It took a month to happen for Amber. That was two years ago. I had to wait 2 years and 2 months for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to do what was just a printing job. During those two years, I had to visit the INS/USCIS 5 times, instead of the one visit… Continue reading USCIS Efficiency
My Surprise Baby Shower
I was really surprised to have one. Baby shower seems like a big pregnancy thing in the US. When we started our baby registry at Babies R Us, the lady asked Zack if he needed shower invitation cards and hesitently he said No…Yes…may be… So she gave us 50 free cards which are useless for… Continue reading My Surprise Baby Shower
Spider-Man 2, Fahrenheit 9/11 and More
Spider-Man 2 is the absolute greatest superhero movie. Spiderman was my favorite superhero as a kid and the two Spiderman movies capture the idea very well. I recommend it highly. Unqualified Offerings has quite a few posts about the movie, with his thoughts as well as links to other blogger reviews. I must warn you… Continue reading Spider-Man 2, Fahrenheit 9/11 and More
Ethical Philosophy Selector
Here are my results for the quiz. John Stuart Mill (100%) Kant (100%) Prescriptivism (87%) Stoics (87%) Ayn Rand (80%) Aquinas (77%) Aristotle (75%) Spinoza (75%) Jean-Paul Sartre (72%) Jeremy Bentham (67%) Epicureans (64%) Ockham (48%) Nietzsche (46%) David Hume (43%) Thomas Hobbes (40%) Cynics (35%) Plato (33%) Nel Noddings (29%) St. Augustine (20%) Via… Continue reading Ethical Philosophy Selector
Pikes Peak
Here are some photographs from my drive up to the summit of Pikes Peak. The weather at the summit was quite cold and windy (for June at least) and there was a definite lack of oxygen. I think next time I am going to try to hike instead of driving up. There is also a… Continue reading Pikes Peak
Buying Baby Stuff
What better way to start shopping for our baby than to buy new bedroom furniture for ourselves? It makes the expense of the baby’s things trivial by comparison and postpones the day when you can buy stuff for the baby by throwing a wrench in your finances. Looking at a Babies R Us list of… Continue reading Buying Baby Stuff
Pattern Recognition
Being a DSP nerd, when I first heard of William Gibson’s science fiction novel Pattern Recognition, I thought of Pattern Classification by Duda, Hart and Stork. William Gibson has a peculiar writing style. I liked it a lot in Neuromancer and it made me read Pattern Recognition in a couple of sessions as well. What… Continue reading Pattern Recognition
Bruised Pakistanis
I was just minding my own business and making plans to go home to Jersey for the long weekend when I heard Pakistanis were under suspicion. The US Department of Homeland Security has alerted six major airports in the United States to carefully monitor all travellers of Pakistani origin, including US citizens. How exactly can… Continue reading Bruised Pakistanis
Doctor or Midwife?
We had been seeing a doctor but the question came up some time ago whether we would like to see a midwife, associated with the doctor’s office, instead and have the baby delivered by the midwife. So, we scheduled our next appointment with the midwife. Talking to the midwife and some friends, it seems that… Continue reading Doctor or Midwife?
2nd Blogiversary
I started this weblog 2 years ago with a test post on Blogger. However, I didn’t update regularly until November 2002 starting with a photograph of Allatoona Lake. Things have changed quite a lot in the last two years. From an average of 20-30 visits per day, hits have increased to about 450 visits. I… Continue reading 2nd Blogiversary