I read that it's good for your brain to do things with the opposite hand of what you normally do them with.  So I thought I would try this with my son's Wii.  The Fitness portion of my son's Wii Sports game gauges your fitness by balance, strength and stamina and assigns you an age.  So I used my right hand (which is my dominant hand) and got an ( Read more... )

Question:  How long will it take the celery in my refrigerator to wilt away to nothing?  Fireheart wants to know...

( Fireheart checks progress of experiment... )

The Cleveland Cavaliers are 6-1 in their preseason game record.  Right now they are at the top of their division.  As my home is filled with basketball fans (even though I am not rabid about the sport), that makes me happy ( Read more... )

My friend loaned me a book called Haiku U.:  From Aristotle to Zola, 100 Great Books in 17 Syllables by David M. Bader.  I perused it right after school.  Some of these made me giggle, so I thought I might share some with you.

Marcus Aurelius:  Meditations

As grapes become wine,
so must one accept one's fate.
Die well.  Like a grape.

Jane Austen:  ( Read more... )

A few minutes ago, one of my students was trying to apologize for the bad start he had to his morning.  He said, "I had a bad attitude.  I lost my temperature."  Awwww...   *grins*

Today was our 100th day of school for the year.  Kindergarteners get really excited about it.  We did a number of fun activities which they really liked ( Read more... )

Sadly, the stomach flu has been making the rounds in my family this past week.  Today is my day to have it.  On the positive side, I've been assured that the worst should be over in a few more hours.  Unfortunately, I don't even feel much like reading.  And I've been thisclose for about 10 days to finishing my Walking Club drabble series, but due ( Read more... )

Well, I'm home sick today, and my 4-year-old probably has pink eye (which means that Mr. McG and I will probably get it as well).  But it does leave time for me to congratulate those people who got nominated for  sshg_awards  Round 3.  Congrats to all, but especially those on my f-list!     

So after we moved into our new house, it took our phone company a month to figure out that they couldn't get high-speed internet to our house.  You would think it wouldn't take that long.  You would think they would have a map or something to tell them where the range of their service area is, but I digress.  Anyway, we decided not to continue with ( Read more... )

I'm so excited that my Chicago Cubs have clinched their division! (They're a baseball team, for my non-American friends.) I've been a Cubs fan since I was 8. I certainly hope their long drought at getting to (and hopefully winning) the World Series is finally over ( Read more... )