the evolution of geopolitics

"Waving Goodbye to Hegemony": http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/magazine/27world-t.html?ex=1359003600&en=8261f868401501b5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

Don't know that I necessarily agree with all of this, but the author is certainly more broadly traveled and experienced than I am; worth a read.

catching up on kid pix, part XVIII

We've filled the gap before the twins' arrival, so we're now caught up through August 2007. Go us.

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~jmadden/corwin/

Oh, and there's another 'caption contest' in there somewhere. Heck, this time we might even edit the caption if we get some good entries. :)

In mostly unrelated news, Adric pulled himself up to standing today (he's been crawling for a couple of weeks), and Riley started crawling in earnest today (forwards, that is). [INSERT DEITY HERE] help us all.