January 2012
12 posts
Closer To Fine » Momastery
In an essay called “Self-Respect,” Ms. Didion offers the only strategy that has ever consistently helped me regain my mommy peace once I’ve lost it: “It was once suggested to me that as an antidote to crying, I put my head in a paper bag. As it happens, there is a sound physiological reason, something to do with oxygen, for doing exactly that, but the psychological effect alone is...
The facts that school reformers ignore - The...
Careful examination discloses that disadvantaged students have made spectacular progress in the last generation, in regular public schools, with ordinary teachers. Not only have regular public schools not been “the great discriminator” — they continue to make remarkable gains for minority children at a time when our increasingly unequal social and economic systems seem determined to abandon them....
When It Comes To Depression, Serotonin Isn't The...
Unfortunately, the real story is complicated and, in a way, not all that reassuring. Researchers don’t really know what causes depression. They’re making progress, but they don’t know. That’s the real story. It’s not exactly a blockbuster. via npr.org Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Dr. Louis A. Tenaglia: Moving Children Into...
We cannot leave the job solely to social media, television, Internet and peers to provide the context of interpreting life’s meaning for our children. We cannot leave children to their own private, internal resources to make sense of the world around them and expect them to move toward mindfulness. We have the obligation, the duty and the responsibility to engage with children, talk with...
INTJ Profile - personal relationships
Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ’s Achilles heel. While they are capable of caring deeply for others (usually a select few), and are willing to spend a great deal of time and effort on a relationship, the knowledge and self-confidence that make them so successful in other areas can suddenly abandon or mislead them in interpersonal situations. This...
Portrait of the Rational Mastermind (INTJ)
Masterminds are rare, comprising no more than one to two percent of the population, and they are rarely encountered outside their office, factory, school, or laboratory. Although they are highly capable leaders, Masterminds are not at all eager to take command, preferring to stay in the background until others demonstrate their inability to lead. Once they take charge, however, they are...
birth announcement I did for my sister in law
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Fun date night with my sunshine
Pizza and balloon animals followed by ice cream and candy at the local candy shop. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
pulled out Shayel's loose tooth at the pizza...
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a green hat. at this bow will change everything
More hilarity from Aliyah…green guy, do you like how your life is? Cuz I can change it…with new clothes. …you. a green hat and this bow will change everything how do you feel? it will make your life better forever …blue man, listen to me, you have no shoes. you need to fix yourself up. you’re not supposed to wear a sleeping bow with that nice hat …now, you, I...
Everyone out of the way, I need to dress the pig
Heard from Aliyah just nowEveryone out of the way, I need to dress the pig…now it’s your turn bald man and alien who is purple …what?! do you want to be naked and ugly for the rest of your life?…ok, I’m finished with you, move off the stage…ooooofffff. theeeeee. staaaaaage.…Thank you.…now, I’m going to give you this hat and you will love it ...
Beauty and the New Lego Line For Girls »...
The company is framing their new line for girls with “science.” Executives are going to great lengths to explain that the line is based on research, using anthropologists who spent time with girls in their homes. The frame gives the company an excuse for reproducing the same old gender stereotypes that we see throughout our culture. They can shrug their shoulders and say, “Well, what are we to...
December 2011
13 posts
The Best Homemade Playdough Recipe EVER « Robin's...
The Best Homemade Playdough Recipe EVER Posted in Days of my life at 12:23 PM by Robin You gotta love the life of a stay-at-home mom. Sometimes there is time–too much time–for introspection and reflection on the deeper things of life, and there is time to write long, deep-thinking posts about these things. Other times, all you can think about is “What can I do to keep these kids busy...
Print Tub And Shower Magic Recipe - Food.com -...
Tub and Shower Magic By Bobbin on August 04, 2010 Photo by gailanng 15 Reviews Prep Time: 5 mins Total Time: 5 mins Serves: 1, Yield: 3 ...
