until the PREMIERE....The following is snatched from Mugglenet.com:NYC Premiere AttendeesIt has been announced that the following Potter actors, as well as David Heyman, will be making appearances at the New York City Goblet of Fire Premiere:Daniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintRalph FiennesBrendan GleesonMiranda RichardsonRobert PattinsonStanislav IanevskiKatie LeungJamie WaylettJason IsaacsJames and Oliver PhelpsMatthew LewisTolga SaferOther guests include Susan … Continue reading 3 days!

74% of people in Texas voted to BAN Civil Unions for Same Sex couples.Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.And then use your power to VOTE for change.This need not be permanent.It simply means that Narda and I will NEVER move to Texas...

I LOVE reading the naked ovary - she's funny, going through adoption herself, and real.And her website is well layed out and fun to read.She posed a question today about "background checks" - go read it, it's a good one - the upshot being, since those of us adopting have to go through such a … Continue reading The Naked Ovary

So my mother sends me an e-mail that says: "you can have what Sacha has. If you choose." I played dumb and sent her an e-mail back, asking her to explain what she meant. What she meant is that Sacha (one of my oldest and dearest friends) lives in Portland, with her HUSBAND, and two … Continue reading ugh-UPDATED

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } oh.my.goodness.the.cuteness!, originally uploaded by shellipsm. Bobby got a new baby, which he calls "boo-boo-baby-girl-bulldog" and we call Dixie May Louise.Whatever her name may eventually become, she's cute as a button, and JUST ADORABLE! Don't … Continue reading oh.my.goodness.the.cuteness! **Edited**

Now it's up to the Birth Mother and the universe...Think good thoughts.

We got a call from our agency (of course, the DAY after we mail our stuff off to Friends in Adoption) and there are two concerns:1) she drank moderately (3 drinks a week for the first few months of pregnancy) - we might be more oK with that, as we know there's always 'something"...2) The … Continue reading coloboma…

Narda and I went to see the most charming Israeli flick last night, called USHPIZIN - in Hebrew it means literally holy guests. It is the "etherial" guests that we are supposed to invite to our sukkot (plural) over the holiday of Sukkot (noun).Here's the site for the movie: UshpizinGo see it if you can, … Continue reading Ushpizin

sperm. but the sperm we wanted wasn't available. it was local, it was no delivery charge, and it was at our favorite place in NYC. So we move on.Save 300 bucks.On the bright side, we are mailing our stuff off to Friends in Adoption today!

if you had $300.00, would you:A) Buy one vial of donor sperm for an insemorB) Buy $300.00 worth of lottery tickets?Narda and I had talked about trying some sperm in November and December (we can float about 300 bucks - so it'd be just ONE vial per month). She then had the idea of buying … Continue reading what would you do?