http://serendipity.vox.com/library/posts/2008/page/1/ (AKA: without a plan, winging it, or just plain stumbling around) en Vox Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:30:42 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/our-tree-is-up.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/our-tree-is-up.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/our-tree-is-up.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:30:42 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0109d0f37f9f000f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0109d0f37f9f000f-50si" alt="A serpent in a fir tree" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Twelve crocheted snowflakes Eleven glass icicles Ten wire snowballs Nine hand-blown ornaments Eight made by children Seven little angels Six disney characters FIVE GILDED LEAVES! Four strings of lights Three gold horns Two Tiny doves And <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/our-tree-is-up.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece01098153a989000d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas tree juju was here http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/thoughts-on-a-train.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/thoughts-on-a-train.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/thoughts-on-a-train.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:54:02 -0800 With my new hours the family is on a different morning schedule. Before, I was driving the kids to school in the morning, which I love to do but which would result in a two-hour commute. Now we all jump in the car together, they drop me at the tr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/thoughts-on-a-train.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0109814f9da5000d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> train free ticket morning commute http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/assimilated.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/assimilated.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/assimilated.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:30:37 -0800 I'm eotimg this from my new iPhone. As you can aee I'm aril getting used to the keypad. I'm Alsop using blogit which I thimk means my nerd trannsformation is zxomplete. Resistance is futile <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/assimilated.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0109810f4fdc000c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/before-the-shrinkwrap.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/before-the-shrinkwrap.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/before-the-shrinkwrap.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:50:20 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0109810ebb8d000c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0109810ebb8d000c-50si" alt="I thought about saying &quot;which one is the turkey?&quot; but that would be mean" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I love the perspective here. It looks like the turkey is bigger than Angelo (it's not). <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/before-the-shrinkwrap.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0109814e7f08000d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> thanksgiving forge wild turkey angelo 30lbs http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/bay-bridge-to-nowhere.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/bay-bridge-to-nowhere.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/bay-bridge-to-nowhere.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:26:08 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0109d0eaf586000f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0109d0eaf586000f-50si" alt="sf fog" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/bay-bridge-to-nowhere.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0109810cb4f0000c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> sf bay bridge fog http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/cassandre-tells-a-joke-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/cassandre-tells-a-joke-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/cassandre-tells-a-joke-1.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:35:42 -0700 George Washington, George Bush and Abraham Lincoln are on top of the Empire State Building. George Washington says "I'm going to do a good deed to the world" and throws a thousand dollars off the building. George Bush says "Ha! I'm going to do ev... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/cassandre-tells-a-joke-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece010980b1f316000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> money bush joke presidents empire state building http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/fun-with-numbers.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/fun-with-numbers.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/fun-with-numbers.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:51:47 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fae8e72c37000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fae8e72c37000b-50si" alt="Loud does not equal listened to" /></a> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0100a803c45c000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0100a803c45c000e-50si" alt="updated for mark" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Xavier makes me listen to Fox all the time, saying "we have to know what they are thinking." He just got back from Montana where, assuming he was a "forinor" people told him all kinds of things about Obama being Muslim, Acorn causing the economi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/fun-with-numbers.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0100a8039b9f000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cnn fox loud megaphone montana obama mccain http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-cant-get-enough.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-cant-get-enough.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-cant-get-enough.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:07:38 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fa969f1d6a0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fa969f1d6a0003-50si" alt="Cover of this week&#39;s New Yorker " /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Couric: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that? Sarah Palin: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and, on our other side, the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-cant-get-enough.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0100a7ff805f000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> new yorker palin couric thanks scott http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/opting-out.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/opting-out.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/opting-out.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:55:06 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/video/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fad6adf1050005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fad6adf1050005-50si" alt="Bill Maher and Paul Krugman &quot;We Need Better Government&quot;" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I know that some people are finding it hard to decide who to vote for in November. I'm not sure why, since the choices seem so clear to me, but I hear and see the hesitancy around me and I've heard too many people say that they are just going to s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/opting-out.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fae8e05187000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vote politics election 2008 palin obama krugman mccain http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/attack-of-the-shiny-object.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/attack-of-the-shiny-object.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/attack-of-the-shiny-object.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:00:25 -0700 I often use the term "shiny object" to describe situations in which I willingly - sometimes gratefully - allow myself to be distracted from the thing I'm supposed to be thinking about but don't because it’s too hard, too serious or too important... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/attack-of-the-shiny-object.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fa969abf4f0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics election motherhood palin obama mccain shiny object