Wharton Graduation May 1990 History doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme. This quote is one of my favorites from Mark Twain and is entirely apropos after last week’s roller coaster ride on Wall Street and the subsequent government bailout of our financial system. So what business does a self-professed Mommy blogger have dishing about [...]
It is 11:00 p.m. in California which means my body thinks its 2:00 a.m. Before I keel over, I wanted to share with the MoB readers what I actually do for a living. For those who don’t know, I work for the venture capital industry. My organization educates Congress and others on Capitol Hill on [...]
Last night Joe Biden held a rally at the local apple orchard about two miles from our house. We were on the fence about going, only because I was headed out to California this morning and didn’t know what kind of stress monster I would be at 4:30 in the afternoon. But there was a [...]
On Sunday mornings I try to sleep late — which means 8:00 a.m., if the stars are in alignment. By stars I mean the brothers (who are known to crawl into our bed around 5:00 a.m. and invariably suction themselves to me), the husband (who must be willing to respond to the woofing dog who [...]
The winds of change are blowing strong. This election season, the people of this country will put into office either the first African-American president or the first beauty queen, grandmother, moose killing creationist woman vice president. It is an exciting time to be an American. And while we have come so very far on a [...]
Some MoB readers know that I travel for work. Not extensively but on average I find myself in another city every two weeks or so. It’s a blessing and a curse. A blessing because on the days that I am not traveling, I work from my home cave office which is incredibly convenient but incredibly [...]
We just finished the first week of school and the boys are off and running. The brothers are in third and fifth grades this year – both serious growing years in my opinion. Chase will become more of an independent learner and thinker. Third grade does that to a kid. Noah will mature in ways [...]
It’s been long enough. MoB is going politico. The above comes from one of the funniest and raunchiest (read R-rated) electronic greeting card websites out there today- someecards.com. It also has the benefit of being true. I keep asking myself: If John McCain selected Sarah Palin to be his running mate to win over the [...]
It’s Labor Day and last night we officially reached threat level orange at the house. With just 24 hours left before the school year started, the brothers had been deftly executing parallel jihads all weekend long — against each other and against their parents. Dave and I, having exhausted all diplomacy during these last weeks [...]
Every kid should have his or her thing. By “thing” I am referring to some talent, inclination, or propensity for a specific activity. Three criteria: They should be good at it. They should love it, without any parental intervention, coaxing or cajoling. It should be legal. At most, the thing makes them feel unique and [...]
