Friday, September 30, 2011
Bulldawg Nation is ruthless
Colleague: Witnessed the "killing" of the Coastal Carolina Football team by UGA... 59 to nothing...ouch.
Me: It's Coastal Carolina, what did you expect? They're most noted for their literary magazine. Poetry readings do not train good defensive linemen.
Colleague:...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
That one time I tried to do something cool to my blog
Y'all. I am SO LOST. I've been using several blog platforms for years, now, and when I decided I wanted to do something "cool" to my boring old layout, I was all, "Psh! I got this."
But I don't got it. There are a bajillion freaking brackets in the...
Monday, September 26, 2011
Redesign - or... not
Trying to redesign my own blog makes me realize how little I know about blogging. Bear with me, folks. I'm learning as I go.
This is definitely not how I wanted it to look...
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Friday, September 23, 2011
The most important consideration when choosing your email service provider is...
My Dad's email account got hacked, and he's thinking of moving to another service.
"...so I think I'll try Live Mail."
"Dad, just use Gmail."
"Zee mail?"
"G, as in Google. Kelli and I both use it."
"Well, maybe I'll look into that."
"Also, I customized...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
I'll probably forget anyway
"Mama, I'm not s'posed ta tell you dis, but when I'm 17 I'm goeend be a Power Ranger because I wanna fight eebil," Emmie said.
"Well, I'll be very proud of you, like I am now," I answered.
"But you not goeend ta know. Cause I'm not goeend ta tell...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
An Open Letter to Netflix
Dear Netflix -
Like the rest of your customers, I received the letter from your CEO, Reed Hastings, yesterday:
"But now I see that given the huge changes we have been recently making, I should have personally given a full justification to our members...
Monday, September 19, 2011
How I feel talking politics
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Friday, September 16, 2011
WANT.
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
An experiment in education
So, I had a new post all ready to go... but then I stumbled upon an education article in the New York Times this week that fascinated me - particularly this passage about teaching logic and critical thinking skills:
When I asked Bogin to explain Shchedrovitsky,...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
My daughter inherited my big mouth
RAWR!
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Monday, September 12, 2011
A tribute to grandmothers everywhere
My sister and our nephew made this brostache tribute to my mother. Please let her know how much you admire her for passing on her grace and class to her children and grandchildren.
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Friday, September 09, 2011
Whitewater rafting the Ocoee River
I put aside some things I love for quite some time. For a while, I was focused on going back to and finishing school. Then I was married, and suddenly pregnant. Then Emmie was small - so small! - and I didn't want to leave her. But I have freedom I...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Hooked on phonics... not so much
Emmie and I are reading Junie B. Jones, and she is having trouble sounding out a word.
"Guh... ahhhh... ing," she tries. But that doesn't make sense to her.
"Guh... oooo... ing," she tries again. But that doesn't work, either. We've been reading for...
Monday, September 05, 2011
To the manners born
Emerson takes ballet, and while she refuses to show me what she's learned after her class, she will bust out a brief demonstration at wholly inappropriate moments. Like this morning, when she decided to show me her curtsy as I was blow-drying my hair.
"Look,...
Friday, September 02, 2011
Not at all helpful
During lunch, two coworkers and I were chatting about relationships. She is seeing someone casually. He and I were listening to a small dilemma she had.
"So I called to see if he wanted to do something tonight," she said. "I know we just saw each other...
