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…
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.