There is a debilitating stomach virus going around, which forced not just the cancellation of a meeting today but more important has knocked Skye out of commission.

So, it fell to me to take the agi to get yet more immunization shots today. We had fun walking around in the frigid morning, it was like being back in the Midwest...

Lark was of course a big hit in the hospital, even though there were roughly a million other ridiculously cute little babies around. It was the usual, cell phone camera pictures, cheek pinching, much clucking. I guess it was something of a novelty to have me there with her, there were not a whole lot of men with babies in the waiting areas.

Some things are still pretty, um, traditional, even in this incredibly beautiful modern hospital. The doctor said to me that I am a good father. I said "yes, but I don't have to wake up all night to feed her," to which he replied: 'Well, that's not your job. That's a woman's job."

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

CHAOS WASHING MACHINES

My apartment comes with a washing machine called, imposingly, a Goldstar Chaos Hi Tech Washing Machine. I thought it was a dryer too but that doesn't seem to be the case. Korean apartments have these alleys between the living areas and the outside wall in which clothes are dried. There are sliding doors between the apartment and the alley, and large windows between the bedrooms and the alley. I thought I wouldn't have to use it but if the washing machine is also a "hi tech" drier I sure can't find the right combination of buttons. Not that I haven't looked. I tried to decipher everything with the help of my dictionary and limited knowledge of the hangul alphabet (which includes only a dim understanding of the actual letter order--still working on that). The word pronounced (I think) "saw" is a simple two letter word. But according to my dictionary, it means, "a cow, a bull, an ox" or "dressing, stuffing," "little, few,
Read more
Image
In case you didn't see that county map indicating increased Republican voting between 2004 and 2008 before they took it off of the NYTimes page, here is an image of it: This is a fascinating document that I think will be the focus of many studies. Explaining increases only in these areas in the entire country could be very instructive. Andrew Sullivan notes dryly: "Ah, yes, Appalachia and Arkansas. Obviously concerned about marginal tax rates for those earning over $250,000 a year, I suppose."
Read more
Image
Americans don't get riled up to protest. Give away billions in taxpayer money to financial fatcats with no accountability--no worries. Refuse to punish war criminal torturers--no problem. The battle cry is...moo. Koreans, on the other hand, live in a vibrant democracy and their political action is a bit more direct. Here is a striking photo of union protesters in Daejeon using sharpened bamboo spears to attack riot police. (an article about the current state of rioting in Korea, quoting a Sogang professor, is here )
Read more