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Taking a moment
āIām trying to take a moment and see things from his perspective,ā I comment to another parent as a teacher takes my son aside for a walk because he was running around instead of ādancingā to Soda Pop like the other children in morning circle. I then explain to her why. ā¦ The day before, Iām taking Benjamin to taekwondo class. As usual, Iām cutting it close and rushing as class was starting inā¦
Sharing is suffering
Reading something the other day triggered a core memory of something that happened when I was a year younger than Benjamin is now. Two mothers brought their babies (both around two-years-old at the time) to our house and I took it upon myself to ābabysitā them while the three mothers caught up in Korean in our living room. I went to my toy box and dug out all my old toys that could be safe forā¦
The joy of pedaling
My son learned to bicycle today. I didnāt learn until I was six, and heās just shy of 5 1/4, so I have no reason to have been as disappointed/exasperated as I was. Heās been able to move around on a cycle since before he could even walk. At a year old, heād on his balance bicycle in the streets of San Francisco weaving between people at the farmerās market. I became too much the asian parent, andā¦
Marshmallow does bedtime
Mā is away for the first time since her cousinās funeral, leaving me to take care of Benjamin. Itās bedtime and Iām laying down with him in bed. Benjamin: I told a teacher today that my daddy is a marshmallow daddy. Me: How did they react? Benjamin: She didnāt know what that was. So I told her that my mommy says, āDaddy is a marshmallow parent.ā Me: Did they think that was funny? Benjaminā¦
āMove over humans, there's something leanerā¦ā
Mā sent me this parody over text, but I was more interested in the book cover of the cookbook. I instantly recognized the cover as being the microwave my parents bought in 1978-1979: the Amana Radarange Touchmatic, placing this book in the early 1980ās at the latest (it was published in 1978). Great nostalgia! (We quickly found the limits of the microwaves of the era as soon as we tried to cookā¦
Expeditions 1-32
Someone at work mentioned this. I can totally see whatās going on here.
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Itāll always be āChijiāsā to me (and my son?)
This morning Benjamin told us there was no eye in āchiji.ā It took a while ā āno, i with a dot in it!ā ā before we realized he meant the letter āIā and not an āeye.ā After a bit of forensic analysis, it became obvious he has confused the letter āLā with the letter āIā and had heard me calling āChiliāsā āChijiās.ā A couple months ago while exploring the various malls of Oakland, we stopped byā¦
The bear market is turning me into a bad person
I ran across this article reinterpreting strategist Peter Berezinās comments regarding the market. Instead of the predictions, or him being right, or the definitely-going-to-be-misinterpreted suggestions on how to mitigate it, I was struck by how level-headed and egoless Peter Berezin seems to be. Here are some claims A couple months before the peak he predicted US stocks would fall because of aā¦
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My first dice were the wrong color
At work, I mentioned my first dice I ever had were the āwrong colorā because the Basic D&D set I had, had a chit card, instead of dice. I cut up the card and put them in Silo cups labeled with the die roll. This got me down a rabbit hole on why they were they were called Holmes dice, why they were the wrong color, and the deal with chits. I found out that it was called Holmes because J Ericā¦
#4yearolds
From another parent: But now he just launches into diatribes about how weāre so mean and we donāt let him do anything and weāre hateful people because we didnāt let him keep watching Bluey after the agreed upon number was watched #4yearolds Yesterday, Benjamin, in tears, was yelling at me that mommy definitely MEANT to hit him with her purse. it was no accident, and sheās totally a meany forā¦
Nothing beats personal experience
I was sent this article yesterday. This reminded me of this gem from a few years agoĀ : He talked about electric cars. I donāt know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius. Then he talked about rockets. I donāt know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius. Now he talks about software. I happen to knowā¦
Being part of the Pac
My four year old loves to drop the knowledge bombs. (āDonāt you mean knowledge BATH BOMBS, daddy? Haa ha!ā) Most of it is about Minecraft (facts about Enderman and TNT) or Super Mario which I donāt know anything about because I am culturally backward when it comes to video games (āBath Bob-ombs, Daddy. Haa ha!ā). But very once in a while you just get to see the deep logic that a child hasā¦
The skill of writingā¦
The skill of writingā¦ I never explained the unofficial motto of this blog. When I started this blog 20 years ago, I wanted to have a north star guiding me as to why I was doing this at all. I searched the internet for quotes on writing and came across this gem from Edwin Schlossberg: The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. Continue reading The skillā¦
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McDonald's and Regressive Taxation
How my transit card makes me think about Regressive Taxation.
I finally got around to moving my Clipper Card onto my iPhone Wallet. I used to have a problem losing my keys, wallet and/or iPhone until I read in a biography that Richard Feynman used to keep his wallet in the same pocket to prevent the same thing. That, and because they say that you should wear through your denim jeans the same way to give it ācharacter,ā meant ten years ago I adopted thisā¦
Accidentally saw some election returns
I was doing so well since just before the election of avoiding any direct knowledge of what was going on with politics. Deleted Twitter, didnāt open Apple News, moved any political blogs into a folder I donāt read, and unrecommend anything about US politics. This morning I noticed that someone at work noted that there was a perfect tie for city council in District 1 in San Francisco (11,001 toā¦
On winning the lottery
On winning theĀ lottery
If you received $10,000,000 tomorrow, would you continue to work? āGood one since someone got the powerball top price.ā Yes, I would continue to work. In grad school, A classmate who would precede a lot of things with, āIf I won the lotteryā¦ā. Finally I got sick of it and said, āWhy the hell do you want someone to give you money you didnāt earn?ā I still feel that way. Also in grad school, theā¦
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A baby's sense of order
A babyās sense ofĀ order
This morning, Benjamin and I had to get a blood test. I guess this makes us blood brothers. Itās been about 8 years since my last test. Now that Benjamin is one year old, his pediatrician wants him tested for lead as a precaution since housing in San Francisco can date back to when paint and pipes had lead. When getting him ready for the visit, I got him dressed. He started repeating āsoshā whenā¦
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