Video - some girls like princesses, some girls...
via cnn.com This has been shared a lot lately, I finally got a chance to see it. WAY TO GO GIRLFRIEND! Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Sometimes I just have to gush
Sometimes I just have to gush I have a good man who works hard at being a husband and father and while not perfect, is the best I could ever hope for. As we near the end of 2011, a difficult year in many ways, I am thankful for my amazing, wonderful and incredibly handsome husband, David. via checkthis.com Posted via email from It’s...
People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Over...
Over Achieving Elf on the Shelf Mommies By now we have all heard of the adorable little Elf on the Shelf. Almost everyone I know has one. Some people even have two! (Now I’m having guilt for not having two, because apparently I need two because when my kids are adults they’ll each want one from their childhood. Ugh. Not looking forward to that conversation with the Hubs when...
Christmas 2011
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hope wish prayer flags
via futurecraftcollective.com My girls’ hopes this solstice include world peace, homes for the homeless, food for the hungry….and flying cars. I think it’s safe to say that my hopes of more whimsy and caring children have already been realized. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Nutcracker 2011 backstage
Shayel was a party girl and Aliyah was a peppermint. They have 2 more shows tomorrow. See the full gallery on Posterous Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
accents are fun
I did an around the world accent tour for my kids tonight. They found my Scottish, Welsh and French accents particularly hilarious. I also got the honor of being “funnier than daddy tonight”…high praise, let me tell you. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Aliyah - "maybe we put stuff in stockings for...
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color and organization! My 6 year old's idea of a...
This is a good time to Aliyah. She spent a good 30 minutes at least organizing all the crayons, markers, pens and colored pencils on the living room floor. See the full gallery on Posterous Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
» Fauxgress Watch: “Born This Way” Social Justice...
We don’t need to justify ourselves to anyone. We don’t need a reason to be queer. Maybe we were born this way, maybe we weren’t. Maybe sexuality is fluid for some people and not for others. It’s totally irrelevant either way. The message we need to send to heterosexists is not that our sexuality was foisted upon us and that they should be “tolerant” and “understanding”. The message is: our...
Can positive thinking make you well?
read it here cnn.com Very interesting article. I especially liked these points: > The real point isn’t to rescue a dying patient but to maintain wellness. > Genes are dynamic, not fixed… there is no harm in assuming that your mind affects your genes, because there is abundant evidence to support this attitude.(knowing you have a genetic predisposition to something can set...
Introvert advantages
http://hiddengiftsoftheintrovertedchild.com/being-an-introvert/ Top 10 Advantages Introverts Possess: 10) Work Well With Others, Especially In One-to-One Relationships 9) Maintain Long-Term Friendships 8) Flexible 7) Independent 6) Strong Ability To Concentrate 5) Self-Reflective 4) Responsible 3) Creative, Out-of-the-Box thinking 2) Analytical Skills That Integrate Complexity 1) Studious and...
November 2011
16 posts
spiced coffee
From the December 2011 issue of Health MagazineGoes perfectly with these scones http://www.recipegirl.com/2011/10/27/starbucks-pumpkin-scones/ which can easily be made vegan by making the appropriate substitutions (I use coconut milk instead of the cream) * Serves 4-6** mix 10 T ground coffee with 1 t cinnamon and 1/4 t nutmeg in coffee filterbrew with 6 cups waterin a glass...
pot, meet kettle
Shayel: Mom, how do you spell ‘spelled’?Me: s-p-e-l-l-e-d, why?Shayel: Because this girl online spelled something wrong and I’m going to tell her.*snort Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
"the word bread is soft and smooshy, the word...
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Detroit prayer event puts Muslim community on edge...
DETROIT (AP) — A group that counts Islam among the ills facing the nation began a 24-hour prayer rally Friday evening in an area with one of the largest Muslim communities in the United States. The gathering at Ford Field, the stadium where the Detroit Lions play, is designed to tackle issues such as the economy, racial strife, same-sex relationships and abortion. But the decade-old organization...
Jungle Book warmups
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Jungle Book Performance
What a day!Yesterday (Friday, Novemeber 10) I picked Shayel up from school at about 2:00 and got her makeup and hair done. Then we headed over to the Lincoln Center to prepare for her performance in the Jungle Book. When we arrived she got fitted for her costume, participated in dress rehearsal, watched the State Street Ballet principles in “class”/warmups, watched chunks of the show,...
