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The Weekly Links

March 13, 2010

Here is my apparently almost actually weekly round-up of my writing Elsewhere on the Internets.This week, even though I remain as an exhausted working parent, I managed to knock out articles on topics ranging from sleep deprivation to mean girls. Like this:
The High Cost of Clutter – Get Rich Slowly – Do you have piles [...]

Tagged as: behavior, clutter, cool girl, ethics, mean girl, sleep, sleep deprivation, sleeping, weekly link round-up

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The Rosa Parks Story, as told by my kid

March 11, 2010

Martin and I went to see Amy Goodman and her brother David speak at Tufts a few days ago. During her talk, Amy brought up the Rosa Parks story. Like I did in my essay on the power of small change a few weeks ago, Amy talked about the contrast between the popular imagination of [...]

Tagged as: activism, amy goodman, civil rights, community organizing, rio, rosa parks, rosa parks story, united states

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“Unautomate Your Finances”

March 9, 2010

Adam Baker, one of my fellow writers at Get Rich Slowly has a new personal finance guide out as of today, for sale on his website, Man Vs. Debt.
With a title like “Unautomate Your Finances,” Adam’s approach would seem to be the opposite of my new banking scheme, where I used my automated banking to [...]

Tagged as: adam, finance guides, financing, money, personal assistant, personal finances, quick look, reviews, simplicity

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Endless Snacks

March 4, 2010

Ever since I wrote that article for Strollerderby about how it’s Snack Time All The Time for America’s kids, I’ve been seeing snacks everywhere.
I thought, before that, that my own kids were not big snackers. We have two set “snacktimes” a day, at mid-morning and mid-afternoon. The kids usually get slices of fruit and some [...]

Tagged as: birthday party, eat, eating, food and drink, health, healthy diet, healthy eating habits, kids, kids eating, nutrition, snack food, snack foods, snacks, vegetarianism

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Where Do Feet Go At Night?

March 1, 2010

Rio has moved into this fascinating conversational period. She’s making up stories like anything, and thinking a lot about how the world works. I guess that’s how she always is. Here’s an example:
“Mama, do you want to know where my feet go at night? While I’m sleeping?”
“Um…sure.”
“They go OUT.”
“Oh, really?”
“They go out and take ballet [...]

Tagged as: funny, rio

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My Week in Writing: the links

February 27, 2010

I’m home, and back in the saddle with work. Once again, the most exciting thing in my week was the posts and conversations right here on ChildWild. I love the discussions going on in the comments these days. Keep it up, please!
Here’s what I’ve been up to elsewhere. The juiciest and most controversial thing I [...]

Tagged as: blogs, career, money, weekly link round-up, writing

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Home!

February 23, 2010

Ok, so we don’t actually live in the airport. But in that ‘where the heart’ is way, we just got home and it’s bliss.

Tagged as: family, love, travel

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Misogyny and the Just World Fallacy: Together Again!

February 23, 2010

This is a guest post from the lovely Sara Amis, a woman possessed of a mind both bright and sharp. I would not want to cross her in a dark alley – or a women’s studies seminar. She was sufficiently motivated by the commenters on my US Airways post to write a lengthy response. I’m [...]

Tagged as: airline, blah blah blah, causality, critical thinking, fallacy, feminism, information, people, politics, women

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Best of Web: Airline Fail Edition

February 21, 2010

Usually this posts on Sundays, but I’m on vacation. Also, there is no usually. Deal.
For some reason, my attention this week has been on the epic failure that is modern airline customer service. It’s been a crazy week for the friendly skies.
On Spirit Air, an entire family was kicked off a plane because a man [...]

Tagged as: air canada, air safety, airline, airlines customer service, aviation, customer service, news, security screens, spirit air, travel, us airways, writing