So I know I haven't posted in a long while, but this is so worthy of a long post. Urchin was recommended to the National Youth Leadership Forum in Medicine by his high school teacher. The program is a 10-day pre-med boot camp that exposes kids to the ins and outs of medicine in major hospitals and urban clinics. The kids do volunteer work, learn ( Read more... )

I really need to rant about this before I lose my mind ( Read more... )

I just had a conversation with my son that every mother dreads ( Read more... )

The Urchin called yesterday...and texted...several times saying he had good news ( Read more... )

The week before Christmas, a pipe in my ex's house burst. The Urchin, although wounded by a tree limb, watched his dad fix the pipe and learned what to do in the event of another burst pipe ( Read more... )

This Christmas has been one of the best in a very long time. It started out a little rough. The Leezard and I left town about 4:30PM for Lodi to collect the Urchin. A trip that should have taken 2 hours at most ended up taking nearly 3 for no other reason than heavy traffic a screwy highway system ( Read more... )

Yeah, I know it;s a long title, so sue me ( Read more... )

It has been a very profound week. It has also been a wonderful time to watch my son become politically aware. His class did a mock election. When they revealed the results, Obama had scored all the votes of the students except one. My son cast his vote for McCain. His teacher asked him why. The Urchin responded that he was concerned that Obama's ( Read more... )

Yes, I know dear reader, I have been quite silent in the past few weeks. Actually, life has been pretty chaotic and mundane at the same time. I am not really certain how to describe it any better.

Over the past two weeks, I have been busy with real life. The Urchin was down of the 4th of July weekend. Much fun and Magic was had by all. He is now ( Read more... )

Today started out filled with aggravation at the stupidity of Intel and Sony. Consistency is not the hallmark of the computer industry, no matter what Bill Gates says ( Read more... )