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Tragic Optimist

Tragic Optimist

http://tragicoptimist.wordpress.com

Musings on my day to day life, with forays into science, food, infertility, environmental issues, librarianship, parenting, zombies or whatever else happens to catch my attention.

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  • little and not so little things

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 13:34 in random, thanksgiving, foodstuff

    I’ve been thinking about thankfulness (not too surprisingly, given that today is Thanksgiving).  I keep getting caught in the big things to be thankful for – the family / health / friends / house / job / food things.  It’s not tha...

  • Experimenting on Zoe

    Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 23:42 in the girl, eeg head net, institute of child development

    I love science.  My job involves searching for the published record of scientific studies, but much as I’d love to, I don’t get to participate in any actual sciencing much anymore.  Today, though, Zoe got to be the one helping science g...

  • 20 years ago

    Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 22:28 in all about me, 1989, berlin wall

    A friend and I were talking the other day, and realized that 1989 was 20 years ago.  (Yeah, the math department may not be too pleased to find out that their librarian is not super fast at the subtraction – luckily mental calculations arenR...

  • October

    Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 23:30

    First thing, thank you everyone for being so open in sharing your stories and thoughts on my last post.  It was extremely helpful for my friend.  I am so sorry that your wisdom and thoughts meant that you had been through such a loss or losses. I&#...

  • question about miscarriages and getting the news

    Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 11:07 in random, miscarriage

    An acquaintance of mine is a doctor, she recently had to tell a woman that she’d had a miscarriage. She wrote: “I don’t think I did a great job of it and I want to do it better next time. If anyone’s been on the receiving end ...

  • the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics

    Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 23:20 in science, pictures, random, physics, nobel prize

    In honor of today’s announcement of the Nobel Prize for Physics, which went to Charles Kao for his work with fiber optics, and Willard Boyle and George Smith for their invention of the CCD technology (the technology that makes digital cameras w...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 2 comments.

timethief

5 stars timethief

I have been a reader of this emerging blog for some time now and I enjoy visiting it and seeing what the latest post may be about as the variety of topics covered is very broad.

The posts contain musings of a wife, mother, librarian and a gentle spirit whose personality shines through the writing. I particularly enjoy the photographs that gives us readers a bird's eye view of the times and travails of this young family.

The theme chosen for this blog is appropriate to the eclectic content. The blog is well organized, accessible, easily navigated and the sidebar is clutter free.

I like what I see and what I see is a great deal of potential for growth.

Posted: October 22nd, 2008 | More Reviews From timethief | Report This Comment

LillyMouse

5 stars Lilly Mouse

Gentle thoughts on life, that leave you feeling like, actually, everything might be okay after all. :) Thanks.

Posted: September 22nd, 2008 | More Reviews From LillyMouse | Report This Comment

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