Sleep, A Haiku

We begrudge the baby nothing, but it would be nice if both of use could get some sleep overnight at the same time.

About The Parenting Thing

People keep asking me what it’s like going back to parenting a newborn after a *fifteen year hiatus*. For the most part, it’s just fine.

Something I’d Forgotten

There is an obvious evolutionary advantage for babies to be cute, but I find the bond to be mystical rather than mechanistic.

The Insight

This past week we travelled to take our daughter on her first college tours. It was a fascinating experience, and afforded me the opportunity to dust off my undergraduate sociology and cultural anthropology studies. I find social systems as fascinating as I find people tiring, so it was a joy to be in a position…