September 2008
2 posts
Arrival in Prague
I’m finally here! I’m writing this posting sitting from my living room in Prague, where I’ll be staying with Chris Cannon until nearly the end of the year. The flight plan was simple: a short hop to JFK where we caught a direct flight to Prague. Other than a bit of mixup about whether our luggage was transferred from Delta to Czech Air and the “discovery” that Czech...
Refunded Birth But Don't Send It Back
A friend of mine, a nursing student, saw her first birth today. She told me that the dad reminded her of me. The couple had a girl, and the dad said “Oh, another girl? I wanted a boy! Refund! I want a refund!”
Later, she warned me: “All babies are ugly when they’re born. Don’t send it back just because its not cute”.