Archive for February, 2007
goodbye, downtown
Yesterday was my last day working in the Loop. I packed up my office and looked one last time at the Sears Tower, then went with my friends to a play at the Goodman. When I first started working down there about a year ago, I was initially a little annoyed that there were so […]
Posted by Marie on February 8th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »the impact of how I relate something
My friend Theresa is working on a PhD thesis that, briefly described, has to do with how students incorporate science into their brains, how they learn about it, and how they talk about it. In the process of her trying to describe this concept to me, we talked about the different ways that people can […]
Posted by Marie on February 6th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »Lincoln, liberty and the curtailing of liberty
I’m almost done with this Lincoln book, I promise. I have read a few other books in between — I think that’s why it seems I’ve been reading it forever.
Lincoln was the Great Emancipator. One could argue that he firmly believed in right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all of his […]
passion and reason
Lincoln was not what one would typically describe as a passionate man. He made decisions based on long thought out reason and higher goals, and was able to withstand criticism of his decisions very calmly. One of his cabinet members, Secretary of the Treasury Chase, was almost completely opposite — he would get himself all worked up […]
Posted by Marie on February 4th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »wow. I love this.
http://chir.ag/phernalia/preztags/
Move the slider to see the tag cloud of all of the presidents (past and present) presidential speeches. The more they use the word the more they focus on it.
happy groundhog day
A while ago I thought about renaming my blog to something new. Hameno is like my alternate identity but nobody really knows what it means. The two names I had been thinking of were “Everyday Eternity” and “Practicing for Life”. Both are related to my obsession with the Groundhog Day movie. Which of course I […]
Posted by Marie on February 2nd, 2007 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »my old friend
I’m in Boston this week for work, and have been quite busy at night (sorry for not posting). I’ve seen a few former coworkers this week, one of which was Susan M. Susan used to be our training manager, and left the company about three years ago. She has two grandchildren now, and a few […]
Posted by Marie on February 1st, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »
- updated photos on flickr
- ceiling fan, and baby exercises
- baby competition
- z’s first concert
- yay obama
- my lame halloween costume
- Our little social … human
- I guess time really is money
- starting and stopping work
- talking about breasts
- fresh out of the oven
- my life as a stay-at-home mom
- updated pictures on flickr
- but I do believe in miracles
- our little o negative baby
- blamers and the nuclear family
- his feet look like mine
- pictures on flickr
- new baby in the house
- We just joined the “buy more sh&t” club
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