wow.... for the first time ever I hired a babysitter and hobbitmate and I went on a date (ok, not the first time for the date, but you get the idea).  One of my former students agreed to risk life and limb with the twins.   Hobbitmate and I went to an absolutely beautifully located restaurant....  www.redfishgrill.net   totally awesome.   We ( Read more... )

Have not seen, and probably will not be able to see, the movie version of Eragon... though I enjoyed the book quite a bit. It had, shall we say, all the expected elements of a decent fantasy novel... that being both a good thing and a bad thing. That being said... Ellen_Fremedon2 was most vehement in her denouncement of the movie as looking far too ( Read more... )

So..... I offered extra credit to any of my ENG213 students who watched "Desperate Crossing: The True Story of the Mayflower" (or something like that) as it seemed to capture in images what I've been trying to get across to them all semester.... it must have really SUCKED to spend nine months in the stinky hold of a ship only to arrive in the ( Read more... )

This is courtesy of my dad.... and according to my score (2 out of 5) I'm very near dementia... but who is really suprised by that?

Try it....

Test for Dementia

Below are four questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately. Okay?

Let's find out just how clever you really ( Read more... )

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OK... I'm still 39 for four more days... and yet the brain is starting to go ( Read more... )

THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES ( Read more... )

So... no job for Dan yet. The last job, that would have been perfect for him, went to somebody else because the employer doesn't know fuck all about computers and was worried that Dan wouldn't be able to use Microsoft Excel--there was no mention in the job posting about Excel.. and not once did anyone ask Dan if he knew Excel... the guy apparently ( Read more... )

such a sucker for memes ( Read more... )

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