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miscellany
There are no major updates to make about my life. Things are just flowing along. I'm enjoying my house. I've been living in it for about six months now and things are very cozy and comfortable. All my windows and doors are open as it is the first real "summer" day we've had this year. Boise has been wet and cold all spring. It was starting to ( Read more... ) -
House
I signed the papers yesterday and, barring any last minute disasters (and I always expect last minute disasters), I should be able to pick up the key to my house tomorrow. That's right, I bought a house. The burst housing bubble sucks for people who already own a house, but it's the only thing that made housing affordable for me to buy. Plus, I ( Read more... ) -
Update
Just to keep a record of things so I can remember timelines later. I have a horrible memory and often (usually) cannot remember when things happened ( Read more... ) -
Reflection
Oh, that God the gift would give us
To see ourselves as others see us
-Robert Burns
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Quotes of the Day
Mark Twain ( Read more... ) -
I laughed
I didn't know whether to use my "laughing monk" icon to signify humor or my "brooding norrington" to signify smoldering intensity. Well, we'll go with the sexy smoldering intensity.
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Liberal Fascism
During the Superbowl yesterday, I saw this ad for an Audi that made me want to run right out and buy a Ford F150. The hero is supposed to be the guy at the end, but I think he's a dirty Quisling.
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Curriculum
So, after a month of homeschooling, I've tweaked my curriculum and I think I have a very doable program, relaxed yet rigorous. Three days a week, four hours a day (an hour of which is taken up by recess and lunch).- Aesop's fables. Barnes & Noble edition illustrated by Milo Winter. I think I paid $9 for this very beautiful book last year ( Read more... )
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Foot-in-Mouth Disease
Have you ever said something, and then immediately realized, "crap...that was the worst possible thing I could have said." Maybe you said something unflattering about someone only to realize as soon as the words left your mouth that you're talking to his brother-in-law, for example ( Read more... )
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