http://serendipity.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ (AKA: without a plan, winging it, or just plain stumbling around) en Vox Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:34:39 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/staying-alive-to-bite-the-dust.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/staying-alive-to-bite-the-dust.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/staying-alive-to-bite-the-dust.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:34:39 -0700 I read an interesting article about a woman who went hiking with her husband in the woods not too long ago. He had a heart attack on the trail, far from help, and she remembered a public service announcement that advised her to do CPR in time to ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/staying-alive-to-bite-the-dust.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110184785ae860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> doctors cpr 100 beats per minute http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/its-not-easy-being-green.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/its-not-easy-being-green.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/its-not-easy-being-green.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:39:10 -0700 Back in the day, we saved our cans and newspapers and took them to the official recycling center. That place was never close to home and piles of recyclables would stack up, waiting and dripping and decomposing until there was "enough" to justify... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/its-not-easy-being-green.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece01101626b55d860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> recycling trash composting no good deed goes unpunished http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-call-me-david-blaine.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-call-me-david-blaine.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-call-me-david-blaine.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:50:13 -0700 Scene: Juju and I, waiting for Cassandre to get her rubber bands replaced at the orthodontist. Juju "What number am I thinking of?" Me, looking at her fingers "Four." Juju "Grrrr! Okay what color am I thinking of?" Me, remembering the red shirt ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-call-me-david-blaine.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece011017e1235b860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> orthodontist juju david blaine guessing games http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/becoming-a-waterbaby-maybe.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/becoming-a-waterbaby-maybe.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/becoming-a-waterbaby-maybe.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:50:33 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110161e9e2f860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110161e9e2f860b-50si" alt="Is she doing what I think she&#39;s doing?" /></a> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110166380c3860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110166380c3860c-50si" alt="She&#39;s blowing bubbles!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Juju, as you may have realized, is somewhat of a daredevil. She loves to slide down banisters, jump speed bumps on her scooter and is trying her best to climb trees. It won't be long before she's tall enough to reach those lower branches herself,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/becoming-a-waterbaby-maybe.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110169e58b4860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> juju teacher swimming katie lessons http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/strappy-sandals.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/strappy-sandals.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/strappy-sandals.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:52:47 -0700 She wants me to go with her to the ladies room. We don't hold hands and she walks ahead of me, but she is not quite ready to go to a strange bathroom by herself. She still wants her mama. We enter the stalls side by side. Now eleven, she is too ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/strappy-sandals.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110161a1d96860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cassandre shoes growing up sandals http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/up.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/up.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/up.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 30 May 2009 21:56:42 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110182e2adb860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110182e2adb860f-50si" alt="Outta here" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Dear Disney, I realize that it's hard to get past 60 years of tradition but really, do you HAVE to kill the mother figure in every freaking movie you make? From Snow White to Bambi, to Ariel and Nemo it's been generation after generation of matr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/up.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece011017cf2a73860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> disney up ed asner matricide http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/be-vewy-vewy-quiet.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/be-vewy-vewy-quiet.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/be-vewy-vewy-quiet.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 21 May 2009 14:05:59 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110164de6d5860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110164de6d5860c-50si" alt="Not eligible for Build-a-Bear" /></a> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece011016090f81860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece011016090f81860b-50si" alt="They come in a variety of colors - feet too!" /></a> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110164dec5a860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110164dec5a860c-50si" alt="Ceci n&#39;est pas un Craft Room" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So here at the fly shop we get to see all kinds of interesting and pretty things beyond rods and reels and the kids really love it when the boxes of new stuff come in. They can see the inventory before it goes on the shelves. The fly tying stuff ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/be-vewy-vewy-quiet.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece011018286cb5860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> juju rabbit horrors fly tying http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/kid-fun.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/kid-fun.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/kid-fun.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 13 May 2009 21:45:36 -0700 Now that Cassandre and her friends are all online they send the craziest stuff to each other. For a while they were sending these awful chain letters and I had to explain to Cassandre that no one would get hurt, she would not get her wish nor wou... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/kid-fun.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece01101649024a860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cassandre chain letters kid fun funniest dog ever http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/vox-neighbors-meet.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/vox-neighbors-meet.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/vox-neighbors-meet.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 07 May 2009 09:44:35 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece01101820a40d860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece01101820a40d860f-50si" alt="aren&#39;t they cute?" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/vox-neighbors-meet.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece01101681043a860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> out and about http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/i-am-the-chaperone-this.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/i-am-the-chaperone-this.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/i-am-the-chaperone-this.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:26:32 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110164378a4860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110164378a4860c-50si" alt="This is my bag lunch" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/i-am-the-chaperone-this.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110164378a6860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> juju field trip chaperone out and about