Sometimes it's kind of weird about my typing; I type at about 55/60wpm with 3 errors, and I do it all by hunt-n-peck. I know a lot of programmers out there who touch-type, and while it would be nice to know that, my dyspraxia has been an obstacle against that since I was a little kid ( Read more... )

I was always a big reader back when bookworm was an insult. By second grade, I had read the book, "Jaws," which I will admit I bought because it had a cool shark on the cover. By the time I had finished it, the Spielberg movie based on the book had been released. Naturally, during my book report, the teacher was very skeptical whether I had read ( Read more... )

Okay, suppose I have this basic essay due on, let's say kumquats. Now, I know these days teachers are plagued with people who cut and paste from something like Wikipedia (or whatever) on the Internet. But how blurred is this line? Let's take the first two paragraphs from here: http ( Read more... )

Thanks to Glark for this one:


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I don't remember much of the weekend. Saturday I really dug into the finances, and was pleased to see my Federal Return had already come in, so I paid a lot of bills that had backed up. I also straightened out my desk because I am *still* moving from my old den to my new, and it's caused some backup where stuff I can't categorize just ends up ( Read more... )

I recall this film being shown to me in elementary school in the 1970s. Right down to the Dolores Umbridge type woman who scattered pebbles to trip them up.

Man, skating barefoot does look like a better idea. Until you hit the pavement, I guess. Heh.

I think 10 years ago, I would have said I wouldn't go to no crummy reunion of a school I didn't like. I didn't like McLean very much, as indicated by like a dozen posts in this blog (which according to Kevin P, I should outright lie and brag is the best in the world, HAH!). But then when reunion after reunion got canceled, I felt bad, like ( Read more... )

The current theory by the pulmonologist , based on symptoms and scans, is that he is violently allergic to formaldehyde. I told him not to drink the stuff, but kids these days... and pressure treated lumber is very resistant to bugs, too. Okay, seriously, he was exposed to it at school in his new anatomy and physiology class. It was necessary ( Read more... )

I never really say that much, because that phrase has a bad connotation with people who use children as a way to push their agenda for pure white world sterlization. I have no agenda, but I do think that too many people sling around kids and teens like they weren't people, but formless clay to sculpt and mold. Case in point:

New Jersey Schools ( Read more... )

So, today I took CR to get his senior pictures. We got a notice his sitting was scheduled for July 11th... on July 13th. But they sent a reseating invitation for today, which we got last week, so bully for us. We had to get up early in the morning, and while there weren't many people waiting, it took a very long time ( Read more... )