Team Whymommy

I'm a little late getting to this, but I want to show my support for Whymommy at Toddler Planet. I've been reading her blog for about a year, and she always has great stories and insights about being a mom and watching her kids learn about their world. I've learned a lot from her. She's got a toddler and a six-month-old baby, and now she's fighting breast cancer. She needs lots of positive energy (no pity allowed!). Check her out.

Academic time

I think about this topic all the time, so I was pleased to read PhDing's great post "The Circadian Rhythms of Academic Life" found on his new blog Doctorating (he is also cold and stuck at home--I wonder if he is close to me). I highly recommend you check it out, especially if you're feeling all cabin-fever-y like I am.

P.S. I get what you're trying to do with the name, but I always read it as Ph--Ding! It makes me smile.

P.P.S. This post is brought to you by the Backyardigans (with a short spurt of real work to follow, courtesy of Dora the Explorer).

new additions to the blog roll

We can expect to see some insightful commentary on academia, literature, parenting, and a dose of religion on Literacy-chic's new blog Words, Words.

And I have lately been following Canape's story on Don't Take the Repeats as she copes with a recent miscarriage. As the due date of my second pregnancy passed this Christmas, I've been reflecting on my own experience. Canape's words are honest and often painful but also beautiful. Sometimes what helps the most is connecting with someone who really understands how you feel.

New Mama on the block

Welcome to our bloggy world, AcadeMama.

Supadiscomama!

Supadiscomama is trying to be sneaky and start a blog without telling anyone. But I see you!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mmmm...
I think we'll start with this.

Delurk!

Since day care is closed tomorrow, deadlines are approaching, and I'm still throwing up several times a week, I'm taking the easy way out for blogging this week. According to Profgrrrrl, whom I just added to my Google Reader, it is Thanksgiving Delurking Week! My numbers have been creeping up there, so I know there are some new people around.

If you've never commented before, now's the time! Make yourself heard! Here or anywhere--it is always a pleasant surprise when I get comments on posts from way back.

yet another blog

The blog trend is exploding in my general vicinity. I know that the witty and brilliant Etta Candy at Arrogant Self-Reliance will have much to offer us.

another new blog in town

The team at The Rhetorical Situation promises to provide lots of interesting and frequently amusing critiques of the rhetoric that surrounds us. And with a new dad and two about-to-be-dads on the team, they are joining the populous ranks of the blogging academic parents. Welcome!

Some new kids on the block

Here is a new dissertating-while-gestating grad student.

And this is my brother.