Should Babies Co-Sleep With Their Parents? : 13.7:...
Applied anthropology teaches us, then, that with an aware, motivated, and engaged adult as part of the pair, bed-sharing may be quite safe. Flat recommendations on where infants should sleep are far less helpful to new parents — and their children — than are careful contextual analyses of this sort.read it all herenpr.org This is a good balanced perspective on this often contentious issue....
Aliyah - "it's sad that there are people here who...
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Story of Broke « The Story of Stuff Project
via storyofstuff.com I love the story of stuff project. Watch. Learn. Do something about it. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Rory...
And yet, as the series has progressed, and he gets over his jealousy of the Doctor and starts dying a few times, what we’re seeing more and more is the Rory that provides the moral core to the Doctor’s hyperenergised flip-floppery. Once we got past silly Rory, all of the different versions of him that appear – Roman Rory, Army Rory – come from the same line of gritty, committed men, who take no...
Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms...
via ted.com This is so important. I don’t think very many people truly understand how key this information is to understand. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
How Everything Goes to Hell During a Zombie...
read it here theoatmeal.com This is how I fully expect it to go down. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
I swear to God this is what they must be doing -...
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Spectrauma (2011) Premier
via spectrauma.com David has a small role in this film which will be premiering in Denver soon. AMC Westminster Promenade 24 10655 Westminster Blvd. Westminster, CO 80020 Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 7:00 PM (MT) Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
halloween 2011
Shayel was a vampire scientist, Aliyah was a bunny fairy witch (a bunny who was also a witch and a fairy) - mash-ups from their own imaginations. See the full gallery on Posterous Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
nerd mix
David and I created nerd playlists tonight…cuz…well…it’s kind of self explanatory ;)Here’s mine, in no particular order Why Does the Sun Really Shine? - They Might Be GiantsWhy Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) - They Might Be GiantsBig Bang Theory Theme - Barenaked Ladies Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (II): O Fortuna Star Trek...
We have been eating trailmix w/ chocolate chips,...
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October 2011
13 posts
The Paleo-Diet: Not The Way To A Healthy Future :...
In short, there was no single hunter-gatherer foraging strategy, and genes no more “designed” our eating behavior than they designed our language or our ways of relating between the genders.read it all here npr.org The bottom line about human diet, I believe, is the same as with all human choices. We have great power to create and destroy and with that power comes the responsibility...
'Shame,' Sex And Violence: Can We Reclaim The...
via npr.org What no one ever seems to talk about is the importance of this issue as it relates to the effect content has on the actors and the actors’ families. It’s exhausting even trying to care anymore. Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Occupy Wallstreet as observed by Lemony Snicket
by Lemony Snicket Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance 1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald. 2. “Fortune” is a word for...
Occupy Wall Street: Why Baby Boomers Don't...
What the Clueless Generation finds difficult to comprehend is that literally millions of highly educated and hardworking young Americans—people who followed all the rules and did everything we told them to do—are either severely underemployed or have no jobs of any kind. Meanwhile, they struggle with the massive educational debts they incurred after the baby boomers decided that access to the...
aspen 2011 photos set 2
We were alone in the stupa so we were able to get some neat photos without worrying about being disruptive. See the full gallery on Posterous Posted via email from It’s Stochastic! | Comment »
Family photos in the aspens 2011
Our annual trip - this will most likely be our last…for a very long time anyway…since we’re moving to Vancouver BC in the spring of 2012. We’ll have a whole new backdrop next year.What a fun day! Complete with an impromptu trip to the Shambala Mountain Center and the Great Stupa. See the full gallery on Posterous Posted via email from...
creative work and pay
This has come up quite a bit in our family since David and I are both “creative types” (but in different fields) and are both trying to make at least a part-time living at it.This is how I look at the issue of “giving away” creative services or end products. Most people can’t fix cars. They don’t have the training or even the natural talent for understanding...