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BOOK LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT!
If you open an early American historical ledger, you will witness a quiet, bureaucratic violence. On the yellowed pages of parish registers, military rolls, and census tracts, the names of ordinary people undergo a strange, unsettling metamorphosis. A proud Scottish surname is flattened by an English soldier’s hurried quill. A French-Canadian patronym is chopped and […]
I was not sleeping on my summer vacation…
Check this blog space later tonight (or morning, depending on where you are) for an important, dare I say, historical announcement! Doki doki. Waku waku. (I was definitely not sleeping much over the past three weeks, and my calloused fingers and discolored laptop keyboard are the proof…)
Hibernating through space: An old idea, finally possible?
The key would be whether this is possible in humans. And, of course, whether revival can be timed and automated – or perhaps with robotic (AI) assistance… Of course, science fiction has posited “sleeper ships” for decades now. The Songs of Distant Earth (Arthur C. Clarke, one of the “Big Three”) is probably the most […]
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Tag Archives: child education
End of an Era: Goodbye, Nursery School
And so it begins. The end of the start of the rest of my children’s childhood. By which I mean our youngest daughter graduated from nursery school / kindergarten. Thinking back, we’ve been coming to our local nursery school every … Continue reading
“Dutch backpacks” in Japan
It’s the end of February, and our oldest daughter is nearing the end of her nursery school experience. What a ride it’s been. Now she and her classmates are learning the “goodbye, our nursery school,” song which they will sing … Continue reading
Summer Festival: Beat your own drum!
Four months ago, we gave away our long-used/abused baby barriers. Yesterday, we helped our children celebrate their nursery school’s summer festival. Time flies… Once again, my wife volunteered to be a member of the Ai-go-kai (愛護会, literally “love protection association,” … Continue reading
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