http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/ education | teaching | math | technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4065 Casting Out Nines / Here’s why blogging has been light. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:48:01 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4065 [...] Recent Comments Casting Out Nines / Here’s why blogging has been light. on Party of four!virusdoc on For those of you keeping up with my theming obsessionrightwingprof on For those of you keeping up with my theming obsessionRobert Talbert on For those of you keeping up with my theming obsessionCasting Out Nines / A techno-geek confession on Robert vs. OpenOffice 2.0 [...] [...] Recent Comments Casting Out Nines / Here’s why blogging has been light. on Party of four!virusdoc on For those of you keeping up with my theming obsessionrightwingprof on For those of you keeping up with my theming obsessionRobert Talbert on For those of you keeping up with my theming obsessionCasting Out Nines / A techno-geek confession on Robert vs. OpenOffice 2.0 [...]

]]> http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4058 Casting Out Nines / Here’s why blogging has been light. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:45:00 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4058 [...] I’m a proud papa again! Everybody — meet Peanut. [...] [...] I’m a proud papa again! Everybody — meet Peanut. [...]

]]> http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4054 Casting Out Nines»Blog Archive » Some updates Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:14:26 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4054 [...] The trip to China to adopt our second daughter starts this coming Wednesday. As it turns out, my wife and her mother will be going to China, and I will be staying at home to hold down the fort and take care of the Doodlebug. So I predict much time taken up during the next three weeks, and of course afterwards once we don’t get to sleep any more Peanut is home. [...] [...] The trip to China to adopt our second daughter starts this coming Wednesday. As it turns out, my wife and her mother will be going to China, and I will be staying at home to hold down the fort and take care of the Doodlebug. So I predict much time taken up during the next three weeks, and of course afterwards once we don’t get to sleep any more Peanut is home. [...]

]]> http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4053 Casting Out Nines»Blog Archive » White privilege, extra large please Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:17:18 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4053 [...] Ironies abound here. For example, having email access could well be chalked up to privilege. Having the disposable income to spend on a T-shirt could be a result of privilege. Having the time in the evenings to spend at a white privilege presentation — and not with family or at a job — could be a result of privilege. In fact, using this rather clumsy attempt at defining “white privilege”, pretty much anything can be attributed to white privilege. (As long as you are white, that is; I guess my kids would have to invent something like “Asian privilege” or “Asians living with white parents privilege” or “big girl privilege” or something.) And in order to take advantage of this presentation and to purchase the accompanying t-shirt, you have to make use of several of those things. Even if you don’t dismiss the notion of white privilege, doesn’t a t-shirt seem to be kind of a diminutive way to express yourself about the idea? [...] [...] Ironies abound here. For example, having email access could well be chalked up to privilege. Having the disposable income to spend on a T-shirt could be a result of privilege. Having the time in the evenings to spend at a white privilege presentation — and not with family or at a job — could be a result of privilege. In fact, using this rather clumsy attempt at defining “white privilege”, pretty much anything can be attributed to white privilege. (As long as you are white, that is; I guess my kids would have to invent something like “Asian privilege” or “Asians living with white parents privilege” or “big girl privilege” or something.) And in order to take advantage of this presentation and to purchase the accompanying t-shirt, you have to make use of several of those things. Even if you don’t dismiss the notion of white privilege, doesn’t a t-shirt seem to be kind of a diminutive way to express yourself about the idea? [...]

]]> http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4052 Casting Out Nines»Blog Archive » Semi-coherent rant directed at PayPal Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:43:55 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4052 [...] So the Mrs. and I are starting up a new family blog to keep friends and family abreast of what’s going on with us, and particularly for keeping track of us as we gear up to head to China to adopt Peanut. Head to GoDaddy.com to get the domain name: Check. Head over to WebbleYou to sign up for hosting: Check. WebbleYou sends me to PayPal to set up the monthly payments: … er, not check. Here’s what I got when trying to send the payment in: [...] [...] So the Mrs. and I are starting up a new family blog to keep friends and family abreast of what’s going on with us, and particularly for keeping track of us as we gear up to head to China to adopt Peanut. Head to GoDaddy.com to get the domain name: Check. Head over to WebbleYou to sign up for hosting: Check. WebbleYou sends me to PayPal to set up the monthly payments: … er, not check. Here’s what I got when trying to send the payment in: [...]

]]> http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4050 Casting Out Nines»Blog Archive » In memoriam: Kevin Blount Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:11:08 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4050 [...] I also discovered that in 2000, Kevin married another friend of mine from graduate school, Xiaoyu Liu. It was Xiaoyu I was actually Googling, since it was my friendship with her and her Chinese friends that first introduced me to Chinese culture which eventually culminated in my wife’s and my decision to adopt Doodlebug, and now Peanut, from China. [...] [...] I also discovered that in 2000, Kevin married another friend of mine from graduate school, Xiaoyu Liu. It was Xiaoyu I was actually Googling, since it was my friendship with her and her Chinese friends that first introduced me to Chinese culture which eventually culminated in my wife’s and my decision to adopt Doodlebug, and now Peanut, from China. [...]

]]> http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4048 Liz Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:45:47 +0000 http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/party-of-four/#comment-4048 WHOOT! What exciting news for you! WHOOT! What exciting news for you!

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