I’m terribly amused: The Pagan Hierarchy
Gifts, Health, & School
This link was shared on a homeschooling list this morning and I figured there are some parents here who’d appreciate it. For those of you who aren’t parents but buy gifts for kids—these kinds of gifts are often WAY better…
They’re In a Very Safe Place…
I can’t rebuild my PC ’til I find the installation CDs. Grrr. Good thing I looked for them before formatting the drive, though. Their current whereabouts are a mystery. That makes three things we really need to find that are…
Shoulds Again
Remember my post about shoulds this past week? While finishing the filing yesterday, I cam upon something a long-forgotten therapist photocopied for me many years ago. It’s from the book Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving,…
Quotes & Comic
But penance need not be paid in suffering…It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake is a positive move, a nurturing move. –Barbara Hall The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when…
Funny & Geekery
MENSA-PAUSE: A hot flash caused by deep, profound thinking. “I had a Mensa-pause during today’s math test.” (From the BuzzWhack newsletter) I needed that laugh. I overdid it over the weekend, and everything hurts even more than usual. I’m extremely…
Weekend Report
hope_evey, do you read hip_domestics? There was a post there just now that made me think of you 🙂 Current Mood: accomplished
Violent Tendencies & Poem
Channel your violent tendencies! And something completely different Telephone Repairman by Joseph Millar All morning in the February light he has been mending cable, splicing the pairs of wires together according to their colors, white-blue to white-blue violet-slate to violet-slate,…
Extracurricular Activities
Ack! The girl wants to get back to dance classes—perfectly reasonable. The girl will feel better if she moves more, and we’re completely in favor of that. Dance classes will also give her more social contacts. So we’re searching for…
Public School Problems
Adding to the “reasons to homeschool” file: City’s educrats can’t get it write Thank you for the link, sleepingwolf. I’m right there with you.