Comments on: The Work-Family Balance in Theory and Practice http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:57:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Crooked Timber » » The Creative Commons as a default rule http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-82486 Crooked Timber » » The Creative Commons as a default rule Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:29:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-82486 [...] But if Hollywood wants to use bits of the blog in the forthcoming hit movie Crooked Timber of Humanity, they are not confined to the CC license. They’re free to fly me to LA, and make a stupendously generous offer for the commercial rights. Similarly, if someone wanted to use the posts without attribution for some good reason, they could always approach me and ask for permission. [...] [...] But if Hollywood wants to use bits of the blog in the forthcoming hit movie Crooked Timber of Humanity, they are not confined to the CC license. They’re free to fly me to LA, and make a stupendously generous offer for the commercial rights. Similarly, if someone wanted to use the posts without attribution for some good reason, they could always approach me and ask for permission. [...]

]]> By: bi http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-77633 bi Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:45:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-77633 Oh, darn. If you say "he", then you're being a sexist male chauvinist pig who uses the masculine to stand for the neuter in the English language. If you say "she", then you're questioning the abilities of female babies to cross the road. Maybe we need a new title: QOFH. In the full form, after F there are the letters E, M, Z, and I. Oh, darn. If you say “he”, then you’re being a sexist male chauvinist pig who uses the masculine to stand for the neuter in the English language. If you say “she”, then you’re questioning the abilities of female babies to cross the road.

Maybe we need a new title: QOFH. In the full form, after F there are the letters E, M, Z, and I.

]]> By: Isabel http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-77616 Isabel Thu, 07 Jul 2005 09:37:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-77616 Oh, I obviously don't deserve the title (QOPH), since I can't keep track of what has been said 16 posts up the thread... Oh, I obviously don’t deserve the title (QOPH), since I can’t keep track of what has been said 16 posts up the thread…

]]> By: Ray http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-77592 Ray Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:25:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-77592 King of Pedant Hill see comment 14 King of Pedant Hill
see comment 14

]]> By: Isabel http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-77535 Isabel Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:44:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-77535 Well now, after having exhausted all the acronym databases in the internet, I have to ask: what is KOPH??? Well now, after having exhausted all the acronym databases in the internet, I have to ask: what is KOPH???

]]> By: dsquared http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-77534 dsquared Thu, 07 Jul 2005 06:47:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-77534 <i>Why do you keep calling the baby “she”? </i> I think I started it and I was assuming that Kieran was referring to his own daughter. Looking back at the text this isn't actually stated though, good spot and new KOPH. Why do you keep calling the baby “she”?

I think I started it and I was assuming that Kieran was referring to his own daughter. Looking back at the text this isn’t actually stated though, good spot and new KOPH.

]]> By: Ray http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-77307 Ray Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:05:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-77307 Um, I seem to have been the first person to say 'she', and I've absolutely no idea why... Um, I seem to have been the first person to say ‘she’, and I’ve absolutely no idea why…

]]> By: Isabel http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-77276 Isabel Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:18:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-77276 Why do you keep calling the baby "she"? Is it because "she" is being a bad pedestrian, just as one always assumes that a bad driver of undetermined sex is a "she"? Or are all babys "she" as boats, the United States and the Sun (most confusing for a Portuguese, shouldn't it be obvious that the Sun is masculine and the Moon feminine?)? Why do you keep calling the baby “she”? Is it because “she” is being a bad pedestrian, just as one always assumes that a bad driver of undetermined sex is a “she”? Or are all babys “she” as boats, the United States and the Sun (most confusing for a Portuguese, shouldn’t it be obvious that the Sun is masculine and the Moon feminine?)?

