( Aaaand they're off! )

( ...high-maintenance children )

( This and that... )

( I *must* be tired... )

The kids' school this year is rife with "splits" - this has got to be the most ludicrous thing in the world, but it's brought about by government insistence on "full" classes, yet with less than 20 children in each primary class, and less than 30 in Intermediate and Junior.  Thus in our school, as far as I can tell, classes are split up as...

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( Brother leaves the nest... )

I've been playing a MMOTSG lately called Navy Field - it's a neat simulation of naval tactics using WWII era ships. Thing is, I'm out of money now and can only field a frigate instead of my bigger destroyer! Apparently, you can work your way up to things like BB's or CV's, but everyone currently just has CL's (which are still mighty powerful ( Read more... )

I'm having a really hard time getting going today. It's my shock reaction - when my system has had a major blow, I overfocus and can't get moving on other things ( Read more... )