Confession: Homeschooling is a great excuse for buying cool stuff I wish I’d gotten to play—um, learn—with as a kid. But as our kids outgrow some things, I guess I’ll have to just push them on other people for their…
Katie’s Writing Evaluation
You know I’m way behind when I haven’t gotten around to bragging on my girl yet. I got shadowkatt‘s writing evaluation results back yesterday. The tester actually gave the test to two other staffers (one being the center manager), because…
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Kid Stuff
sambear left just before 5:30 to take littlefirefae and real_pochacco to the airport. They’re going for a two-month visit with their mother – the longest they’ve ever been away. They haven’t spent more than two weeks with her since Sam…
Home & Family
I love our kids. I love them even when they’re being jerks, of course, but I really appreciate them on days like today when they’re being so sweet. One of the things I love about them most, though, is their…
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I’m crossposting this to my journal and the HSing community here: The Visual Telling of Stories Archive Iraqi Art Theft Issues I got sorta stuck on this Middle East/North Africa Map Test. I just could not quit until I got…
Many Changes Coming
I hate daylight savings time. It’s a silly fiction. Okay, all human timekeeping systems are a fiction, but dammit, why can’t we just stay consistent with them instead of monkeying with them twice a year? I want a subscription to…
Nerds
If you haven’t yet read Why Nerds Are Unpopular, go do so now. It’s an excellent article, and I’m not just saying that because I agree with him so strongly. I do think that he’s missing what is, to me,…
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