I guess the answer depend on what your wife does and wants to do.
If she is earning a good income and is happy with what she is doing then you can chase your dream a bit.
If she's currently a stay at home mother and wants to get back into the workforce then this could also work in your favour. You could aim at rearranging your work (either in your current job or a different one) so as to spend more time at home with your children. Putting more energy into the day-to-day lives of your children is a change in direction too few fathers seem to consider.
Perhaps your wife also feels stuck in a rut. Is there anything business/work wise that you could pursue together? If so then that will probably be more acceptable to your family.
There are other things that you can trade off for money too. For example a job where you work from home would be better for your family than just lots of money.
Also, I think it is positive to set an example for your children that says 'I'm doing what I want to do.' It is important, I think, that kids realise they can pursue careers they are passionate about and have a family. It doesn't have to be a choice.
I found 3rd edition to be harder to learn and slower to play than 2nd edition despite better consistency in the rules; this I attribute to the layout of the core rule books. The text was too small, the background made the text hard to read. The game rule information was hard to distinguish from the background information and the examples. Headings didn't stand out enough, and were frequently not at the tops of pages.
How much emphasis has been given to streamlining the core rule books for usefulness as references during play in 4th Edition? Have the problems that I and many others encountered in this regard been rectified?
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And I suppose you're one of those nerds who wonders why there aren't any girls interested in what you're doing and wonders why nobody talks to you at parties.
If you'd read the blog without making a pre-judgement you'd see why it was getting attention when some others aren't and it's not because she's female but instead because it's beautifully written and inspiring.
In the early days of Australian exploration, the relevent European powers counted a poetic ability as one of the requirements for an explorer. Tania would have met that requirement, her blog effectively describes the beauty of the pursuit of science that we nerds know it to possess, but that we forget others do not share. What makes this blog (and Nerdling) great is that it not only makes science accessible to non-technical types it relates our love of science.
I'm sorry, but this is one of the most beautiful and personal accounts
I've ever read about science.
I can't believe that the people who read slashdot, who are apparently
lovers of science and technology can't see this blog for what it's
worth.
Somebody wrote that 6000 blogs by male scientists are being ignored -
well I'm a male scientist and the reason I read this blog and not
others is because apart from being witty in the way us science types
like, beautifully written in a literary style, it's informative and
most of all it's INSPIRING. No other blog out there that I've seen
gives so much of the blogger.
Tania is a most inspiring person, she's a person who LOVES science and
if you guys can't see past the fact that the page only loads properly
in IE and read the love of science then, as far as I'm concerned, you
can't call yourself nerds!
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I guess the answer depend on what your wife does and wants to do.
If she is earning a good income and is happy with what she is doing then you can chase your dream a bit.
If she's currently a stay at home mother and wants to get back into the workforce then this could also work in your favour. You could aim at rearranging your work (either in your current job or a different one) so as to spend more time at home with your children. Putting more energy into the day-to-day lives of your children is a change in direction too few fathers seem to consider.
Perhaps your wife also feels stuck in a rut. Is there anything business/work wise that you could pursue together? If so then that will probably be more acceptable to your family.
There are other things that you can trade off for money too. For example a job where you work from home would be better for your family than just lots of money.
Also, I think it is positive to set an example for your children that says 'I'm doing what I want to do.' It is important, I think, that kids realise they can pursue careers they are passionate about and have a family. It doesn't have to be a choice.
I found 3rd edition to be harder to learn and slower to play than 2nd edition despite better consistency in the rules; this I attribute to the layout of the core rule books. The text was too small, the background made the text hard to read. The game rule information was hard to distinguish from the background information and the examples. Headings didn't stand out enough, and were frequently not at the tops of pages.
How much emphasis has been given to streamlining the core rule books for usefulness as references during play in 4th Edition? Have the problems that I and many others encountered in this regard been rectified?
No, it's not.
And I suppose you're one of those nerds who wonders why there aren't any girls interested in what you're doing and wonders why nobody talks to you at parties.
If you'd read the blog without making a pre-judgement you'd see why it was getting attention when some others aren't and it's not because she's female but instead because it's beautifully written and inspiring.
In the early days of Australian exploration, the relevent European powers counted a poetic ability as one of the requirements for an explorer. Tania would have met that requirement, her blog effectively describes the beauty of the pursuit of science that we nerds know it to possess, but that we forget others do not share. What makes this blog (and Nerdling) great is that it not only makes science accessible to non-technical types it relates our love of science.
I'm sorry, but this is one of the most beautiful and personal accounts I've ever read about science. I can't believe that the people who read slashdot, who are apparently lovers of science and technology can't see this blog for what it's worth. Somebody wrote that 6000 blogs by male scientists are being ignored - well I'm a male scientist and the reason I read this blog and not others is because apart from being witty in the way us science types like, beautifully written in a literary style, it's informative and most of all it's INSPIRING. No other blog out there that I've seen gives so much of the blogger. Tania is a most inspiring person, she's a person who LOVES science and if you guys can't see past the fact that the page only loads properly in IE and read the love of science then, as far as I'm concerned, you can't call yourself nerds!