Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Age segregation
Paul Musgrave has a thoughtful and heartening post on the harms of age segregation in industrial society, and the corresponding benefits of regular interaction between adults and children. It was a great post to read on a day when (as my other posts attest), I was indulging my unruly streak of negativity. I need to do better about keeping that streak in check.
At Duke Divinity School, Amy Laura Hall is doing some great thinking and writing about how we conceive of conception and parenthood. A perfect example is her interesting review [PDF] of the recent movie, Cheaper by the Dozen.
The post was also timely for me because my wife and I are currently enjoying a visit from my sister-in-law's family and our wonderful nephew and niece. One of the added benefits of having a niece, I discovered today, is that it keeps you up-dated on the latest collectible toy craze. Apparently, it's Mighty Beanz. The official website tells you more than you ever wanted to know about them, and includes a truly bizarre Flash movie about where the Beanz supposedly came from. It vaguely resembles how an anime artist might depict the theory of Cosmic Ancestry.
At Duke Divinity School, Amy Laura Hall is doing some great thinking and writing about how we conceive of conception and parenthood. A perfect example is her interesting review [PDF] of the recent movie, Cheaper by the Dozen.
The post was also timely for me because my wife and I are currently enjoying a visit from my sister-in-law's family and our wonderful nephew and niece. One of the added benefits of having a niece, I discovered today, is that it keeps you up-dated on the latest collectible toy craze. Apparently, it's Mighty Beanz. The official website tells you more than you ever wanted to know about them, and includes a truly bizarre Flash movie about where the Beanz supposedly came from. It vaguely resembles how an anime artist might depict the theory of Cosmic Ancestry.
Improvised @ 10:55 PM 
