Halloween is the safest holiday of the year, but it is the day that we test-drive new parental phobias.
I just discovered this blog via Atrios's link for a discussion of age limits for independent train travel. Lenore Skenazy has apparently written a book about how we should let our kids run around a lot more, and now she has a blog about it. It ( Read more... )

Orson Scott Card is alarmed at family participation in Halloween, and most of all, at the appearance of Big Scary Teenagers at his door Begging for Candy ( Read more... )

1700+ words (I'm gong to round down). Reason for stopping: needed a nap and to reconsider next bit. My rate: 1K/hour (which I thought would be the case ( Read more... )

So I went to order my absentee ballot and ended up voting on the spot. I felt a little torn -- on the one hand, if I tried out the touchscreen I might be able to help people with it next Tuesday. On the other hand, ick. I voted paper ( Read more... )

The buses rolled again last week. They signed a "compromise" contract and the Metro -- which says it did not lose money during the strike despite the fact they were paying everybody but the drivers (probably because the University, which provides the greatest ridership, also pays up front from student fees)-- has offered a free ride day to get ( Read more... )

Well, there's been precipitation. The ground is wet every morning. But for it to be rain, there has to be .2 inch of measurable rain in a single event ( Read more... )