"You should be knitting more."

Clark said those very words to me last night, the first time he's ever expressed such a sentiment. He's right, though. There was a story in the New York Times science section yesterday that suggested essentially that stress can cross the placenta and potentially cause problems for the baby after birth. Buh-bye, dissertation -- even though the story was careful to say the evidence isn't conclusive yet! After I read the article, I picked up Clark's brioche vest, begun back in February. I finished the back and began one of the fronts. Hooray!

I should be able to make it to KIP on the 16th, for the first time in eons. I'm bound and determined to keep the calendar free that night. Thanks for asking, Heidi!

Comments

[Mini]

Posted on Ed, that's an interesting point, and one I hadn't cosnidered.I'm going with Jeff's argument on that one whether she's paid by a publication like PW or not, Heidi's a blogger, and what she writes is what I would traditionally call a blog, and I think she's identified primarily by that blog.Where your question would be really interesting is in the case of a top reporter for a major daily newspaper, say the person on the White House desk at the Washington Post what kind of blog could they write? Would they have the latitude to create an informal blog for washingtonpost.com that would not interfere with their duties and responsibilities as a reporter? Or would they have to necessarily apply the same rigorous standards to their blog that they did to their stories?

[Michelle]

Yay! Glad you'll be at KIP!
See you there!

[carolyn again]

p.s. tell clark he should blog more.

[carolyn]

if there is any NON STRESSFUL way to work on it... in your particular case i'm not sure there is. :) want to hang out with a gimp? i'm limping, but available. :)

[monica]

Yay! I'm glad you're knitting again. You should continue to work on your dissertation. Just think of how much your baby will learn while you're working on it!

[Elizabeth]

Whee! That would be excellent! Every pg friend I have is--dare I say?--stressing out over that article. (sigh) No worries, dear. I think the baby will survive your dissertation... Glad to hear you are knitting, though!