Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Family, Jessica, Kindergartener on Apr 8th, 2013
When Matt and I went to name Simon, we ended up with the name we did after several failed attempts to name after our grandparents. Finding no consensus in that direction, we landed on “Simon” for the simple reason that we liked it and thought it sounded good with “Whitworth”. In doing so, we inadvertently [...]
Two years ago this week, I had what I called a Hillel moment and got off the couch. Literally. Matt was out of town, Simon was in bed, and I started assessing my general physical state: blood pressure at 120/78 was normal but higher than it used to be, cholesterol inching up year-over-year and now [...]
Tonight I am pleased to post Kid Amnesiac’s first ever public service announcement: Get a flu shot. Too busy? Get it anyway. Not sure how effective it is? Get it anyway. Don’t like needles. Get it anyway. Really, the only reason you should NOT be getting a flu shot is if you are too ill [...]
Posted in Family, Friends, Jessica, Kindergartener on Dec 16th, 2012
Last night we lit the eighth candle of Hanukkah, and for such a little holiday, it sure kept us busy! It also left me with some Hanukkah life lessons, one for each night: 1: Work Smarter Not Harder The next time I say, “I have a great idea!”, I hope someone stops me. This year [...]
Once upon a time, I was a historian who regularly thought about primary and secondary historical sources. In my new life, this doesn’t come up unless I run into a fellow academic (former or otherwise) or something historical hits the news. Until it comes time to clean my attic, that is, an occasion marked by [...]
Posted in Family, Kindergartener on Oct 25th, 2012
Simon might be sweet, polite, and gentle by nature, but he’s still a boy. A six-year-old boy, more specifically. And sometimes what a six-year-old boy wants and needs more than anything is a good session of wailing on someone. Poor Uncle Dan bore the brunt of sustained stuffed dolphin assault in Hilton Head this summer. [...]
One generation ago, the vast majority of the Kahn side of my family lived in Louisville. Nowadays, we’re a pretty far-flung group. There are Kahns in the Bay Area and Southern California, Kahns in Boston and Chicago, in NYC and Colorado, in St. Louis and New Hampshire, in Atlanta and Vegas and points in-between, and [...]
If I’m honest, parenthood has made a hypocrite of me. Thankfully, I’m not alone in this. Two years ago or so, in a chat with a dear friend from graduate school, the discussion moved as it so often does to our children. We hadn’t seen each other in a while; a work trip took me [...]
Posted in Family, Jessica, Kindergartener on Jun 12th, 2012
For the entirety of our vacation, Simon was a study in motion. At the end of our first day of travel home, we hit a soccer complex in Asheville so he could continue his athletic pursuits. Nine a.m. our first day home, Simon was on a tennis court having his first official lesson of the [...]
No, no, I did not change my name. I did, however, change my persona for the past week. When Matt and I got engaged 17 years ago, it never occurred to me to take his last name. I had a (since aborted) academic career to think of, but more than that, I had a strong [...]