With Macaulay convocation on Monday, I am trying to devote just a little more bandwidth to the thousand people who will be in Alice Tully Hall to see their sons and daughters graduate. But you want to know about Peter, right?? He deserves some … [Continue reading]
Wednesday morning
May 27, 2009 by
Peter was strong enough at midnight to call Caroline to ask for his cell phone. Thanks, Caroline, for not hanging up on him ...and for delivering it! And thanks for many emails and messages.? We had a good night too. … [Continue reading]
Good news from Tisch Hospital
May 26, 2009 by
A much better evening, now that the waiting is over.?? This problem went way back to ten years ago, and could only have been fixed surgically.?? There was no mystery, nothing unanticipated.? And the long-term prognosis will be excellent. But one … [Continue reading]
In the hospital with a ten year old in 1998 v. an almost 21 year old in 2009
May 26, 2009 by
So many differences.... When Peter went off to the operating room around 430p, he was accompanied not by his mother but by his sister Caroline, a third year medical student, in scrubs. His surgeon was not our pediatric hero Dr. Dolgin at Mt. Sinai, … [Continue reading]
McNulty puts in an appearance
May 25, 2009 by
After watching the first two seasons of The Wire obsessively, what else would Peter name the stuffed animal that Caroline gave him? MCNULTY, of course. Please do not tell us any plot twists.? We hear that Season Three is the best. … [Continue reading]
Introducing my family
May 25, 2009 by
Here's the team on a happy vacation day in St. Croix, from left to right: Caroline, Elisabeth, and Peter Weinberg, and Matt Stine (Liz's significant other.) How's this for deja vu...I have to figure out how to communicate health updates for … [Continue reading]
NEW COMMITMENT
May 22, 2009 by
I attended today's WordCampEd at Macaulay, and decided that I was being a wuss.? After years and years of being in technology-oriented businesses, couldn't I figure this Word Press thing out? So I immediately started adding content to this site.? I … [Continue reading]
More Cuba
April 13, 2009 by
Right around now, you are probably wishing I knew how to add photos in WordPress....if you could teach me how to do that, please let me know!? In fact, most of WordPress eludes me.? So that is why I am stuck, slow to update, slow to write, just … [Continue reading]
Havana 2009
April 5, 2009 by
I am just back from an extraordinary week in Cuba.? It will take a while to assimilate the sights, experiences, and ideas of the past seven days.? Mostly, I think in terms of paradox and irony, a country of massive contradictions.? I saw many things … [Continue reading]
OH, THE BUBBLE ROOM!
March 8, 2009 by
An extraordinary week at Macaulay:? Wednesday was the second annual Tea, where Ellen Chesler led a student panel on a discussion on CEDAW (look it up) and we hosted a group of wonderful Macaulay friends, faculty, and staff. Nothing prepared me for … [Continue reading]