Monthly Archives: August 2013
B+ (Day Five)
So, what am I going to enthuse about today?
You!
No, not the person reading over your shoulder. You. Chances are if you’re reading this you’re a friend of mine. And, quite frankly, I don’t give my friends enough credit. Continue reading
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B+ (Day Four)
People are incredibly clever. We’re always coming up with new things to do and experience. For example, sidewalk chalk art is cool enough, but lately people have been figuring out how to make it look 3-D. Who came up with … Continue reading
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B+ (Day Three)
What shall I be positive about today? Good music. After last week’s unfortunate slog I decided that I absolutely had to start this week off better. So I even set aside my audio book and just listened to music on … Continue reading
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B+ (Day Two)
I’m often complaining about my house and the various projects it forces upon me. I find myself wishing the lawn didn’t always need mowing, or the garage floor wouldn’t get so messy. Or the shed wouldn’t get so cluttered. In … Continue reading
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B+ (Day One)
The last week or two I’ve been really struggling with a lot of things, but mostly they boiled down to this: the world stinks. I’ve been over-dosing on the negativity out there, and I decided I’ve had enough. I can’t … Continue reading
Web Wanderings: “Sabotage”, library style
This goes out to Robyn, and to all librarians, who would probably like to go “good-cop, bad-cop” on some of their more destructive/rude/kleptomanic patrons. If you care to compare, here’s the Beastie Boys’ original.
Boys and school
It looks like Dr. Helen Smith is not the only one noticing that public schools are becoming increasingly hostile to boys. This new article in from Time takes a look at how schools treat boys and decides they are failing. … Continue reading
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Those who do not learn history
…are doomed to parrot falsehood, to the detriment of all. Considering the modern propensity to re-evaluate historical figures and periods by modern standards, you’d think we would spend more time actually studying history than we do. Unfortunately most of us … Continue reading
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Egypt on my mind
Not so long ago I posted about the situation in Eqypt and my admiration for the military’s actions at the time. Events since then have changed my mind. They’re not showing so much forebearance and peaceful intent as I assumed … Continue reading
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Back to School
My kids start school today. My oldest is forging semi-boldly into the undiscovered country of middle school, though the school has done a phenomenal job of trying to ease the transition. My younger two are at the same school, but … Continue reading
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