Sometimes people may wonder how librarians find the information they do. It’s genetic. My profs in Library school called it having an I-gene. But that I-gene can really lead to some strange travels, one of which I had today.
June 22, 2009 Web excursion:
Went back to Contexts.org/ (sociology site of great interest), went to their blogs section and found a blog posting on an issue I had blogged about recently — Baby gender control. So I clicked:
http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/06/22/new-york-times-frames-sex-selection-as-culturally-asian/
At the end of the article, I learned a new term:
“By the way, on a discursive note, sex selection is called “family balancing” by some clinics. What an excellent example of re-framing!”
Love learning new terms.
So, I searched Google for “family balancing”
19,000 results the first of which was GenSelect.com

Okay, I’ll bite. After all there’s a money back Gender Guarantee.
http://www.genselect.com/goodnews/FamilyBalancing/
Is this a hoax site? As seen on TV? BBBOnLine? Looks a bit hokey to me but I decide to plod on.
http://www.genselect.com/store/
Wow! Lots of different kits for baby boy and baby girl making. What would my old granny have said? Then I hit the jackpot:
Found a 15% Discount if I went to Mommieswithstyle.com and searched on GenSelect. So I did…
http://www.mommieswithstyle.com/do-you-want-to-pick-the-gender-of-your-next-child/
Of course, I didn’t tell you about trying to decide which kind of Mommy I am — classic, trendy, retro, or princess.
Oh my, I am glad I don’t have to debate all these choices.
Drizzle drazzle drozzle drone… Time for this one to go home.