Ponderings of a Scientist

Whoops I forgot to watch!  Really I did plan to watch, so that, at the very least, I could have something to make fun of today, but instead Zipy and I attempted to have some adult time.  We were foiled by the Kiddo, however, who has this new sleeping pattern which includes a period of time from about 8:30-12pm in which she wants to eat constantly, then has terrible gas pains, which make her want to suckle more to sooth herself (on our pinky - she hasn’t figured out how to keep the pacifier in her mouth yet), which makes her hungry (and around and around we go).  So Zipy and I attempted to play scrabble and enjoy a few glasses of wine while caring for the baby and quickly using up half of my frozen milk supply.  The good news is once we get past midnight, she is sleeping well (4-5 hours) then a 30 minute feeding, then another 2-3 hours.  This works out well for Zipy, as she wakes up around 6:30-7, just when he needs to get up for work.  For me, I’m not so lucky; if you count the time awake in the middle of the night for feeding, I’m still only getting about 5 hours of sleep!  Luckily, most days she goes back to sleep around 7:30 or 8 and I can get in another 1 to 1 1/2 hours of sleep.  The most annoying thing with the morning nap, however, is that I don’t get to start my day until 9:30, which quickly turns into 10:30, once I feed Addie and get her ready for the day.  I would much prefer to sleep from 10pm-5am, but what can you do!  Apparently she is not a morning person, but rather a night owl.

Did anyone catch the debate?  What did you think?

So Zipy and I spent about 30 minutes last night watching the democratic debate (part of the first hour with moderator questions, not the second hour with audience questions) before we decided the Yankees - Red Sox game was more important.  These are my thoughts from the debate:

1.  How interesting how they arraigned the candidates by chance of winning the candidacy - A guy I never heard of on one end (Mike Gravel former Senator for Alaska - the republican plant according to Zipy - and given his answers to the questions this is quite possible) and Dennis Kucinich on the other end (such a good guy, he will get lots of votes in NH with the morally conscience voter (think those people that voted for Dean), but has no chance nationally - he is too idealistic and doesn’t play politics enough), next tier in Bidden, Richardson, and Dodd and then the big three in the middle - Obama, Clinton, Edwards.

2.  Gravel - an ass: Kucinich - great ideas, will never work with our current political system and he is too soft spoken, he got over shadowed by the other candidates: Richardson - confusing, didn’t answer questions: Dodd - trying to stand on his laurels from CT: Bidden - didn’t hear much from him: Edwards and Obama: They spent the whole night kissing each others butt ” Well moderator I have to give props to Obama for what he said..”  ” Well moderator I thank John for his comment and I agree with everything he says but I will do it better….”: Clinton - everything was ANTI - BUSH, which might be a good approach to target the independent voter if she becomes the democratic candidate, but this was a democratic debate - essentially she was talking to democrats, who are by nature anti- GW.  She needed to tell us how she is different/better than the rest of the candidates.

3.  All and all it was a very respectful debate ( the part I watched) - no talking over each other and tons of props given to other candidates.  They did a better job of projecting a unified democratic front than representing their individual ideas, especially the big three.
Any one else have a take on it?