I thought this video was a good visual explanation of the complicated financial crisis. The first few minutes are horribly boring but necessary to set up the chain of events that blew up. It’s a good plain-English explanation but a depressing reality when you finally get to the end. The Crisis of Credit Visualized from [...]
Earlier tonight I took Maegan to a “Princess Dance” at her elementary school and she had a blast. 99% girls (why would a boy go to something called a Princess Dance) so Maegan spent the whole time dancing with her friends from school. I spent most of the time looking for good photo opportunities but [...]
Darah (21 months old) loves to be read to but Patty and I haven’t tried to teach her the alphabet yet. But we were surprised to learn that she knows about half the alphabet already. Darah’s not in childcare so we can only guess that she’s been learning her letters from Sesame Street videos.
Friday it was literally freezing. Today it was 75 degrees, so we went to the playground at Walter Y. Elisha Park in Fort Mill, South Carolina. It was packed with families visiting the park for the first time all year. Darah had a blast and loves slides. But we found that Maegan’s reached the age [...]
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My sister Amy has met and had her photo taken with many prominent Washingington politicians. In college she met the first female Vice Presidential candidate, Geraldine Ferraro. Later, she worked for the U.S. Senator from Connecticut, Chris Dodd and was involved with the writing of some legislation he sponsored. Ever since then (living in Washington) [...]