Coming attractions

Ellyn found out yesterday that she will have her second surgery on June 1st. She seemed pretty happy about it, although it will mean more pain. It will also mean the end of colostomy bags.

Turkey!

Ain't it the truth?

Under the Knife Again

Ellyn is having another surgery this morning. Her knee surgery, which was originally schedule for January, has been postponed until now. This is very minor surgery and she should be up and around in just a few days.

Big Changes

So there are some big changes happening in our family. Brian just got a new job after being unemployeed for a few months. He started yesterday for Athenahealth in Watertown, MA, closer to his apartment than the other job at TV Guide was. Atenahealth (yep, one word) writes computer programs to help doctors bill to insurance and medicare.

Logan has found a new job in Southborough, MA, at Texterity. They publish online magazines. He needs this new job because in May, Maureen graduates from UConn Medical School and starts her residency at Boston Medical Center.

Additionally, Logan told us today that he and Maureen have put an offer in on a condominium in Boston. Pretty exciting stuff.

Spring is springing!

Spring is springing!
Originally uploaded by GeoffNascar.

I took this picture this morning when I saw these cute little 1 inch sprouts coming up near our garage door. I love spring!

Political cartoons

I like to read them as well as the "funnies", both ones created by the "liberal" cartoonists and by the "conservative" cartoonists. So this one by Chuck Assay, who falls into the middle somewhere, I think, caught my eye.



Now, I believe I know what he is trying to say, how education used to be about getting out and working and was much simpler, but I think he missed the final point about "going home to live with the parents". His final panel, instead of being about education being about more than just the 3-Rs, should have been about the output, into a world of immense national deficits, Iraqi war, and increasing energy "costs" should have been the point.

Also, he missed the fact that many of the things he shows as being taught in today's schools are now being set aside, including science, geography and history (doomed to repeat?) for the original 3-Rs so that children can pass the national testing requirments of the ridculous "no child left behind" policy.