I woke up at 5:30 am worried about  video tapes that have never been transfered to DVDs
Tonight after dinner, I wanted to upload a photo of myself to go with my bio for the syndicated blog that I am behind on because I got distracted by the PR for the clown show that opens tomorrow.
It’s [...]

I stopped by the registrar’s office on campus today and orderd copies of my transcripts.  I intend to apply to be a substitute teacher for the New York City public schools.  My Kid is dubious.

My Kid and her Girl Cousin have just run in the front door with their dolls;
“They’re spraying a house and the lawn of the church.  We had to run all the way to get away from the bad smell!  We held our breath!”  They are perhaps a little too aware of environmental toxins. 
 
They’ve had a [...]

Saturday 8/8/09
 
Last Day
Up and awake and watching Discovery Network Shark Week.  The clock is ticking.  Today is our last day together in Seattle.  Tomorrow The Husband returns to work in New York City and My Kid and I continue on to two weeks with My Parents in Montana.  Last year the husband was able to [...]

Our home is not large.  Rain is pouring outside.   My daughter has a friend over and she has decided she would like to play in the front living-dining-media-play-room part of the apartment.  So I am relegated to the back bedroom half of the apartment which is fine with me.  I’m listening NPR and writing [...]

I suppose the grandparents want to know how the little princess spent her birthday.  And incidentally she loves what you sent!
It is so easy to produce an extravagant birthday in New York City. 
There was one scheduled event requiring the watching of clocks and hoping the trains ran on time.  We attended a matinee of the [...]

Yes, the New York clown community has its own awards show. Flying under the radar at the Krane Theatre on the Lower East Side, last night, individuals in street clothes, were publicly acknowledged for their contributions to the art form of clown.
Before and after the show there was socializing at Phoebe’s bar on Bowery [...]

We had a lively audience of people who were less than 3 feet tall. The Husband and My Kid were there and our friends with their 3-year-old and 6-month old. The performance felt a lot different today with so many little ones participating. Nobody really cares what we do when there are [...]

Yesterday after the matinee, I decided to walk across Central Park and go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by myself (instead of meeting up with The Husband and My Kid to see the new movie “Bolt” with the voice of Miley Cyrus.  My Kid needs to see it opening weekend.  Me I can wait…) [...]

From the Wikipedia entry on the topic of “Recession” and where I was at the time:
According to economists,[39] since 1854, the U.S.A. has encountered 32 cycles of expansions and contractions, with an average of 17 months of contraction and 38 months of expansion. However, since 1980 there have been only eight periods of negative economic [...]