Wow – it seems that the scoring worked, for once. English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert! You did so extremely well, even I can’t find a word to describe your excellence! You have…
Homeschool to high school update
I haven’t mentioned how Katie is doing in school in a while. While there have been some adjustment issues switching over to “school” from homeschooling, she’s got all As. The “life by the bell” thing has been a nuisance, and…
Grades for the girl
I haven’t mentioned how Katie is doing in a while. While there have been some adjustment issues switching over to “school” from homeschooling, she’s got all As. The “life by the bell” thing has been a nuisance, and she and…
Happy Birthday!
To tfcocs (yesterday, sorry!) and roberttx (tomorrow)!
Grades!
It seems that my grades are finally in. Stupid required computer class: 93.54, and it was that low because the lazy fool teaching it refused to correct the WRONG answers in the computerized tests. Seriously—she never argued that the answers…
Silly meme
Swiped from jenngbob Foo. I have to change an answer, ’cause I was wrong about something. ✓ I miss somebody right now. ✓ I don’t watch much TV these days. ✓ I own lots of books. ✓ I wear glasses…
Merle Haggard – America First
Give it a listen, even if you think you don’t like country music. It lacks the tiresome “my country right or wrong” pseudo-patriotism!
Birthdays
Happy birthday to aquaeri, netcrimes and (though I’m unsure of the exact date) leduck! I’d appreciate it if y’all could also stop and pray (send energy/thoughts/whatever you do in your practice) for netcrimes and her family. She lost her father-in-law…
Quote of the day: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe. —Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi We can all have joyful lives if we choose to create them. What are you doing to create yours despite illness?
Poetry: Swear It
Swear It –Marge Piercy The Crooked Inheritance for Eva My mother swore ripely, inventively a flashing storm of American and Yiddish thundering onto my head and shoulders. My father swore briefly, like an ax descending on the nape of a…