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Bringer of Light, Chapter 36: Transit, Luna to Ceres
What has gone on before: The Artemis asteroid mining ship crew and Weng, architect turned water reclamation plant engineer and part-time politician, have arrived to train the afflicted United Mars Colonies residents how to cope with their condition. Meanwhile, retired Captain Sergey Bardish suffered a stroke as he and Elodie Gagnon fled the fighting on […]
Onward and upward, Excelsior!
Just passed 200 followers on WordPress. Thank you, everyone! I know I should be posting a whole lot more often than I have. There are LOADS of new science articles and events happening recently, so I’ll see if I can get caught up over the next couple of weeks. Plus a new chapter of Bringer […]
We could live together / crystals on the Moon…
I should be posting another chapter from Bringer of Light, but I don’t feel like writing that right now, what with a humongoid typhoon slowing churning its way here. So here’s an article about what Chinese scientists found in Moon dirt. Also H3. Yay. Let’s make fusion reactors and walk on the Moon together…
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Category Archives: colleague reactions
Paternity Leave: A few thoughts after the fact
I haven’t written on this blog in two years for a very good reason: I didn’t take a child care leave for my second child. From April 2010 to March 2011 I took a one year of child care leave … Continue reading
Family Day? Not in Japan
One of the problems with maintaining a blog about child raising is that the child-raising itself takes so much time that thee is little time to blog about it. If I thought I had little to,e last year while on … Continue reading
Posted in colleague reactions, family outings, Japan, parenting, work
Tagged child care, child-raising, fatherhood, Japan, Japanese, parental leave, Paternity leave, work, workplace hostility
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Year 2: Colleague Reactions
Just over 5 months ago, my year-long child care leave ended and I went back to work. Since then, I haven’t posted on this blog for a very good reason: I was insanely busy. Of course, not too busy to … Continue reading
Posted in colleague reactions, gender roles, Japan, parenting, Paternity leave
Tagged child-raising, family leave, fatherhood, Japan, Japanese, parental leave, Paternity leave, work, workplace hostility
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