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March 08, 2024
Sorry for the lack of links last week: childcare responsibilities trumped reading and musing on the assorted economic and research detritus that was settling on my brain. But what you lost last Friday, you gain today: though I’m going to try and stick to 7 items, as usual, there will be a little mor...
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February 23, 2024
Today, my son walked into one of my meetings to demand I dismantle one of his toy trucks (it’s touching how much faith he has in my non-existent facility with tools), and on being told I would do it after the meeting, declared that he would wait for me. He sat down by my chair and started howling at...
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February 16, 2024
Last week’s promise to saw the legs off the bed has yet to be implemented. Three immediate constraints presented themselves: first, I need to buy a saw (I wasn’t kidding when I said DIY isn’t my thing); then the little one fell ill, and it seemed cruel to chop the bed down while he was still in it; ...