In case you missed in, the US State Department took some heat for turning down a passport application as the Chinese-American applying for the passport was too yellow (or at least in the photograph.) The State Department claimed that they meant that the photograph was skewed too yellow but there is no colour whatsoever in …
Author Archives: Scott Alan Miller
August 11, 2010: Learning Letters
Last night was pretty rough. Liesl woke up in her room very early and was on the floor (we don’t think she fell, just got out of bed and fell asleep there) and was very unhappy. So she came into our room and was awake for a very long time. She was having fun reading …
August 10, 2010: Achilles Heel
It seems like I can never get out of the door in the morning no matter how hard I try. One way or another something will happen and there will be no way to escape the apartment to get to the office. I ended up on the phone and didn’t get to the office until …
August 9, 2010: Liesl Gets a Potty
It is another very hot day in Texas. I am sad that we missed all of the rains that came while we were in New York. Texas summers are great when the rain is falling. But when the sun is out it becomes rather annoying to have to do anything that involves going outside. Off …
August 8, 2010: Liesl Gets Her Own Bed
We managed to sleep in until eight thirty this morning. Boy did I need that! Once I was up and showered this morning I drove out to Panera and picked up breakfast for everyone. After breakfast Francesca and I loaded her wash stand, which has been at our house the last couple weeks since we …