You are 54% geek You are a geek. Good for you! Considering the endless complexity of the universe, as well as whatever discipline you happen to be most interested in, you’ll never be bored as long as you have a…
Need Some Macintosh Help, Please
The volunteer organization I work with is having everyone use PGP to sign all of their official correspondence. We feel that it’s necessary because someone has altered the content of messages from us, trying to claim that we’re making statements…
Chores
So okay… The living room has been policed The upstairs public areas have been vacuumed The kitchen is presentable and close to “truly clean” The laundry is happening The toilets have been swooshed and the bathrooms are presentable Still need…
Why I Don’t Miss Working Tech Support
So a friend tells me that his email “just won’t work.” Me: “Okay, how does it not work?” Friend: “Um, I don’t know. I just don’t get mail.” Me: “Well, can you try it and tell me what it does?”…
They Shouldn’t BE Homeschooling!
Okay, an acquaintance of ours has repeatedly moaned to me recently because her daughter isn’t learning anything. Truly—they’re supposedly homeschooling the kid, and she is still completely stuck on the same math concepts she couldn’t learn over two years ago…
No, Really?
Astonishing revelation heard in our house this evening: “Shit! Boiling water is hot!”
Okay, Lemmingness
I am anESSAY WRITER I like to take an analytical and objective approach to the subjects I write about. By telling the hard truth without any frills I make lots of enemies as well as lots of friends.
Za Worship?
Okay, just what is this ZA thing?
Library Visit
Katie and I had a lovely visit to the library, longer than we’d planned due to the thunderstorm that came up while we were inside. I didn’t want to go out while the rain was coming down in buckets, so…
Sleepy Baby
Katie slept until about 2 pm! We were up until 1 is, but I didn’t expect it to hit her that hard. I tried to wake her earlier and she was obviously very solidly asleep, which is generally a sign…