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…
Shakespeare
Katie and I didn’t get to watch A Midsummer Night’s Dream until last night, because we wanted to wait until sambear could watch it with us. He was extremely late getting home from work, though, and then he couldn’t stay…
PC Life Cycles
Since some of you might not read Slashdot… http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=7453/ddj0208q/0208q.htm Sam has been howling at this. It’s painfully funny because we’ve lived the whole scale of cruftiness with our PCs.
Literacy
Today’s cool site: http://www.wiretapmag.org/ “WireTap is the independent information source by and for socially conscious youth, showcasing investigative news articles, personal essays and opinions, artwork and activism resources that challenge stereotypes, inspire creativity, foster dialogue and give young people a…