resist Dina with a rainbow on her face?
Dina and the Jack-in-the-Box. Oy Vey!
It’s hard for me to grasp just how much toddlers love a Jack-in-the-Box, but this is a genuine scream (of happiness), and watch Dina literally jump out of her seat: If more people gave hugs like this, we might very…
Slinky Birthday Cake
I’m celebrating a big birthday this year. For the kids’ birthdays, Lisa has been making neat cakes from the Coolest Birthday Cakes website such as a schoolbus cake, a Curious George cake and a Very Hungry Caterpillar cake. (See my…
More Family Pix
After seeing this set, I bet you’ll be ready to join the peace movement too. Sorry that Lisa didn’t edit out the more revealing bathtub shots and the duplicates. Some bonus pictures of Dina.
Armful of Love
Apologies for the beaming dad subtext of this post. It’s been hard to get a nice photo of both kids at once, and impossible to get a good one of all three of us. For now, this is the best…
My Passions
Yesterday, the provost organized a “meet-and-greet” lunch for about a dozen faculty members. Her idea was to create an informal space for faculty to discuss issues with her. As an icebreaker, she asked each attendee to introduce themselves and to…
Family Album Online
Lisa has gone crazy with digital scrapbooking, producing a 60+ page tome documenting Jacob and Dina’s life over the past 12 months.
Sexual Misconduct Plagues Schools
In October, the AP ran its results of a comprehensive investigation of sexual predation by teachers. Obviously, if you take a population of individuals as large as teachers (3M public school teachers), some bad actors are unavoidable. Indeed, even if…