I heard on the radio this morning that you can actually choose the sex of your baby. Here’s an excerpt from WAMU’s Market Morning Report’s piece entitled “I’ll Have a Girl, Please”:
JENNIFER MERRILL THOMPSON: “I really, really wanted a daughter, and I knew that technology was probably the only way it was going to happen for me. And we didn’t want to keep having boy after boy. I didn’t want to have a huge family, so we were willing to spend the money to do Microsort.It took Thompson about two years and over $12,000 to conceive Rachel using a special sperm sorting technology that’s still not widely available.
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Richard L. Berke, assistant managing editor of the NY Times, is answering questions online this week about their front-page selections. It’s really interesting to see the way that he answers questions about bias in the Times and story selection.
AND for those of you who care, my job is great! I love it and it’s so exciting to finally be working. I love riding the train in the morning, walking downtown, all the ties and shoes and briefcases. All the business.