Lest you think that I only write about when I am awesome and smart, allow me to write about my own blunders and shame ( Read more... )

Let's talk about a few things:

1.  Creative Writing is so much fun for me this year.  Last year was okay, but this year I have some really, really, really sharp kids, and they are producing some good stuff.  That said, there are always a few clunkers in any rough story.  Today was our first Writers' Workshop, and they did great.  The story was a ( Read more... )

 My computer is dying.  I think it is on its last legs.  It does not shut down properly anymore, and it really does some weird freezing up stuff.  I suppose it is only to be expected, after all it is old.  Really old.  I don't want to say how old, because it is embarrassingly old ( Read more... )

I am always amazed at how much more I know about computers than many of the people I know. Things that I think are basic knowledge, but apparently are not. Like I know what happens when you hit ctrl-alt-delete. I kid you not, I shared an office last year with people who did not know what that did. It gave me false confidence in my basic ( Read more... )

So, after much wrangling with my printer of five years, I finally gave up and bought a new printer (sob!). I didn't want to do it, and it feels a bit like cheating or betrayal ( Read more... )