Side Notes and Detours

"He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes." Proverbs 13:24 Now that I have small ch...

I Am A: True Neutral Half-Elf Bard (5th Level) Ability Scores: Strength- 12 Dexterity- 12 Constitution- 13 Intelligence- 14 Wisdom- 1...

The Iowa Supreme Court has a couple of new cases up today. IOWA SUPREME COURT ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY BOARD vs. ERIC K. PARRISH is a typical ...

Toldja so.

Read this article today: Researchers at the University of Florida have found that dogs have the intelligence of a 2-year-old. They are cap...

For a time in my career, I worked in-house for an insurance company. One part of my job was to supervise cases in litigation against our in...

I notice I said "boys" but hadn't introduced the younger. Here's Nicholas:

A flippin' headset for my cell . Will it work with a Samsung Android? Amazon seems to think so.

Bravo to this article : STIs are not different than other diseases; the only difference is political, not biological. HPV in particular is...

Being an attorney in Iowa, I have a bit of a vested interest in how our state legal system is run.  I've been both criminal prosecutor a...

Point #1: There is no evidence that the rabid, violent, political speech of any party caused the Arizona shootings, even if the shooter did...

Awesomeness via XKCD . 

Target is making fun of homemade Halloween costumes . Way to alienate your customer base! We're not going out trick-or-treating, sinc...

I was going to embed the very humorous ad Christine O'Donnell put out denying her alleged witchery . But hell with it, I'm skipping...

Yesterday we got another political flyer on our door, this time "comparing" the Republican and Democratic candidates for the sta...

Why, oh why, do people believe that their religious views have any bearing whatsoever on what our civil code should encompass? Why do they f...

Yard signs cropping up everywhere, politicians dominating the news cycle - it's that time again.  While I haven't actually been post...

Somebody is six months old today. We celebrated by going to our very first Kindermusik class and having his very first popsicle for desser...

via XKCD .  I'm thinking it's a hint.

Kris is busy and their new baby needs rocking. Oh my! Kris' baby was born just 6 weeks ago. He is crying, crabby, and will get very loud...

Just for fun, I entered Christopher in the America's Cutest Last-Minute Tax Deduction contest . He is now apparently a finalist (one of ...

Here's my latest project - a collaboration that took many month's work - enjoying his first visit from Santa yesterday. Christopher...

Last night in our final baby class , they passed out these Cabbage Patch Kids while we watched a video on swaddling. It came time for the b...

Instructor (for the umpteen gagillionth time): Okay! Here comes another contraction! Me (not very quietly): Shoot it!!

I understand that pregnancy can make you tired. I understand that pregnancy can make you frenetically wired to get the house in order. Wha...

The instructor is summarizing the relaxation and massage techniques we've reviewed during the session, and how they apply to labor and d...

The pre-birth class I've had to sign up for has us doing this "baby dance" thing, which supposedly helps shake the kid down (?...

While I'm sitting at home with this stupid bug, I thought I'd be productive and work up a tentative birth plan. Then I found a bett...

So, I've done a bunch of research on flu vaccines recommended for pregnancy, since I definitely want to get one. I already feel like I ...

(Blog Post) According to the website Think Progress, Chuck Grassley has stated that "I base my decisions not on polls but on town meeti...

(Blog Post) Going Vegan causes women to lose their bellybuttons!! Geez, guys, couldya lay off the Photoshop? There's gotta be a support...

" Investors Business Daily ", ran an editorial, on July 31, 2009, regurgitating several erroneous statements regarding the suppose...

I've really been trying not to politi-blog. Basically, being preggo means that whenever I get tense, I get an incredible stomach ache. ...