Tyler Cowen listed a few examples from a NYT article Betting on the Betrothed(article quote below). Shortly after Jennifer Lopez married Marc Anthony on June 5, British bookmakers began offering 3-to-1 odds that the couple will divorce by the end of the year. On the other hand, the odds are 1 to 2 that Demi […]
Entries from June 2004
Bet on it…or do a DNA analysis…
June 18th, 2004 · 6 Comments
Tags: marriage
The trust cup
June 18th, 2004 · 1 Comment
How can you encourage your kids to tell the truth and not to lie? Jenny posted a piece of helpful advice she received from a friend: the trust cup. Here’s what I did. I got 2 glasses (Joel is particularly fond of the adult glasses), and filled one full with water. We sat at the […]
Tags: motherhood
Hot and uncomfortable
June 18th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Hot. It’s been hot and uncomfortable. My ears begin to burn the moment I step into the sunshine. I pity my plants who have nowhere to hide from the heat. To keep the kids cool, I inflated a new pool – a big blue elephant with a shower snout – and let them splash about […]
Tags: journal
Weather alerts
June 18th, 2004 · Comments Off on Weather alerts
Speaking of weather, through Randy Charles Morin, I found RSS feeds from NOAA :Experimental Listings of Watches, Warnings, and Advisories by State and Territory. The site states that it is experimental but I’m having fun trying it out in my aggregator. The feed is a partial feed, but clicking on the link goes to the […]
Tags: places
Ice cream soup is our special today
June 18th, 2004 · 4 Comments
Hot today, hot enough to want ice cream. Hold the cake. It’s too hot for sweet sticky stuff. But ice cream might be mighty nice…if you can eat it before it melts… I’m behind and this is such a busy month (so I’m sure I’ve missed at least a few…) but here are some reasons […]
Tags: blog