]]> By: Mary Kay http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-77085 Mary Kay Tue, 05 Jul 2005 22:14:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-77085 When this happened to me, I was still using a cane. Unfortunately the people who remodeled this house put some sort of unbreakable glass in the back doors and windows. The cane didn't even scratch them. What I did finally was take my computer out of my carry-on and use the wireless network to look up a 24hr locksmith (since it was the middle of the night) and then use my cellphone to call him. Thank ghu for modern technology and a wireless network that reaches the front porch. MKK When this happened to me, I was still using a cane. Unfortunately the people who remodeled this house put some sort of unbreakable glass in the back doors and windows. The cane didn’t even scratch them. What I did finally was take my computer out of my carry-on and use the wireless network to look up a 24hr locksmith (since it was the middle of the night) and then use my cellphone to call him. Thank ghu for modern technology and a wireless network that reaches the front porch.

MKK

]]> By: epist http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-77068 epist Tue, 05 Jul 2005 18:59:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-77068 "In Soviet Russia, the baby brandishes YOU". Thank you, and drive safe... “In Soviet Russia, the baby brandishes YOU”.

Thank you, and drive safe…

]]> By: Alan http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-77065 Alan Tue, 05 Jul 2005 17:18:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-77065 It is my understanding that in certain places in Russia, if one were to brandish one's baby for the neighbors, the neighbors, if they like the baby, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/29/putin.ring.ap/" rel="nofollow">get to keep it</a>. Right now, alas, the "in Soviet Russia" rejoinder is escaping me. It is my understanding that in certain places in Russia, if one were to brandish one’s baby for the neighbors, the neighbors, if they like the baby, get to keep it.

Right now, alas, the “in Soviet Russia” rejoinder is escaping me.

]]> By: engels http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-76958 engels Tue, 05 Jul 2005 15:01:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-76958 Whoops, completely ignored the actual post. I take it all back. Whoops, completely ignored the actual post. I take it all back.

]]> By: dsquared http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-76957 dsquared Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:52:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-76957 Brian is currently KOPH and the status of the proposition "Kieran's baby tried to walk into the middle of the hill" is currently true (correspondence theorists: Yeah yeah). I still think that there is lots to play for with sufficiently agile pedantry about "the middle of the road" and am formulating my next move. Brian is currently KOPH and the status of the proposition “Kieran’s baby tried to walk into the middle of the hill” is currently true (correspondence theorists: Yeah yeah). I still think that there is lots to play for with sufficiently agile pedantry about “the middle of the road” and am formulating my next move.

]]> By: engels http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-76956 engels Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:49:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-76956 Ok, you're right, whether or not she has the concept of "road" is not important. I'll accept that she can try to eat the road (because babies can eat stuff). I think her command of the concept of "crossing" matters though. It depends how you are using the word "cross". In a sense, a runaway shopping trolley can cross a road and in that same sense the baby can too. But in the usual sense in which someone is said to try to cross a road - being aware of the danger, checking for cars, etc (or recklessly failing to do these things) - the baby does not have the conceptual background to attempt this. Of course, Kieran is free to use the word in a loose, metaphorical sense, as when I say the cash machine is asking for my PIN... I don't think Kieran should issue a public retraction of what he said but a number of footnotes, clarifying the issue, are in order. Ok, you’re right, whether or not she has the concept of “road” is not important. I’ll accept that she can try to eat the road (because babies can eat stuff).

I think her command of the concept of “crossing” matters though. It depends how you are using the word “cross”. In a sense, a runaway shopping trolley can cross a road and in that same sense the baby can too. But in the usual sense in which someone is said to try to cross a road – being aware of the danger, checking for cars, etc (or recklessly failing to do these things) – the baby does not have the conceptual background to attempt this. Of course, Kieran is free to use the word in a loose, metaphorical sense, as when I say the cash machine is asking for my PIN…

I don’t think Kieran should issue a public retraction of what he said but a number of footnotes, clarifying the issue, are in order.

]]> By: engels http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-76953 engels Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:19:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/04/work-family-balance-in-practice/#comment-76953 <i>can’t you call the police or firestation or something?</i> Why do you hate freedom so much? can’t you call the police or firestation or something?

Why do you hate freedom so much?

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