sosoclever is currently recuperating at our local hospital after delivering an 8 lb. 4 oz. baby2 girl. Seussian and primate designations have yet to be determined. Thing One, Thing Two, and Little Cat Z3 will be visiting them tomorrow afternoon.

1Please tell me you don't need to follow this link.
2Obviously.
3a.k.a. Monkey Boy, Monkey Girl, and Mini- ( Read more... )

( Personal questions and obnoxious answers, cut to spare those who don't care. )

"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [ . . . ] has invested more than $2 billion in educational programs since 2000."The article claims, "Only one-third of American high school students graduate with the skills necessary to succeed in college and the nation's workplaces." If anything, that number seems low. The vast majority of my students were ( Read more... )

The latest in the ongoing saga of everyone else being to blame for Obama's mistakes . . . now Obama wants some sort of special dispensation when it comes to being under the microscope? He said it, he can suffer.

What I saw: "(You are about to view content that may be not be appropriate for minions.)"

The Monkey Boy and Monkey Girl played AD&D yesterday while the Mini-Monkey drew Pooh and a chicken on a character sheet ( Read more... )

I've been away for a while. My last post was a year ago tomorrow.

Part of the reason for this little sabbatical has been paradigm shift on multiple fronts.

( Since I don't know how long this might turn out to be. . . . )

I haven't been commenting on much lately.

I haven't been reading much lately ( Read more... )

Well . . . I've done it. I've sent him a message. I think I'm going to have to choose between drinking for the next twenty-four hours and a reunion with the ulcer I shed long, long ago ( Read more... )

The world seems determined to do everthing exactly wrong.

Over the weekend, I learned Netscape is being discontinued. Realistically, this leaves Explorer, which is crap, and Firefox, which is nowhere near as reliable.

Now, I learn those twisty bulbs that already have many other drawbacks can cause migraines and aggravate other health problems.